Death Cases

  • Zhang Yichao, an 18-Year-Old Girl from Inner Mongolia, Died as a Result of the Persecution of Her Family

    Ms. Zhang Yichao was a young woman. She and her parents all practised Falun Gong. The police arrested her parents and Yichao was persecuted by the political thugs in her school. To avoid further persecution, she left home. Yichao contracted tuberculosis working in places far away from home. She later returned home but died on April 6, 2005. Zhang Yichao was only 18 years old.
  • Liaoning Province Practitioner Wang Yuemin Dies from Persecution - Three Family Members Arrested

    In March 2005, police from Fuxin City, Liaoning Province arrested Falun Dafa practitioner Wang Xiuying, her brother Wang Yuemin and her son Wang Bing. Wang Yuemin was persecuted and tortured repeatedly. The authorities released him after his haemoglobin count dropped to only three grams and his life was in danger. He became extremely weak and passed away on March 24, 2005 at the age of forty-three.
  • Five Falun Gong Practitioners in Their Seventies Passed Away Due to the Persecution

    77 year old Ms. Chen Xianglan started practising Falun Gong in 1997. In October 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong and was sent back to Liaoning Province. She was detained for one month before she was sent to a brainwashing centre. The officers pressured Ms. Chen to write a guarantee statement to give up Falun Dafa by not allowing her to sleep or go home. Later she was fined and her home ransacked. The police threatened her and kept her under surveillance. When they sent her daughter to a forced labour camp for the second time she suffered terribly. She lost her eyesight, and her old illness came back. Ms. Chen died in August 2001.
  • Seven Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioners in Liaoning, Hebei, Guizhou and Henan Provinces Die as a Result of Persecution

    These seven practitioners were all elderly ladies except one and were aged between 59 and 94. It is inconceivable that a 94 year old lady should be considered a threat to society because she practised Falun Dafa and followed the principles of Truthfulness - Compassion - Tolerance. Yet the sad truth is that she was threatened by police and members of her family were sentenced to forced labour camps. She subsequently gave up the practice and passed away in March 2003.
  • Update on the Son of Falun Gong Practitioner Zhang Zhongrong of Sichuan Province Who Was Tortured to Death

    33 year old Ms. Zhang Zhongrong was tortured to death around 6 p.m. on August 26, 2002 by officials from Yangjia Town government. Shortly after 1 p.m. on August 26, Zhang Zhongrong and her husband were harvesting crops when police officers arrived and took her away, despite the couple's pleas. The officials said, "You have to pay 2,000 yuan and attend the 10-day class before you can go home and harvest the crops." She was frustrated and cried. They tried to force her to curse Falun Dafa. She firmly refused to obey their orders. After 6 p.m. a practitioner saw Zhang Zhongrong lying lifeless in a hallway in the government building.
  • More Details About Mr. Chen Xueda, an Engineer from Liaoning Province Who Died as a Result of Persecution

    Mr. Chen, 67 years old, a chief engineer always worked conscientiously and was devoted to his company. He became ill from overwork. So when he took up the practice of Falun Dafa and he recovered and was full of vigour, he was naturally filled with gratitude towards the practice. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, Mr. Chen spoke frankly and submitted a written statement supporting Falun Dafa. However he was arrested and detained in the local detention centre and jail, where he was severely persecuted. Even at home his workplace tried to force him to renounce Falun Dafa. Chen Xueda died suddenly on January 23, 2004.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Shi Biao from Zhejiang Province Beaten to Death by "610 Office" Workers

    Mr. Shi Biao, 35 years old, went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa in 2000, and was brutally beaten, detained, and extorted money by the police. He was forbidden to have visitors. His whole body was swollen and covered with purple bruises, and he suffered internal injury in his chest. His condition worsened after he was released, and he died on December 17, 2003. He is survived by his wife, who has no permanent job, and a young son.
  • Practitioner Mr. Sun Qian from Liaoning Province Tortured to Death

