Death Cases

  • Four Falun Gong Practitioners in Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province Died as a Result of Persecution

    Ms. Gu Xuejuan persisted in practising Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. She spoke to people about the facts of Falun Dafa to her work colleagues. As a result, she was demoted, and her salary was reduced. After 2001, she was imprisoned in a local forced brainwashing centre twice. The torture she was subjected to caused hematochezia (bloody stools). The Wuxi City 610 Office forbade her from revealing her health condition to anyone, and prevented her from obtaining any medical treatment. As a result, the problem went untreated and therefore worsened. Her face and body became so swollen that they were deformed. She died during the Moon Festival in 2002, just after she was released.
  • Four Practitioners from Henan, Guangdong, and Heilongjiang Provinces Die Due to Persecution

    Ms. Liu Airong went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa in the autumn of 2000. She was arrested by Weifang City police stationed in Beijing. The deputy township commissioner and local police took her back to her hometown. She was tied to the electrical pole outside the police station as a warning and deterrent to other practitioners. A few days later she was released after the police station had extorted over 2000 yuan from her family. The family’s finances got much worse after that. Afterward, officials from the local 610 Office and the police station continually harassed her family and searched their house. As a result of this persecution, she died on May 31st, 2003.
  • 55-Year-Old Mr. Ma Rongqing Passed Away Due to the Persecution He Suffered in Jixi Forced Labour Camp

    In late 2000, Mr. Ma Rongqing, 55, went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. After being sent back to his home city, he was detained in the Hulin City detention centre and sentenced to one year of forced labour. During his detention in the Jixi City forced labour camp, he was brutally force-fed. Authorities made him run after force-feeding him with salt water. He was locked into a small cage and tortured with electric-shock batons. Later Mr. Ma was detained several more times. After several years of persecution, Mr. Ma Rongqing was in very poor condition, both financially and physically. On August 27th, 2006 Mr. Ma died.
  • Four-Year-Old Girl's Father Arrested and Mother Killed Possibly By Police in 2001

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms Gao Deyan was killed over five years ago. Her killer is still at large. In October, 2000, Chen Zhaowu and Gao Deyan went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa a second time. They were arrested at the bus station and detained. While detained the authorities beat them up and abused them. Gao Deyan was beaten so badly that she lost control of her bowels. She escaped and moved from place to place. In June 2001, Gao Deyan was not at home when the policemen broke into their residence and arrested her husband. About ten days later, however, the body of a female was found in the pond behind their residence. After a check by the landlord, it was confirmed that the dead person was her tenant, Gao Deyan.
  • Five Practitioners from Jilin, Hebei, Liaoning and Shandong Provinces Died as the Result of Persecution

    Mr. Liu Shuanzao, more than 50 years old, was very healthy after practising Falun Gong since 1996. On 1999, he was detained in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Party College in Zhao City and brainwashed for 15 days. In November 2000 he was arrested and sent to a detention centre, where he was brutally tortured. Then he was sent to the Shijiazhuang Forced Labour Camp. Later he was arrested again and taken to the Shijiazhuang Detention Centre and detained for 15 days. Due to this long-term pressure, Mr. Liu passed away on July 29th, 2006.
  • Four Falun Gong Practitioners in Hebei Province, Gansu Province, and Beijing Passed Away Due to Persecution

    Mr. Fan Ruiming was badly beaten by the head of the police station at Xicheng District, and was imprisoned twice. He was also persecuted in the detention centre. He was arrested by lawless people in June 2004 when he was making leaflets exposing the persecution. Later, he was sentenced to forced labour and was sent to a labour camp. Medical examination showed that he had late stage liver cancer, so the labour camp did not accept him. Just twenty days after he came back home, he passed away.
  • Mr. Yin Anbang Tortured to Death, Tailai Prison Officials Hide the Facts

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Yin Anbang was detained in Tailai Prison in Qiqihar City. Because he refused to write the three statements, he was tortured to death on August 15th, 2006. Yin Anbang was tortured brutally for more than six months, causing muscular atrophy and disability. His family requested to have him released on bail for medical treatment, but the Tailai Prison administration absolutely refused, and continued torturing Mr. Yin until his death.
  • More Information about Mr. Li Yutong, Who Died as a Result of Persecution in 2003

