Death Cases
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Homeless and Suffering From Torture-Induce Illness, Heilongjiang Province Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Song Ruiyi Passes Away
2004-01-15On December 29, 2001, Yilan County police conducted a mass arrest of practitioners. In order to avoid further persecution, Song and his wife had to leave home, leaving his 76-year-old mother and 16-year-old daughter alone. While they were wandering around, the police station police forced his village government to finance their hunt for Song. Due to torture he suffered before at the detention centre, Song had stomach problems and he could not eat much. During the homeless life, he finally collapsed and became bedridden. -
Remembering Ms Cui Ningning's Death by Torture in the Heizhuang Detention Centre
2004-01-15Since her body had been severely injured, her hands and feet started twitching involuntarily on the morning of July 17. She almost fainted twice. A criminal in the cell, Liu Xian, called the staff many times, and told them that Cui was in critical condition. The heartless policemen did not care and didn't bother to come. I stood by the door and yelled, "Someone is about to die. Do you care?" At that moment, I thought about the days that I spent with her. I saw her solid faith in Dafa. And I saw her compassion and kindness from cultivating Dafa. I started to cry. -
Practitioner Tortured to Death and his 8 Month Pregnant Wife Forced to Have Abortion
2004-01-14It has been verified through a news source in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, that Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Shen Lizhi was tortured to death on March 3, 2002 at the hands of perpetrators from Chengdu City "610 Office," who also forced his wife to abort her eight-month-old foetus. The news source revealed that police officers Tian Xinming and others from the Chengdu City "610 Office" are directly responsible for taking these two innocent lives. -
Lingyuan City Dafa Practitioner, Mr Wu Yuan, Emaciated Beyond Recognition, IsTortured to Death
2004-01-13On December 8, 2003, Mr. Wu's son, Wu Gaoliang, received an unsigned letter from the 11th Confine Section of Chenyang Dabei Secondary Prison, stating that his father had oesophageal cancer and was to be released back to his family. On the morning of December 10, Wu Yuan's wife arrived at the hospital ward in Chenyang Prison and saw her husband's emaciated figure rolled up on a hospital bed. She didn't recognise him at first and had to ask him whether he was her husband. Wu Yuan nodded with difficulty. Crying, she embraced him for the last time. When he said something, the police interrupted and urged her to complete the procedures for bailing him out for medical treatment. She was forced to leave after only 30 minutes of seeing her husband. -
More Details On Ms. Liu Zhifen's Death by Torture at the Hands of Chongzhou City Police (Photo)
2004-01-13The police waited until 2:00 p.m. on February 4, 2001 before informing Liu Zhifen's children to come to the police station. The police officer present shamelessly yelled at her children, "Liu Zhifen cultivated to the point of insanity and is dead!" Her family was shocked by the news and wanted to pursue justice for her. The police oficer shouted again, "She has already been sent to the crematory. You can go to see Jiang Zemin!" -
Since Changchun TV Broadcasts Exposing Human Rights Violations against Falun Gong Practitioners, Jiang's Regime Escalates Brutal Persecution to Unprecedented Heights
2004-01-13On March 5, 2002, Falun Gong practitioners in China's northeastern city of Changchun broadcast programmes over China's state-run airwaves, exposing the systematic atrocities against Falun Gong practitioners and Jiang Zemin's attempts to cover them up. This exposure of the truth produced fear in the highest levels of the regime. Enraged, Jiang Zemin ordered to "kill without pardon" those responsible for the broadcast. Over the next few days, more than 5,000 people believed to be practitioners of Falun Gong were detained during an all-out and unprecedented police sweep in Changchun, and the city was under near-martial law. Dozens were killed as a result of police brutality during the round up. A total media blackout severely hampered many attempts to contact locals and confirm individual reports. -
Heilongjiang Province Dafa Practitioner Ms. Pang Siyuan Passes Away as a Result of Abuse and Torture
