Death Cases

  • Falun Dafa Practitioners Ms. Shen Zili and Ms. Xu Hongmei from Heilongjiang Province Die From Persecution -- Their Bodies Hastily Cremated Under Police Watch

    Police unlawfully arrested Falun Dafa practitioners Ms. Xu Hongmei and Ms. Shen Zili (pictured), and brutally tortured them for five days. Xu Hongmei was hung by her handcuffs, and also hung with her handcuffs behind her back. Shen Zili was wrapped and immobilised in a chair with tape. The police hit her head against a wall until she lost consciousness. As a result, they lapsed into a deep coma and passed away on February 27th, 2007. Their bodies were hastily cremated.
  • Supplemental Information about Qiqihar City Falun Dafa Practitioner Wang Weihua's Death in the No. 3 Prison of Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province

    On June 17th, 2003, Wang Weihua's family received a notice from the No. 3 Prison in Harbin City. The notice said that Mr. Wang Weihua had been killed with an iron by criminal Zhang Shuyou. Zhang was twenty-eight years old, and was sentenced to twenty years of imprisonment for murder, robbery and theft. Later, the autopsy found that there were nineteen major injuries to Wang's body. They were at his mouth, temple, top of the head, chest, back, arms, legs and internal organs. Only after waiting for over ninety days was Wang's body buried.
  • Ms. Xu Hongmei and Ms. Shen Zili Tortured to Death in Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province (Photos)

    On February 17th, 2007, Falun Dafa practitioners Ms. Xu Hongmei (pictured) and Ms. Shen Zili were taken to the Qiqihar City Second Hospital with ankle shackles on. They had been tortured for five days by police. They both had lost consciousness and could not eat; they were coughing up blood and twitching. Qiqihar City 610 Office officers came to the hospital attempting to extort 20,000 yuan from the practitioners' families, promising the practitioners' release. Their families had no money to pay. Ms. Xu Hongmei and Ms. Shen Zili both died on February 27th.
  • Older Practitioner Mr. Tian Fujian Died from Police Brutality in Yuanjiang City, Hunan Province

    61-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Tian Fujian was arrested twice between the years of 2000 and 2001. Police officers and officials have constantly come to his home to harass him. In September 2006, Mr. Tian Fujian was arrested again. He was taken to hospital as he was close to death due to torture and died soon after he was released on December 23rd, 2006. Mr. Tian Fujian's son knew that his father was only released because he was dying as a result of being tortured, and he went to the Yuanjiang City Police Department to request a settlement. They gave him ten thousand yuan as compensation.
  • Account of the Events that Led to the Death of Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Zhou Wuliang of Hunan Province in 2001

    Mr. Zhou Wuliang, who was over 50 years old, was well liked and respected by the community. In late February 2001, nearly all of the Falun Dafa practitioners from Anhua County were arrested and taken to the Anhua County Brainwashing Centre, where they were imprisoned and persecuted. It was during this period that Mr. Zhou was beaten to death by the police in the brainwashing centre. The police, however, claimed that Mr. Zhou Wuliang had committed suicide by jumping off the building. The so-called investigation from the authorities never happened.
  • Elderly Ms. Li Xuebi from Chengdu, Sichuan Province Died after Being Tortured to Disability

    After 62-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Xuebi was tortured until she was disabled, the authorities continued to harass her. She died at 2:30 p.m. on February 17th, 2007, Chinese New Year's Eve. When she was detained for three months in the Luzhou City Prison, there were no bed, bedding, or even straw in the cell. Ms. Li had to sleep on the wet floor, causing her spine to deform and severely damaging her health. She was released when she was dying and could not take care of herself in the prison.
  • The Persecution Mr. Zhao Guangxi Suffered Before His Death in Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province

    On January 29th, 2007, practitioner Mr. Zhao Guangxi passed away as a victim of the Chinese Communist Party's vicious persecution of Falun Dafa practitioners. He was a good person who believed in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. He was only 42 years old when he died. Mr. Zhao's wife Wang Guihua is also a practitioner. She was imprisoned in Wanjia Forced Labour Camp in Harbin when her husband died. They did not even see each other before he passed away. They have a young son who was left alone at home.
  • How Ms. Wang Yanxiu Was Persecuted by Accomplices of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Before Her Death in Weifang City, Shandong Province