    Between August and November 2003, Mr. Li Yutong was detained in Yinmahe Forced Labour Camp. While in detention, Mr. Li resisted the re-education through labour and refused to wear a prison uniform. As a result, the guards put him in an iron cage for 15 days. Afterwards they kept him in solitary confinement. Mr. Li went on a hunger strike to protest and the guards force-fed him two to three times every day. It was extremely cold in late October in eastern China, but the guards kept the windows open in his cell at night and did not give him any bed covers. The labour camp did not release Mr. Li until he was on the verge of death. Several days after he returned home, Mr. Li Yutong passed away.
  • His Mother Persecuted to Death, His Father Imprisoned, Su Wei Dies Alone

    Mr. Su Anzhou is a retired employee of the Lanzhou City Railroad Bureau in Gansu Province. His wife Geng Cuifang is a small business owner. Twenty-five year old Mr. Su Wei, who was not a practitioner, was these Falun Dafa practitioners' only child. The family of three was very happy, but because the couple practise Falun Dafa, they have been brutally mistreated. Two of them have died, and one is in prison. On May 3rd, 2002, Ms. Geng Cuifang was assaulted in her home by police, and tragically died from falling off the building. Su Wei died from tuberculosis due to malnutrition on August 4th, 2006. Mr. Su Anzhou was sentenced to ten years in prison on October 27th, 2002.
  • The Brutal Torture and Death of Mr. Lei Ming, Who Broadcast Truth Clarification Videos in Changchun City in 2002

    Mr. Lei Ming worked with other practitioners, and successfully videos exposing the persecution about Falun Gong on a cable TV network. Mr. Lei was arrested, savagely tortured in Tiebei Detention Centre and sentenced to 17 years in prison. Jilin Prison officials sent Lei Ming back home in November 2004 when he was on the brink of death. He died on August 6th, 2006.
  • Over Ten Teachers in Dazhu County, Sichuan Province Dismissed for Three Years Because They Practise Falun Gong; Mr. Hu Yunxiang Persecuted to Death

    Since 2003, more than 70 practitioners have been forced to step down from the teacher's platform in Dazhu County. More than ten of them have refused to be "transformed" and are still out of a job. The others are still forced to go to work daily and are being monitored. 42-year-old Mr. Hu Yunxiang passed away on August 23rd, 2006, after long-term brutal persecution.
  • At Least Seven Falun Gong Practitioners Who are Pilots Suffer Persecution - Liu Ping Tortured to Death

    After former pilot of China Eastern Airlines, Mr Yuan Sheng was reported for talking about the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party and advising three people to quit the Chinese Communist Party, he had to request refuge status in the USA. Despite the strict blockage of information from China, it was discovered from news reported outside of China, that at least seven pilots who practise Falun Gong have suffered persecution. In early 2002, Shuangkou Forced Labour Camp in Tianjin tortured pilot Liu Ping, who was in his twenties, to death.
  • 60-Year-Old Mr. Li Jinyu Died Due to Repeated Persecution

    Mr. Li Jinyu, 60, suffered from urinary bladder cancer. In 1998, however, he started practising Falun Dafa. Within several months all his diseases disappeared. The persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20th, 1999. Li Jinyu said, "If I didn't practise Falun Gong, I would have died a long time ago." Because he didn't give up, authorities ransacked his home and monitored his movements. He was detained for fifteen days. They stole 70 yuan from him and extorted 200 yuan for "expenses." Soon after he was detained again and then repeatedly harassed at home. Li Jinyu had a relapse and passed away on May 17th, 2005.
  • Mr. Gao Hongfei, 30, a Falun Dafa Practitioner from Shanxi Province, Died as a Result of Persecution

    Mr. Gao Hongfei, a Falun Dafa practitioner was a former student at Jilin Industrial University. While detained at Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp, he was subjected to numerous torture sessions and nearly died. When Mr. Gao returned to his hometown, he was again subjected to frequent threats and extortion by the local police. As a result, he became homeless and destitute. On August 9th, 2006, Mr. Gao passed away at the age of only 30.
  • 62-Year-Old Ms. Li Xuehua from Shanxi Province, Died As a Result of Persecution

    Prior to the Sixteenth Party Congress in 2002, the police ransacked the family's home and took Ms Li Xuehua to a custody centre. Her 80-year-old mother, who was left home alone, passed away one month later from starvation and illness. A citywide arrest of Dafa practitioners in Jincheng began on March 2nd, 2006. About 20 police officers broke into Li Xuehua’s home and ransacked it. They took all Dafa materials and related equipment and arrested Li Xuehua’s daughter. Long-term persecution devastated Li Xuehua. Ms. Li passed away on April 7th, 2006.