Death Cases
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Seven Falun Dafa Practitioners Who Died Under Persecution
2005-05-07
In 2000, 39-year-old Ms. Wang Wanzhen went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa, after which the persecutors detained her in a house where they took her shoes away and handcuffed her to a door handle. With her hands shackled to the door handle, she could neither stand up straight nor squat down, with her bare feet on a concrete floor. After members of her family picked her up and took her home, the police came many times to harass Ms. Wang at home. She died in March 2001 as a result of the huge mental pressures inflicted on her. -
Six Falun Dafa Practitioners Die as a Result of Persecution
2005-05-07After a period of practising Falun Dafa 70 year old Mr. Sun Zhaoben's white hair turned black. He maintained a high moral standard, and he was well thought of in his hometown. In March 2003, he was arrested by a female police officer sent to the County 610 Office, detained for 21 days and had to pay two thousand yuan in extortion money for his release. He suffered numerous tortures during his detention, which caused him severe physical harm. He died on August 4, 2003. -
Fifteen-year-old Boy Takes Poison and Dies After Mother Is Sent to Forced Labour Camp
2005-05-0639 year old Ms. Guan Shujun, was sent to a forced labour camp from January 2001 to June 2003, for being a Falun Gong practitioner. Her fifteen-year-old son who did not practise Falun Gong, Wang Xiaoshuai, was miserable at having lost his mother and then had to endure the other students' dirty looks and gossip. He was unable to bear the trauma and took poison and died on August 30, 2001. -
Fifty-nine-year-old Practitioner Liu Guixiang from Shandong Province Died As a Result of Persecution
2005-05-06Ms. Liu Guixiang was 59 years old. Since practising Falun Gong, all of her previous ailments such as heart disease, high blood pressure and kidney disease were cured. Around October, 2001, town officials arrested her for appealing in Beijing. She was ruthlessly beaten up and forced to pay a fine. Due to the long-term harassment and threats, her heart disease recurred and she passed away on October 18, 2004. -
Ms. Sun Guihua Tortured to Death in Shenyang Women's Prison in 2003
2005-05-05In May 2003, practitioner Ms. Sun Guihua was detained in prison for practising Falun Gong. Inmates were incited to to brainwash Ms. Sun, they forced her to recite the prison regulations, and punished her for not cooperating with them. They tortured her by starving her, and depriving her of water and sleep and the toilet. Ms. Sun refused to participate in the forced labour during the daytime. As punishment, she was forced to stand in the toilet until midnight. Ms. Sun was tortured like this for three days. On the morning of the fourth day, inmates got up and tried to awaken Ms. Sun, shouting at her and beating her. She did not respond and died shortly after. -
Hebei Province Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Yan Haibo Killed by the "610 Office", the Public Security and Baoding Forced Labour Camp
2005-05-05Mr. Yan Haibo, a 33 year old practitioner was arrested several times for appealing for Falun Gong. At the end of July 2002, he was kidnapped and taken to the police station, where he was severely tortured. Later he was detained for two and a half years at a forced labour camp, where the cruel torture continued. Because of the constant, long-term pressure from such terror tactics, Mr. Yan's spirit was broken. By late February 2005, Mr. Yan's physical health had deteriorated beyond repair. A hospital in Beijing diagnosed him as having kidney failure, cerebral oedema, and haemorrhaging in the eye. He died on March 31, 2005. -
Nineteen Dafa Practitioners Die After Harassment and Persecution in Hunan, Shandong, Jilin and Liaoning Provinces
2005-05-05Ms. Yuan Wenshu, 58, was a retired high school teacher living in the school grounds. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, she went to the Provincial Capital and Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa. She was detained, harassed and threatened numerous times by officials from the school, the police, and the public security bureau. She could no longer practise Falun Gong freely, and her family would even question her on calls received from her students. She lived under constant terror. In April 2002 the principal of the school called her and ordered her to report to the school. After learning that they intended to arrest her upon arriving at the school, she decided to escape. She left. While away from her home, she detected a lump in her breast. On November 4, 2002, she was lured to the school and detained by the police for 15 days. Her health deteriorated afterwards, and she died on April 12, 2005. -
Ninety-Year-Old Practitioner Died From Persecution
