Death Cases

Mr. Gu Qun Dies in Yojia Detention Centre in Dalian City, Liaoning Province

2008-04-17

Mr. Gu Qun was a Falun Gong practitioner from Dalian City, Liaoning Province. On the afternoon of March 16th, 2008, police arrested him while he was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution, and detained him at the Yaojia Detention Centre. He went on a hunger strike to protest the persecution, and the guards responded by brutally force-feeding him. This left him severely injured. On April 8th, 2008, they sent him to the Dalian City Third People's Hospital for emergency rescue, but according to some sources, he was dead on arrival. His family was notified of his death on April 9th, 2008. Fewer than 23 days passed between his unlawful arrest and his death.

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Mr. Zhao Qingguo Dies under Persecution in Liaoning Province

2008-04-16

Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhao Qingguo was arrested in August 2000, when he went to visit detained practitioners. The police shackled one of his feet to rings on a wall, then brutally beat him. Several days later, they locked him in a room that was designated for torturing people. His hands were again cuffed and his feet were shackled to rings mounted on the wall. He was beaten for two days and then taken back to the detention centre. He was also shocked with an electric baton multiple times, and force-fed with concentrated salt water or chilli power water. After returning home, police often went to Mr. Zhao's home to harass him. He could not live a normal life, and often moved to avoid being arrested. He never recovered from his weakened condition. He appeared to have contracted tuberculosis and died on April 6th, 2008, at the young age of 35.

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Ms. Li Xiaojiang of Hebei Province Dies as a Result of Persecution

2008-04-16

Ms. Li Xiaojiang lived in a village in Hebei Province. Early in March 2004, two villagers went to harass Ms. Li at her home and saw a "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" banner hanging on her wall. They forced Ms. Li to take the banner down and spoke to her in a vicious manner. Ms. Li became very frightened. The next day she passed out on her porch. Her husband carried her inside and then took her to the hospital. The doctor found that she had suffered an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and that there was nothing that could be done to help her. Ms. Li died on the afternoon of March 25th, 2008.

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Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Tai Yurong of Hebei Province Tortured to Death in 2001

2008-04-15

On December 1st, 2001, Mou Pingjun, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Committee Secretary from Jia Village, along with others, arrested practitioner Ms. Tai Yurong, 36, from Baoding City in Hebei Province at her home. They forced her to attend a brainwashing session. Within seven days, she was tortured to death. Before the cremation, Ms. Tai's sister and sister-in-law came to look at her body. They saw that Ms. Tai had blood in her mouth, her hands appeared purple and wide open. There were bruises on her arm and her arms were swollen to the size of her legs. Her right eye appeared purple as well, both eye sockets had sunken in, and it appeared as if her internal organs were no longer there. At that time, Ms. Tai's oldest daughter was 16 years old and her younger daughter was 13 years old.

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Elderly Father Dies After Seeing Daughter Repeatedly Persecuted

2008-04-14

On December 21st, 2007, Mr. Xiong Yuchen died at the age of 77. His beloved daughter, Suyan, was a practitioner. On October 16th, 2007, Suyan and an elderly practitioner explained the goodness of Falun Gong and the truth about the persecution to people in a marketplace in a small town. Consequently, she was arrested by police. Suyan was held at the Fengrun Detention Centre for a month and was then transferred to the Kaiping Forced Labour Camp to serve a one-year sentence. Witnessing his daughter's repeated persecution, Mr. Xiong became very angry at the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He missed his daughter very much. Two months after his daughter's arrest, Mr. Xiong died in great sorrow. He had not been able to see his beloved daughter before his death.

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Three Practitioners Die As a Result of Persecution

2008-04-13

Mr. Gong Zhaotao, in his 50s, was a farmer who lived in Shandong Province. He was arrested in October 2007 while distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong and was sentenced to one year of forced labour. He was held in the notorious Wangcun Forced Labour Camp. At the end of March 2008, camp officials notified his family that he had died. The details are yet to be investigated. The camp officials are trying to cover up the crime, telling people that Mr. Gong died of a heart attack. His body has not been cremated, and only his 18-year-old son and mentally ill wife are allowed to see his body.

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Ten Practitioners' Deaths Reported in March 2008

2008-04-12

Mr. Wang Guiming, a 38-year-old practitioner, was sent to the Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp on February 13th, 2008, by police. On February 29th, he died as a result of brutal torture in the labour camp. The camp administrators claimed that the cause of his death was him slamming into the heater very hard to try to commit suicide. According to a reliable source, while Wang Guiming was on a hunger strike, he was tortured with force-feeding. He died after being shocked with many electric batons.

