Death Cases
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More Information About the Torture Death of Ms. Lin Feng at the Longquanyi Women's Forced Labour Camp in Chengdu City
2005-09-18Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Lin Feng was arrested, her home ransacked, and she was detained in a forced labour camp on January 31st 2003. She was injected with unknown drugs and tortured until she was close to death at Longquanyi Women's Forced Labour Camp. Ms. Lin Feng died on July 26th 2005. She was only 36 years old. -
Falun Gong Practitioners from Six Areas Including Shandong Province, Henan Province and Hebei Province Passed Away in the Persecution
2005-09-1855-year-old Ms. Pan Peihua was arrested on the way to Beijing to appeal against the persecution. She refused to write the so-called "Statement of Repentance." Her family members were forced to put up 5,000 yuan as a "guarantee" to get her home. Her husband was deceived by the Chinese Communist Party's anti-Falun Gong propaganda and often beat Pan Peihua. He forced her to agree to a divorce. At the end of October 2001, her parents received a phone call from her husband, who said that Ms. Pan had committed suicide. -
Practitioner Mr. Ma Yunwu from Shandong Province, Dies from Persecution - His Wife Imprisoned in a Forced Labour Camp
2005-09-18Mr. Ma, a Shandong Province teacher and his wife, Mrs. Dong Xiuyun, were both over 70 years old. Because they practised Falun Gong, they were arrested, detained and tortured by the Chinese Communist Party. Mr. Ma died in 2004 from persecution. Mrs. Dong is being detained in a re-education through labour camp. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Yan Fuqin Died As a Result of Forced Labour in Tianjin
2005-09-17In September 2004, when 56-year-old Ms. Yan Fuqin was posting leaflets exposing the persecution with two other fellow practitioners, she was reported to the police and arrested. She was soon sentenced to forced labour at Banqiao Woman's Forced Labour Camp, where the living conditions were terrible. Ms. Yan suffered from scabies all over her body. She was still forced to do hard labour until she developed late-stage breast cancer. Ms. Yan was released in July 2005 for medical care. After painful surgery, Yan Fuqin died on the morning of September 4th 2005. -
The Persecution and Death of Mr. Li Guoshun, a Falun Dafa Practitioner from Fujian Province
2005-09-17Mr Li Guoshun was arrested in August 2004 while he was distributing leaflets exposing the persecution. He protested the persecution by starting a hunger strike and was persecuted to death on October 14th. The local officials and police intentionally delayed his treatment and tried very hard to shift the responsibility and cover up their criminal acts. One police officer said that Li Guoshun's death served him right. -
How My Son, Wu Chunlong, Died as a Result of Torture at the Jiamusi Forced Labour Camp
2005-09-16"My son, Wu Chunlong, was born on December 11th 1976. In 2003 he started working in a barbershop. Simply because he persisted in practising Falun Gong, he was twice detained in a forced labour camp. Wu Chunlong was put in the Jiamusi Forced Labour Camp for three years, where he was severely tortured. One time in the winter, when the temperature was -20 C, the police dragged him outside, took off all of his clothes, poured cold water on his body and left him outdoors in the freezing temperatures for over two hours. His third year in the labour camp he was handcuffed for the entire year. When he was released his health was serious, yet police came to my home and traumatised him once again. Wu Chunlong's situation became more serious day after day and I didn't have the money for medical treatment. At 2 o'clock in the morning on August 20th 2005 he left this world." -
Four Practitioners from Beijing, Liaoning Province and Jilin Province Died as a Result of the Persecution
2005-09-16Ms. Gao Guiqin was a 69-year-old professor employed at the Beijing Second Foreign Language Institute. She first learned Falun Dafa in 1995, went to Tiananmen Square to appeal for Falun Dafa in 1999, and was detained. In July 2003, she was reported for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution. She was arrested and sentenced to two years of forced labour. After four months in the labour camp, her blood pressure suddenly became very high, and she had to be released on medical parole. Outside the camp, she lived while hooked up to a monitoring system and was unable to practise normally, which caused her physical condition to deteriorate. She died on July 20th 2005, only few days after her term had ended. -
Gaoyang Forced Labour Camp Persecutes Dafa Practitioners Who Are Suffering Severe Illness
