Death Cases
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Dafa Practitioner Mr Fu Jishun Dies After Police Raid on Home in Shanxi Province
2004-09-09Mr Fu Jishun, aged 63, was a retired employee of the Lingqiu County engineering team in Datong City. In 2000, he went to appeal for Falun Gong in Beijing, was arrested and sentenced to labour reeducation and held in a detention centre. When he was released he was repeatedly harrased and intimidated by police and his home was looted, because he continued to speak out for Falun Dafa. On April 24, 2004, police went to his home. He was found unconscious the next day and passed away on April 25. . -
Jiang Zemin and His Followers in the Education System Persecute Falun Gong Resulting in Expulsion and Death of China's Best and Brightest (Photos)
2004-09-08According to the Clearwisdom website, at least 1014 practitioners have been killed as a result of the persecution as of July 23, 2004. Under the educational system led by Chen Zhili, one of Jiang's top political followers, a total of 72 teaching personnel and students have been persecuted to death, the youngest being 17 year old Ms. Chen Ying, who was in 10th grade at Kiamusu City Shuren High School, and the eldest is 68 year old Harbin City Business Administration School professor Zhou Jingsen. -
How Fifty-Three Year Old Ms. Zhang Xiuxian Was Tortured to Death
2004-09-08Ms. Zhang Xiuxian, 53, was a Falun Gong practitioner from Hebei Province. Between 1999 when the persecution of Falun Gong began and her death on June 3, 2002, she suffered relentless torture and various forms of persecution. Although her illnesses had been healed through the practice of Falun Gong, the mental and physical torture and anguish she suffered ravaged her body. Her body swelled up and she passed away. -
Wuhan Dafa Practitioner Ms. Yang Qinghua Was Persecuted to Death
2004-09-07Wuhan Dafa practitioner Ms. Yang Qinghua was aged 40. In 2000 she was sentenced to forced labour reeducation because she practised Falun Gong. She was locked in a single room for six months. When her family was notified to come take her away, she was in hospital. Ms. Yang couldn't move her arms or legs, was unable to speak intelligibly, and had lost the ability to care for herself. She looked like an old woman well over 60. She passed away at home on August 25, 2004. -
Death of Elderly Dafa Practitioner Ms. Ning Guizhen from Qinhuangdao City
2004-09-07Dafa practitioner Ms. Ning Guizhen and her daughter Xu Xiujuan went to Shanhaiguan District to distribute truth clarification materials, when the police abducted them. The authorities detained mother and daughter in separate rooms and interrogated them. Ning Guizhen was in her 60s. The police officers handcuffed her to a chair and handcuffed her daughter to a bed. When Ms. Ning refused to answer their questions, the police kicked the chair so violently that Ning Guizhen developed a severe headache and vomited. After she was released she never recovered and passed away on June 27, 2004, after suffering from severe headaches and intermittent loss of consciousness. -
Death of Dafa Practitioner Mr. Fang Decheng from Liaoning Province
2004-09-06Mr. Fang Decheng, 37 years old was from Liaoning Province. Around 10:00 p.m. on July 20, 2004, the Falun Dafa truth-clarification material site that he maintained was destroyed. During the process that the police tried to abduct him, he fell from the fifth floor of a building. The police from Anshan City Police Department at first didn't allow treatment. However, later he was sent to a hospital but could not be revived and died on July 20, 2004. -
Details on the Death Resulting from Torture of Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr Cao Ping
2004-09-06Forty-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Cao Ping lived in Sichuan Province. He was brutally tortured at the Deyang Jail in Sichuan Province. Mr. Cao could hardly be recognized. When his family saw him in May 2003, he was only skin and bones. The jail sent him home on June 28, 2003. His family could not believe the change in him. His original weight was 130lbs and he was 170cm (5'6") tall. Upon his return he only weighed 60lbs, and died shortly after on July 7, 2003. -
Ms. Bai Wanling from Xinjiang Province Passes Away Due to Constant Persecution