2004-01-12On January 21, 2001, Pang Siyuan was transferred out of the brainwashing centre, together with her daughter. They were forcibly sent to the notorious Wanjia Labour Camp for one year of forced labour. Her husband was sent to the Changlinzi Labour Camp. A happy family was broken apart. Ms Siyuan had to endure more torture. She was detained again in November 2002, when she was cruelly tortured, both mentally and physically. Her physical condition kept deteriorating after she was released three months later. She died from the effects of these abuses and torments in May 2003. -
How Liu Chengjun Was Tortured to Death in Jilin Prison (Photo)
2004-01-10Liu Chengjun, a 32-year-old man from Nongan County, Jilin Province, was one of the people in Changchun and Songyuan who broadcast programmes over China's state-run airwaves exposing the systematic cover-up of atrocities against Falun Gong practitioners arrested for tapping into cable TV networks, for which he was arrested. He was sentenced to 19 years in Jilin Prison. Liu was severely tortured in the prison and died at 4:30 in the morning of December 26, 2003. -
Seventy-Year-Old Lady Passes Away in Sichuan Province Due to Long-Term Torture
2004-01-10While in detention, Liao was monitored around the clock. Every month she was forced to turn in 300 yuan in the name of so-called "food expenses," another 300 yuan in the name of an "administration fee" and "utility fee." Moreover, she had to pay 900 yuan to cover the so-called "room and board" for those who monitored her. With a small pension of 800 yuan per month, Liao was under tremendous financial burden. -
New Facts Regarding Mr. Lu Bingshen's Death in Daqing Forced Labour Camp
2004-01-10New inside information reveals that Mr. Lu was sent to Daqing City People's Hospital on October 20th and died on October 21st. Mr. Lu's eyes were dilated and he was in a deep coma upon admission to the hospital. His ECG showed severe arrhythmia. Mr. Lu's legs were swollen with two blisters on the right coax joint and another on the sole of his foot. This is consistent with the intial report which stated that Mr. Lu was confined to an iron chair and electrically shocked at the forced labor camp. -
65-year-old Chengdu City Senior Engineer, Ms. Gu Chuanying, Dies as a Result of Torture
2004-01-09On May 23, 2003, perpetrators from Jianshelu Police Station abducted innocent 65 year old Dafa practitioner Ms. Gu Chuanying, from Chengdu City, Sichuan Province and sent her to the Chengdu City No. 1 Detention Centre. They tortured her mercilessly there, which led to her death of heart failure six months later. On July 11, 2003, the authorities in the detention centre told her family to take her home. She suffered for many months before her untimely death. -
Two Dafa Practitioners Persecuted to Death and Others Disabled in the Jiaozhou City Brainwashing Class
2004-01-09Wang Qiang also incites hatred...Just like this, Wang Qiang utilised this type of vicious means to both mentally and physically torture practitioners. He deceived the family members of the practitioners in the brainwashing class, resulting in the break-up of many families. Wang Qiang also spread this torture method to neighbouring counties and cities. People said, "After I heard what Wang Qiang said about Falun Gong, I would unknowingly have hatred toward Falun Gong." -
Yu Guizhen Dies After Complete Mental Collapse Caused By Drug Torture
2004-01-08For refusing to renounce her belief in Falun Gong, 55-year-old female Falun Gong practitioner Yu Guizhen from Chengguan Town, Pingdu City, Shandong Province was sent to a mental hospital against her will. Officials from the local "610 Office" are responsible. Mental hospital staff injected her with drugs that (when improperly administered) destroy the central nervous system, which lead to psychosis and death. -
59-Year-Old Sichuan Province Woman, Chen Guijun, Tortured to Death by Police (Photo)
2004-01-08Chen Guijun was a 59-year-old lady who lived in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province...Chen's family of five all practise Falun Gong and all her family members have been subjected to persecution to various degrees. In 2001, her husband Zhu Yu was arrested and detained in the Xinhua Labour Camp in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. During his detention he was persecuted so badly that he almost lost his vision in both eyes. -
Remembering Dafa Practitioner Ms. Zhao Jing, Murdered by Police at the Age of 19
2004-01-05However, the authorities published a deceitful news article in Changchun City's New Culture News about Zhao Jing's cause of death that claimed she jumped out of a high-speed car and killed herself. Actually, one of the police officers that murdered Zhao Jing once shamelessly declared to a Dafa practitioner, "So we did kill Zhao Jing. Why don't you sue us if you can?" We also found the driver and tried to find out the actual cause of Zhao Jing's death.