Death Cases

  • Ms. Wang Juan Dies From Abuse in Baoding City Prison

    Dafa practitioner Ms. Wang Juan lived in Hebei Province. She was 37 years old. Since she refused to renounce her practice of Falun Dafa, people from Dingzhou City "610 Office" arrested her on April 24, 2004. On April 26, 2004, only two days after being arrested, Wang Juan died in Baoding City Mancheng County Prison due to the abuses she suffered there.
  • Ms. Yang Jinying Dies from Torture Suffered in Police Custody in Anhui Province

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yang Jinying was abducted in April 2002. They held her for 20 months, during which time the perpetrators tortured her and tried to force her to give up her practice of Falun Dafa. She became paralyzed and incontinent from the torture, and could not take any food. As she was on the brink of death, the perpetrators sentenced her to three years in prison and told her son to sign a document for medical parole. She was sent to a hospital. The next day, the hospital issued a "critical notice." Several days later, Yang Jinying passed away.
  • Mr. Li Chuanwen Dies of Torture Suffered in Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp

    54 years old Mr. Li Chuanwen lived in Jilin Province. In September 2002, he was sent to the Chaoyanggou Forced Labour Camp, Changchun City, Jilin Province. Not a day went by without him being insulted and beaten. By the second half of 2003, Li Chuanwen could no longer keep going under this abuse. He suffered from severe malnutrition and had completely lost his appetite. During the New Year of 2004, he had a physical examination. The doctor who had examined him told the camp," This person needs to be released right away." He was only released in March and passed away on March 19 in hospital.
  • More Details Regarding the Death of Zhangjiakou City Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zhang Yuzhen

    Zhang Yuzhen, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Hebei Province, experienced many forms of persecution because she remained steadfast in her belief in "Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance." Ms. Zhang Yuzhen was sent to a brainwashing centre, where she was subjected to torture. On May 4, 2004, she died in a small clinic. The authorities did not send Zhang Yuzhen to the hospital when her condition was dire, nor did they notify her family of her condition until it was too late. Neither could they give any explanation to her family after her death.
  • Details of How Practitioner Mr. Ou Keshun from Hunan Province Was Tortured to Death

    On the morning of January 20, 2001, when facing brutal force and pressure while being unlawfully detained, Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Ou Keshun kept a compassionate mind while suffering. Since he would not give up Falun Gong, Liu, the deputy head of the focus group beat him. To protest the brutal violation of his basic rights, Ou went on a peaceful hunger strike. Police officers coerced detained drug addicts to torture him until he vomited blood and died at the Changde City Drug Addiction Centre. To cover up the true cause of death, the "610 Office" ordered that he be cremated in Chengde City.
  • Eyewitness Account: Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zhang Fuzhen was Injected with a Poisonous Drug and Died in Extreme Pain

    Ms Zhang Fuzhen was a Falun Gong practitioner from Pingdu City, Shandong Province. In 2001, she was arrested and sent to a brainwashing class to be persecuted. Ms Sun Fuxiang was assigned to monitor Zhang Fuzhen. She recalled, "they injected some unknown poisonous drug into her. As soon as she was injected with the drug, she felt unbearable pain. She struggled as if she were being driven out of her mind, and she died very painfully. The officials from the "610 Office" witnessed the whole course of Ms. Zhang's death."
  • More Information Regarding the Murder of Dafa Practitioner, Ms. Huang Zhao

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms Huang Zhao was a resident of Wuhan City. According to inside sources, Huang Zhao was electrically shocked and beaten to death by police using electrical batons at 4:10 p.m. on April 2, 2004. In order to cover up their crime, the police claimed she committed suicide, and they also forced her family to sign an agreement of "accepting the judgment of suicide." The police told the family "the person is already dead, you can get some money if you agree that suicide was the cause; otherwise, you will not get a penny."
  • Ms. Zhou Zebi from Sichuan Province Died From Torture in 2001

    Ms. Zhou Zebi from Sichuan Province was tortured with a variety of methods while detained in the notorious Zizhong Nanmusi Forced Labour Camp in Sichuan Province. The torture caused her to have injuries, which caused her to cough terribly, vomit blood, and also have bloody stools. One of her relatives carried her out of the forced labour camp on his back in April 2001. The torture left her with such severe injuries, she looked dead. In May 2001, Ms. Zhou Zebi died from complications resulting from the extended torture.
  • Hubei Province Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Guo Chunsheng Dies from Violent Beating by Police