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The Abuse and Persecution Suffered by Older Practitioner Ms. Zhang Jinlan from Shaanxi Province Before Her Death

2008-04-12

60-year-old Ms. Zhang Jinlan was a Falun Gong practitioner from Shaanxi Province. After the Jiang Zemin [former leader of China and instigator of the persecution] regime started the persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, she was detained several times. The persecutors placed her in a mental hospital and injected her with unknown substances. As a result, Ms. Zhang became completely paralysed, and the lower part of her body was severely infected. While she was in such terrible condition, her home and phone were monitored. Unable to get any help from outside, Ms. Zhang Jinlan died on February 1st, 2008.

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Persecution of Falun Gong Practitioners In Bijie City, Guizhou Province

2008-04-11

Mr. Ye Fenglin, 45, was an armed forces department official in Linkou Town, Bijie City. In October 2001 he was taken to Zhongba Forced Labour Camp of Guizhou Province for a three-year term. At the labour camp, he was subjected to brutal and merciless beatings because he resisted the forced brainwashing and was steadfast in not giving up cultivation. On June 27th, 2002, at 7:30 a.m., he was tortured to death while being held in the sixth team of Zhongba Forced Labour Camp of Guizhou Province. His autopsy result showed that his liver had extravasated blood, that one of his ribs was broken, and that there was no food in his stomach and intestines.

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Mr. Guo Hanpo Dies in Baoding Prison

2008-04-10

Mr. Guo Hanpo was a Falun Gong practitioner in his 50's who lived in Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. Early on the morning of April 5th, 2008, his family received a phone call from the Baoding City Prison saying that he had died. His family rushed to the prison. Police had had him sentenced to eleven years in prison in 2002. He had to do the most heavy labour - crack the rocks, but in a half starved state, while being mentally tortured by forced brainwashing.

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Mourning My Mother Ms. Zhou Huimin

2008-04-10

Just a few days ago, I turned 15. My mother's name was Zhou Huimin, and she was 44 when she passed away. She used to be the manager of a moulding factory. Just a few days ago, my kind and healthy mother was tortured to death. In the 198 days since my mother was arrested, we worried and feared for her day and night. With great sorrow, I remember the days I spent together with my mother and mourn her. I want to call for the termination of the persecution so that such tragedies will no longer happen.

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Popular Young Singer Murdered in "Preparations" for Olympics

2008-04-08

"Vows of Love" is a classic pop song that often evokes sweet memories among many in Mainland China. Its catchy tune and mellow lyrics propelled it to the top of the charts--which is why the death of 42-year-old singer and percussionist Yu Zhou came as a great shock. His name is often associated with this song ever since he conquered hearts with his unique interpretation of its complex emotions. Beijing police officials, in the name of "preparing" for the Olympics, had him killed just 11 days after his arrest on January 26th, 2008 on his way home from a concert.

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Mr. Feng Long from Jilin Province and Mr. Li Ziqiang from Gansu Province Die as a Result of Persecution

2008-04-07

An incident occurred on March 5th, 2002, where a cable TV network was tapped into. Mr. Feng Long, 44, was arrested in March 2002, simply because he repaired household electrical equipment. The police inhumanly tortured him using the methods of beating, suffocation with a plastic bag over the head, and shocking on the neck, armpits and genitals with electric batons. He was then taken to Weizigou Forced Labour Camp, and later transferred to Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp in September 2002. Mr. Feng's health worsened due to the brutal treatment he had received, and he had lumps in his lower abdominal area. In the later half of 2007, his lower abdominal area had severe oedema and he died on March 15th, 2008.

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The Persecution of Married Couple Mr. Wu Kaili and Ms. Zhao Fenglian

2008-04-06

On December 1st, 2002, when Ms. Zhao Fenglian and her husband, Wu Kaili, were distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and telling people the facts about Falun Gong in Wuweimiao Township, village head reported them to local police. The couple was arrested. Mr. Wu, was sent to a detention centre where he began a protest hunger strike. His captors began force-feeding him on the 15th day. Eight people held him on the ground, stretching his four limbs in different directions, and then jamming their knees into his arms, legs, and stomach. One person held his head, and one pinched his nose. He was unable to move and had difficulty breathing. They opened his mouth with a device customarily used on animals. In 2004 Ms. Zhao was taken to Gansu Province Women's Prison and she was forced to work like a slave. She died in December 2005 as a result of the abuse.

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Mr. Wang Guiming Tortured to Death at Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp in Changchun City--Warrant Issued for Wife's Arrest

2008-04-05

After being detained for less than three days, from February 27th, 2008, to February 29th, 2008, Wang Guiming was dead as a result of brutal torture in Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp. The family had solid evidence that proved that Wang Guiming's death was a result of the torture administered by electric shock while he was in the forced labour camp. To cover up the facts, the officials told the prison doctor to list the cause of death as "sudden death due to natural causes" and not to allow any doctors from other provinces to examine his body. Wang Guiming's wife, Han Fengxia, hired a lawyer to bring a lawsuit against the suburban Procuratorate in Changchun City on March 5th, 2008. On March 14th, Tonghua Police Department made a decision to arrest Han Fengxia as well as other members of his family, and to charge them with "creating a public disturbance."

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