2005-05-0490 year old Mr. Sun Zhongren was a Shandong Province farmer. He started practising Falun Dafa when he was over 80 years old and experienced profound changes in body and mind. In 2002, policemen ordered Mr. Sun to attend a brainwashing class, and he refused. They then demanded that Mr. Sun give up his belief. Under tremendous pressure, Mr. Sun compromised and renounced Falun Dafa. Although he never stopped studying the Falun Dafa teachings, doing the exercises, Sun Zhongren suffered emotionally under the severe pressure of the persecution. He died suddenly at the end of 2003. -
Another Five Falun Dafa Practitioners, Including Four Elderly, from Hebei Province Have Died Due to the Persecution
2005-05-04Mr. Sun Baoxin, 70 years old, of Hebei Province, started practising Falun Gong in 1997. Because he maintained a pure heart and advanced diligently in his practice, many of his illnesses including hypertension and cerebral haemorrhaging were cured without medical treatment. After July 20, 1999, Mr. Sun was threatened and harassed as a result of the Jiang regime's intensive persecution. His body and mind were severely harmed. He died on March 19, 2003 as a result of the persecution. -
Three Elderly Ladies Died of Persecution Because They Practised Falun Dafa
2005-05-03Mrs. Li Tianzhen was 90 years old and lived in Henan Province. Since she started to practise Falun Dafa at the beginning of 1995, Her hair returned to its natural black colour, her skin turned soft and fair, and she had not had to take any medicine for ten years. After the start of the persecution on July 20, 1999, she was detained at least nine times. persecution gravely affected her health and strength. She passed away January 6, 2005. -
85 Year Old Practitioner Ms Zhao Zhuni from Hebei Province Died Resisting Persecution
2005-05-03Elderly Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhao Zhuni's son was arrested seven times due to firmly holding to his beliefs. In order to force both her and her son to give up Falun Dafa practice, police officers set up a video camera and tried to use her to deceive people. They asked her to kneel down and persuade him to give up his belief. Facing the camera, Ms. Zhao saw her son had been tortured to only skin and bones. She said to her son sadly, "The CCP has really made you suffer!" The police threatened her. Under the extreme mental and physical pressure, she died in July, 2004. -
Four Practitioners from Jilin, Henan, and Hubei Provinces Die as a Result of Persecution
2005-05-03Mr. Zhu Tianpeng , 60, lived in Henan Province. He started practising Falun Dafa in 1997, and became illness-free very soon afterwards. After July 20, 1999, his family members appealed for Falun Dafa many times by distributing leaflets exposing the persecution and were arrested by police. He was threatened and harassed many times by lawless officials and was seriously injured. Mr. Zhu Tianpeng died on February 3, 2005. -
His Leukemia Cured after Practising Falun Dafa, Hu Xiangdong Dies as a Result of Persecution; Ms. Ge Ling Sentenced Again to Two Years of Forced Labour
2005-05-02Mr. Hu Xiangdong lived in Jiangxi Province. He previously had leukemia, which disappeared after he began Falun Dafa practice. He was then able to do farm work in the fields. After the persecution of Falun Gong began on July 20, 1999, lawless officials sent people to follow Mr. Hu, and they forbade him to practise Falun Dafa. His old illness returned, and he died on December 13, 2003. -
Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Wang Shujie Drowned Following Nervous Breakdown Precipitated by Brutal Torture
2005-05-0249 year old Ms. Wang Shujie went to Beijing twice to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa and was sent to a detention centre. In December 1999, Ms. Wang was sentenced to one year of forced labour and held at the Heizuizi Forced Labour Camp, where she was ruthlessly tortured. Four guards shocked her simultaneously with electric batons. She rolled down the stairs and passed out. Local police and her workplace pressured, monitored, harassed and threatened her on a daily basis. Wang Shujie suffered a nervous breakdown. She fell into a river and drowned on October 8, 2000. -
Over Sixty Dafa Practitioners in Heilongjiang Province Arrested and Tortured - Ms. Hao Zhimei Persecuted to Death
2005-05-01Recently more than sixty Dafa practitioners in Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province were arrested and unjustly detained in the Qiqihar City First Detention Center. A retired first school teacher, 61-year-old Dafa practitioner Ms. Hao Zhimei, was arrested on the evening of March 16, 2005 and died as a result of persecution on March 24. It was reported that the authorities secretly handed out ten-year sentences to all of them without going through any legal proceedings.
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