    53-year-old Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Wang Yanxiu went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa four times, for which she was detained twice in the Kuiwen District Detention Centre, was sentenced to forced labour for three years, and suffered many kinds of tortures such as electric baton shocks, being hung by handcuffs, and more. After she went home, her husband and son were extremely afraid of the CCP persecution and feared that she would be arrested once more by the CCP authorities. They vigorously opposed her contact with the outside world and other Falun Gong practitioners and controlled her personal freedom. Ms. Wang Yanxiu's health condition became worse and worse. She died on January 25th, 2007.
  • Verification in January 2007 of Ten More Practitioners That Have Died from Persecution in China

    Guangxi Falun Dafa practitioner Ms.Lin Tiemei died as a result of torture on December 8th, 2005. She was only 33 years old. Lin Tiemei was subjected to inhumane torture at the labour camp. With her hands and feet tied tightly, her arms and legs were stretched out as wide as possible on a bed and she was forced to relieve herself on the bed. The prison guards also incited criminal inmates to beat Ms. Lin. They forced cleaning rags and stinky socks into her mouth, used rubberised fabric to seal her mouth, put a helmet on her head, handcuffed her, and took her to the so-called "dragon palace." This treatment and these conditions caused the skin around her mouth to become rotten.
  • Mr. Bai Jinqi Dies after Six Months of Abuse in Benxi City Forced Labour Camp, Liaoning Province

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Bai Jinqi, 55, used to be very healthy, but he was tortured to a skeleton-like state in less than six months inside a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) labour camp and died upholding his beliefs. On August 3rd, 2006, Mr. Bai was taken to Benxi City Forced Labour Camp, where he was forced to write the "Three Statements", watch brainwashing videos, write "thought reports," and do hard labour. After one heavy labour session, Mr. Bai felt pain in the right side of his chest, and he could not get up. The labour camp forced him to pay to see the doctors. The doctors found that he had late-stage lung cancer. On December 9th, 2006, when Mr. Bai's family picked him up, he was as thin as a skeleton. He died on February 7th, 2007.
  • The Backyard at Harbin City Police Hospital, Heilongjiang Province

    Few people know that the Harbin City Police Hospital has a backyard. In October 2006, Falun Dafa practitioner Zhang Zhong from Daqin City was murdered there. A second practitioner, a farmer, was also murdered there not long ago, although the story is only now becoming known. On August 10th, 2006 Mr. Zhang Zhong was visiting a friend when police arrested him and took him to the Nangang District Police Division Detention Centre. Mr. Zhang was brutally tortured. After about ten days, he was transferred to the Harbin City Police Hospital where the torture continued. Only about ten days later, on October 16th, the police hospital suddenly told Daqing Prison to notify Mr. Zhang's family of his death.
  • Tears at a Time for Family Reunions - On Behalf of Helpless Falun Gong Orphans (Photos)

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Shao Hui from Huadian died as a result of persecution in Jilin City in August 2002. Even now, his son Shao Linyao doesn't know that his father was murdered. Shao Linyao had a joyless childhood as he lived through the police repeatedly arresting his parents. He endured loneliness, helplessness, fear and worry from a young age.
  • Practitioner Mr. Chang Yongfu, 44, From Heilongjiang Province Died as a Result of Persecution in a Labour Camp and Abuse in Mental Hospitals and from 610 Office

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Chang Yongfu was taken home by his family around 5:00 a.m. on January 18th, 2007. He had been at the Puning Mental Hospital in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. He passed away later as a result of brutal tortures he suffered at the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp in Harbin City and at two mental hospitals. He bled from both ears and the corners of his eyes. His nasal cavities contained congealed blood. Blood was found inside his mouth.
  • Practitioners Who Are Government Officials Persecuted in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

    Because she persisted in Dafa practice, 610 Office agents Ms. Li Guoe to a brainwashing centre, where they savagely abused her both physically and mentally. They subjected her to sleep deprivation, flooded her with propaganda, encouraged her family to pressure her, and force-fed her through her nose. They used a hard, thick tube taken from a gas tank and inserted it through her nose into her stomach. They purposely pulled the tube back and forth to increase her pain. Li Guoe's teeth became loose after the feedings, and she could not eat or drink normally. She eventually broke free, but was still closely monitored and does not have any personal freedom.
  • Elderly Mr. Wang Guolin from Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province Died after Being Persecuted

    79-year-old Mr. Wang Guolin, was a Falun Gong practitioner from Jiamusi City. He started practising Falun Gong in 1997. He benefited greatly, both in his physical health and his moral standard. Because of his practice of Falun Gong, Mr. Wang was harassed, arrested, and subject to extortion by the Jiamusi City 610 Office and the Public Security Bureau. He passed away on November 25th, 2006.