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Guo Chunsheng was from Hubei Province. On October 30, 2003, his home was illegally ransacked by the Fenghuang Town Party Secretary and others. They attempted to abduct Mr. Guo to a brainwashing centre. In the process they violently beat Mr. Guo, causing him to vomit blood. He passed away at 8 p.m. the next day. Mr. Guo's untimely death has left his young son and daughter with no guardian, his elderly mother with no financial support, and his disabled wife with no caregiver. The family has been mourning the loss of their beloved kin every day.
  • More Details about the Death of Shanxi Province Dafa Practitioner Mr. Song Youchun

    Dafa practitioner Mr. Song Youchun was from the Xinzhou Area of Shanxi Province. In January 2001, we learned from people in Song's village that Song was sentenced to forced labour for going to Beijing to appeal for Dafa in the year 2000. He suffered brutal torture at a labour camp and was in critical condition. To avoid being responsible for his death, the labour camp notified Song's family to take him home. Song died not long after he came home. He was only 30 years old, and he left behind his wife, a very young child and elderly parents.
  • Practitioner Zeng Lingxiu from Sichuan Province Beaten to Death by Police

    60 year old Dafa practitioner Ms. Zeng Lingxiu,, was a farmer from Sichuan Province. At around 5:00 a.m. on March 17, 2004, she was beaten to death on the road close to her home by some police who had been monitoring her activities. When her son learned of this, it was already past 8:00 in the morning. Zeng's body had already been taken to the crematory. When her son arrived there, he wasn't able to recognize his mother from her appearance. He could only tell it was his mother from the clothes. One hand and one foot were broken due to the beating. The police claimed that she died of a car accident. However, witnesses, who happened to pass by the scene of the beating, said that the police dragged her feet and pulled her along the road. The scene was too horrible to watch.
  • Daqing Practitioner Mr. Wang Chuanping Tortured to Death

    Mr. Wang Chuanping, 53, was a laid off worker from the Third Oil Extraction Factory in Heilongjiang Province. He was unjustly detained several times for appealing for the end of the persecution of Falun Gong. In June 2001 he was sentenced to 8 years in prison and jailed in Shaoxing Prison, where he was brutally tortured. As a result, he developed liver problems and had swelling all over his body. The police didn't release him until he was in grave danger. He passed away at the end of April 2004.
  • Family Decimated by Persecution: Husband and Wife Tortured to Death, Mother Detained, Father Dies of Grief

    In the past several years, simply because of practising Falun Gong and telling the truth, Zhao Yulan's family was fiendishly persecuted by perpetrators from the Qinghai Provincial government. Their homes were frequently and unlawfully searched and their money and belongings were taken away. "610 Office" personnel detained, sent to forced labour or sentenced to prison four people from their family. Within less than half a year, Zhao Yulan's older son and daughter-in-law died as a result of torture. Her younger son has been detained in the labour camp and has been subjected to forced brainwashing.
  • Further Details of the Beating to Death of 62 Year Old Retired Teacher Ms. Zhao Xiaoping by Beijing Police (Photo)

    Ms. Zhao Xiaoping was fondly known as "Sister Xinjiang." At 62 years old, Zhao was a resident in Urumqi City and a retired teacher of a Ceramic Factory. She was arrested for appealing against the persecution of Falun Gong. On January 4, 2001, Ms. Zhao was interrogated by the authorities. When she was returned to the cell, her face was disfigured with 3 big bumps on her head. Her body was covered with dirt, she could not talk, and her lips were tightly shut. She was sent to hospital for emergency treatment on January 5, 2001. The doctors found that she was suffering from internal injuries that consisted of bleeding in her liver, spleen, and stomach. She was also diagnosed as having a swollen heart from the trauma she received and kidney failure. As a result of these massive injuries, Ms. Zhao passed away on January 7, 2001.
  • Death of Dafa Practitoner, Ms. Xu Jinzhi from Heilongjiang Province, While Detained at Mudanjiang Prison

    Dafa practitioner, Ms. Xu Jinzhi, lived in Mudanjiang City, Heilongjiang Province. In 2002, Ms. Xu Jinzhi was arrested while making Dafa truth clarification materials and the police found Falun Gong flyers in her home. The authorities sentenced her to three years in prison and sent her to the Mudanjiang Prison. On May 25, 2004, Xu Jinzhi's family received a notice stating that she was in critical condition. When her family arrived at the hospital, they saw Xu Jinzhi's emaciated body. They were told she died from a brain hemorrhage. The police didn't allow her family to examine her body and had it cremated two days later, on May 27, 2004.