2004-09-0639-year-old Ms. Bai Wanling was a practitioner from Xinjiang Province. In November 2000, while distributing Dafa truth-clarification materials out of town, she was arrested and sent to the Xinjiang Province Women's Forced Labour Camp to serve a three year term. While in detention, she was brutally tortured and suffered severe damage to her lungs as a result. The labour camp feared that her illness might be epidemic and did not want to take responsibility should she die there, so the camp notified her family to pick her up in June 2002. Although she was released she was still constantly harassed by police. As a result of the enormous pressure, Bai Wanling passed away on May 31, 2004. -
Persecution-Related Death of Daqing Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Guo Yuzhen
2004-09-05Falun Dafa practitioner Guo Yuzhen of Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province died on May the 4th 2004. She suffered long-term persecution for upholding her beliefs. Here are the details. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Cheng Min from Linquan County Was Tortured to Death
2004-09-05The lawless personnel of the Linquan County's "610 Office" and the Shuishang Police Station persecuted her repeatedly. She was detained, fined and forced to undergo brainwashing under extreme pressure. Her home was searched and her property was confiscated. Under the brutal persecution, Ms. Cheng was physically tortured, as well as psychologically abused. -
Recently Verified: Three Dafa Practitioners in Tianjin Have Been Tortured to Death
2004-09-04It has recently been verified that three Falun Dafa practitioners from Tianjin City were tortured to death: Ms. Lu Shuying in 2004, Mr. Lu Dewang in 2000, and Ms. Zhou Xuezhen in 2002. The labour camps in Tianjin City aggressively persecute Falun Dafa practitioners. If a guard successfully forces a practitioner to write the so-called "Repentance Statement" or "Guarantee Statement," the Tianjin government awards him ten to twenty thousand yuan. So the guards are using more and more brutal means of torture on practitioners in order to get bonus money. They even have a "death quota." -
Falun Gong Practitioner Wang Lixin from Jilin Province Dies as a Result of Torture; at Least Twenty-five Practitioners Have Died from Torture in Jilin City
2004-09-04Mr Wang Lixin was detained on November 27, 2000 for photocopying Falun Gong truth-clarification materials and died on December 5, 2000, within a short period of only seven to eight days. According to an the autopsy report, Mr. Wang's ribs were broken and his chest was black and blue from clotted blood. His is clearly an abnormal death. In June 2001, Mr. Wang's father filed a lawsuit at the Jilin City Intermediate Court against the Jilin Police Department and asked for compensation of 200,000 yuan. It was rejected. During the period of filing the lawsuits, his family spent over 500,000 yuan, and was almost bankrupt. -
What Caused the Death of Mr. Wang Dayuan, a 36 year old College Teacher?
2004-09-04Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Wang Dayuan, 36, was a college lecturer. In October 2002, police searched his home and arrested him. He refused to give up his belief. As a result, he was kept under indefinite detention. In 2003, Wang Dayuan, a well liked young man, was sentenced to eight years in prison. On April 3 2004, he could not stand the tortures any longer and agreed to write a statement renouncing Falun Gong. Suffering such spiritual torment at his renunciation he tore up the statement the next day. On April 5, Wang Dayuan was struggling to stay alive after being brutally tortured and died around lunch time after another round of frenzied beating. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Qi Jianchao from Hebei Province Dies As A Result of Torture
2004-09-03Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Qi Jianchao from Baoding City, Hebei Province had suffered under the persecution for a long time. He was detained at the Baoding Forced Labour Camp for long term for torture. He suffered all kinds of savage torture, including "tying the ropes." Being confined in a solitary compartment was another form of torment, as well as "riding an airplane, carrying a sword in the back, cuffed and hung, beaten up and burned by a cigarette. After his release, people from the "610 Office" kept following, watching and harassing him. His body and mind never recovered from the damage, and he died on July 30, 2004. -
Mr. Liu Zaixiang from Heilongjiang Province Was Tortured to Death in 2003
2004-09-03Dafa practitioner Liu Zaixiang from Heilongjiang Province, was tortured to death in Suihua Labour Camp, Heilongjiang Province in October 2003. Officials from the labour camp claimed that he died of "sudden heart failure." No more details are available yet.