2005-09-16Ms. Chen Aihong, fifty-three years old, was taken to Gaoyang Forced Labour Camp for imprisonment on March 15th 2005. The physical examination showed that she suffered from severe heart disease. Her heart rate was 137 times per minute. The electrocardiogram showed that her heart muscle was seriously short of blood and she should not do heavy labour. After hearing this, the head of the group Wei Hongling often verbally abused her. One night in the middle of June, Chen Aihong was meditating. Police Tian Zili pulled the bed sheet out from under her, whipped her face and head violently and beat her down to the bed. Tian Zili started to shout at her, "If you meditate again tomorrow, I'm going to kill you on the spot." As a result of the persecution, Chen suffered from a relapse of heart disease and incontinence. -
61 Falun Gong Practitioners Die in August as a Result of Torture
2005-09-15The number of Falun Gong practitioners confirmed dead as a result of the persecution reached 2,781 on August 31st 2005. Among the 61 practitioners, 25 or 41% of the total were women, and 33 or 54% of the total were above 50 years of age. Twenty-eight of the deaths occurred in 2005, including six in August 2005. The youngest victim was 21 years old. -
Three Practitioners from Hebei and Anhui Provinces Were Persecuted to Death
2005-09-15After Mr. Miao started practising Falun Gong in 1997, his heart disease, lung disease, and oesophageal cancer all went away. After the persecution of Falun Gong started on July 20th 1999, officials often went to Mr. Miao's home to harass and threaten him. This caused him to live under a cloud of constant fear. He developed depression, and his health condition became worse and worse. Mr. Miao died in March 2005. -
Four Older Dafa Practitioners Pass Away as a Result of Persecution
2005-09-1472-year-old Ms. Chen Songnan, was a Dafa practitioner from Sichuan Province. She was the widow of Song Shiyun, former Deputy President of the Southwest Finance and Economics University. Before learning Falun Dafa, she had many illnesses, and she weighed only 77 lbs. After cultivating in Falun Dafa, all of her diseases disappeared and her body weight increased to 110 lbs. In December 2003, she was arrested by police and detained in a brainwashing class by the 610 Office. Since she persisted in cultivating Dafa and refused to compromise she was persecuted to death. -
Six Falun Dafa Practitioners from Jilin, Liaoning and Sichuan Provinces Died as a Result of the Persecution
2005-09-14Ms. Xiao Jizhen was eighty-one years old. In March 2001, her eldest daughter went out to expose the truth of the persecution, and she was arrested and sent to jail. Knowing what had happened to her daughter put tremendous mental pressure on Xiao Xuizhen. In addition, national security officers went to her home and harassed her, and sent her daughter to a forced labour camp, where she was tortured until she suffered a mental collapse. Personnel from the forced labour camp notified her family to take her back home when she was in critical condition. Xiao Jizhen was in extreme grief when she saw her daughter's condition. She tripped and fell at home on April 10th 2004, and passed way on April 14th 2004. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Ren Shujie Passed Away Because of the Persecution
2005-09-1342-year-old Ms. Ren Shujie suffered long-term inhuman torture for persisting in her belief and telling people the truth about Falun Dafa. By the time she was released from Masanjia Forced Labour Camp on December 24th 2004, she was extremely weak and emaciated. At 11:15 PM on September 1st 2005. Ms. Ren passed away. -
Four Practitioners from Sichuan, Hunan, Gansu, and Jilin Provinces Are Persecuted to Death
2005-09-12Ms. Kuang Yuliang, who was around 50, started practising Falun Dafa in 1997. In 2000 and 2001, she was arrested several times for exposing the truth of the persecution of Falun Dafa. She was also detained twice for more than six months each time. In addition, police extorted 8000 yuan from Ms. Kuang. In the Nanqiang Brainwashing Centre, Ms. Kuang was charged 30 yuan per day for meals, but she was only given a bowl of watery porridge each day. For four months straight, the guards did not allow her to wash her face or bathe. Ms. Kuang was cuffed continuously to the window in the brainwashing class for five months. Only her toe tips touched the floor. Guard Li Xu threatened Ms. Kuang to give up her belief in Falun Dafa. When Ms. Kuang said no or refused to respond, Xu forcefully kicked her. Since Ms. Kuang was firm in her belief, she got kicked so much that the injuries on her legs did not heal before she passed away. She was badly emaciated when she was finally released. The police often harassed her at home and prohibited her from going outside. Ms. Kuang passed away on June 14th 2005. -
Hunan Practitioner Ms Ouyang Youhua Dies Due to Persecution
2005-09-12After the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began persecuting Dafa in 1999, Falun Dafa practitioner Ms Ouyang Youhua was persecuted by officials from the Guiyang 610 Office. Ouyang Youhua suffered illegal imprisonment, torture and forced labour. She was monitored, threatened and fined. Her daughter was detained for 15 days, and her husband, Li Jinbao, was sentenced to 3 years in a forced labour camp in 2002. Ouyang Youhua's mental and physical health plummeted under the long-term persecution. She passed away after suffering a sudden stroke on June 9th 2005.