    Mr. Sun Qian was 33 years old and went to Beijing twice to appeal in 2000. In October 2002, he was arrested because of hanging up banners and producing Falun Dafa leaflets exposing the persecution. He was sent to prison, where the authorities tried to brainwash him against Falun Dafa and torture him. In the end, the abuse left him very weak. We heard Mr. Sun developed tuberculosis and pleurisy, and was sent to hospital when he passed out. In order to avoid being held responsible, the prison finally sent him home. Only three days later, Mr. Sun Qian died, on March 15, 2005.
  • Shandong Province Practitioner Ms. Wang Xiaoli Died as a Result of Persecution -- Young Daughter Left Behind

    On March 19, 2002, practitioner Ms. Wang Xiaoli died as a result of persecution. She was only 35 years old. While she and her husband were distributing leaflets that exposed the facts of the persecution, they were reported and arrested by police. Her husband escaped but Ms. Wang Xiaoli was sent to the Shandong Province Forced Labour Camp. The day she arrived at the forced labour camp she managed to escape. However when she made a phonecall to her mother, police intercepted the conversation and discovered her whereabouts. In a pursuit by the police, Wang Xiaoli was persecuted to death. She left a 9 year old daughter.
  • Practitioner Su Baolan from Shandong Province Died from Persecution in 2001, Her Family Members Were Recently Arrested Again

    Falun Dafa practitioner Su Baolan died as a result of persecution in October 2001 at 37 years of age. On March 15, 2005, the Anqiu City Police Department mobilised police officers in various townships to launch a mass arrest of Falun Gong practitioners. According to a preliminary estimate, 17 practitioners were abducted, including the parents and younger sister of Su Baolan. Their home was ransacked. They are currently being held at the Anqiu Detention Centre.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Gu Qiang from Heilongjiang Province Dies from Persecution

    Mr. Gu Qiang was 50. Police sentenced him to forced labour at the Wanjia Forced Labour Camp. During his detention, he was brutally beaten. Prison guards took turns abusing him, and caused wounds all over his body. He was sent to a hospital. However the expensive medical fees were too much of a burden for his wife and put her in debt. She could not endure the stress, and divorced him. Mr. Gu had no place to live, and suffered severe mental stress. His old illness returned, and he died on March 9, 2005.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Li Baojie from Liaoning Province Tortured to Death

    Ms. Li Baojie was 32 years old. She was arrested and detained many times for firmly cultivating Falun Dafa. After being sentenced to three years forced labour in August 2004, she served time at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp. Ms. Li went on a hunger strike the entire time at the labour camp to protest the unjust incarceration and she was force-fed. She was tortured until she had trouble breathing and could not talk coherently. She died on April 8, 2005.
  • 24 Year Old Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Chen Lijuan from Hunan Province Died From Extreme Mental Stress in 2004

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Chen Lijuan went to Beijing to appeal when she was a student in the Finance Department of Hunan Province Finance Institute. She was then expelled from the Institute due to her firm belief and the bank fired her from her part-time job for refusing to sign a guarantee statement to give up cultivating Falun Gong. Under extreme pressure from the persecution, she suffered a mental collapse and died on November 11, 2004.
  • Eight Falun Dafa Practitioners Died as a Result of the Persecution

    48 year old Mr. Fu and his wife both practised Falun Dafa. After July 20, 1999, Mr. Fu's wife went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Gong. After that the police often harassed her. In March 2002 while she was having a meal at home, police arrested her. One of them threatened Mr. Fu and said, "We will inject drugs that destroy the central nervous system into your wife, send her to Shijiazhuang City to brainwash her, sentence her to a long jail term, and fine her 12,000 yuan." Under great pressure, Mr. Fu finally came up with 3,000 yuan to give to the police. However, they said it was not enough and still refused to release his wife. Mr. Fu was hurt mentally, and he suffered from a sudden illness as a result. He died 4 months later.
  • The Tragic Death of Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms Sun Yuhua

    Ms. Sun Yuhua was a resident of Liaoning Province. She was 37 years old when she was tortured to death. On March 11, 2003, Ms. Sun was sentenced to four years in jail. When her family visited her on March 28, 2003, Ms. Sun was in good physical and mental condition. When they went to visit her again on April 9 prison officials told them that Ms. Sun suffered from heart disease and could not eat, and had been sent to the prison hospital. Ms. Sun never had heart disease. On April 11 police told the family that she had died from heart disease. When they saw her body there were dark purple bruises on her face, on her front, her back, behind her ears, her arms and there were blisters on her buttocks.