Death Cases

  • How The Heilongjiang Provincial Drug Treatment Institute Tortured Ms. Jiang Rongzhen to Death

    In November 2002, the Heilongjiang Provincial Drug Treatment Institute in Harbin tortured 42 year old Ms. Jiang Rongzhen until she died. Her body was cut and bruised all over and had scars from apparent electrocution. There was a hole in the front of her head and a swollen lump on the back of her head. When prison officials saw that she had died, so they hurried to find a doctor. They then wrapped her body in a blanket and sent her to the hospital to be "rescued."
  • Elderly Farmer Ms. Li Hongjin from Liaoning Province Died under the Persecution

    Ms. Li Hongjin was determined to practise Falun Dafa. She went to Beijing twice to appeal for Falun Dafa and was persecuted. She was held at a detention centre and was so brutally persecuted that she was at the brink of death. Even when she was released the police continued to monitor her closely and prevent her from practising Falun Dafa. She passed away on June 6, 2004. Before she died, she was still telling her family that Falun Dafa is great.
  • 61 year old Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Hao Zhimei from Heilongjiang Province Tortured to Death

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Hao Zhimei , 61 years old, was a retired teacher from Qiqihar City. She was abducted on the evening of March 16, 2005, by police and detained at the City First Detention Centre. She was tortured to death on March 24, 2005 yet the police claimed she died of a "heart attack". The police told the family that no cameras or mobile phones were allowed when preparing her body for the funeral and during the funeral. They were no doubt afraid that criminal evidence would be recorded.
  • Sichuan Province Falun Gong Practitioner Xiang Changyin Dies from Torture

    Mr. Xiang Changyin had already been persecuted in a forced labour camp prior to his arrest in June 2004 while he was distributing leaflets about Falun Gong and the persecution to people. He was tortured, unlawfully sent to forced labour for four years. Although Xiang Changyin was sent back home, his life was in danger and died on March 11, 2005 as a result of torture.
  • More Details of Dafa Practitioner Ms. Gu Xiuhua's Death Due to Persecution in Harbin City

    Because she did not give up practising Falun Dafa, 40 year old Ms Gu Xiuhua was imprisoned in a brainwashing class where she was brutally persecuted. Ms Gu's body and mind were seriously injured due to torture and abuse. Sometimes, she was not able to eat, drink water, or sleep for more than ten days at a time. Her abdomen was often in pain. After leaving prison, the local police intensified their persecution against her and her family was extorted for money on four different occasions, for amounts totalling 25,000 yuan. She was forced to become homeless in order to avoid being persecuted. In November 2004, Ms. Gu Xiuhua passed away.
  • Elderly Ms. Yue Shunjiao, a Falun Dafa Practitioner from Hubei Province, Dies as a Result of Police Harassment

    64 year old Ms. Yue Shunjiao was held several times in detention centres because she appealed for Falun Gong. Officials operating outside the law had placed her under surveillance and continually harassed her because she steadfastly believed in Falun Dafa. On November 19, 2004, Ms. Yue died as a result of this persecution.
  • Medical Technologist Ms Zhan Ye'an of Guizhou Province Tortured to Death in 2003

    57 year old Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhan Ye'an was arrested in Shanghai for distributing leaflets exposing the persecution in August 2002, and sentenced to forced labour in Zhongba Women's Labour Camp. She went on a hunger strike immediately at the camp to protest her innocence. She was so steadfast in her belief that they tortured her viciously, until she was paralysed. She survived on intravenous fluids for a while, but died at the end of June 2003. The officials were very scared of their crimes being revealed so they withheld the news of her death for a long time.
  • Two Practitioners in Hebei Province Who Died As a Result of Persecution

    57 year old Ms. Li Shuzhen was harassed, threatened, arrested, and detained by local police many times because she was a steadfast practitioner of Falun Dafa. Once she was kept in a small dark room at a police station for nine days. Due to persecution, her health deteriorated such that a labour camp would not take her. As a result of the persecution she endured, Ms. Li Shuzhen died on May 24, 2004.
  • Anguished at Son's Incarceration, Elderly Practitioner Couple from Shandong Province Passed Away

    A family plagued by persecution by the authorities, caused intolerable heartache, destitution and death. Just because they had all benefited from Falun Dafa, truly followed Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance and felt it was only right to appeal for an end to the persecution, so many family members were arrested such that only the 66 year old mother was left at home. One son was incarcerated in a labour camp, yet his distraught parents did not know of his whereabouts until a year later. Both elderly parents could not bear the mental anguish and passed away within a year of each other.
  • Five Falun Gong Practitioners in Mainland China Died as a Result of Intense Persecution

    Five elderly practitioners were persecuted by local officials, the police and even family members. The excessive strain of being forced into homelessness, constantly on the lookout to avoid capture from the police; or continual police harassment at home; or becoming a prisoner in their own home; or the agony of losing a loved one - different circumstances for each one - all took its toll on their health,causing old illnesses to recur. They all then died from intense stress.
  • Seven Falun Gong Practitioners Die Due to the Persecution

    Mr. Liu Jingyu, 68, was a practitioner from Jilin Province. After July 20, 1999, his wife was imprisoned by local police several times, for up to six months, because she practises Falun Gong. His family was fined 2,000 yuan and the family's corn harvest was confiscated as payment for cash fines. At that time, only Liu Jingyu's 80 year-old mother was at home. She knelt and begged the village officials for leniency, yet she was rejected. Liu Jingyu could not take this blow and his hypertension recurred. He died in February 2005.
  • After Suffering Severe Persecution, Ms. Zhou Liangzhen Dies Under Suspicious Circumstances at the Chongqing City Armed Police Hospital

    51 year old Ms. Zhou Liangzhen was arrested and taken to Chongqing City Women's Forced Labour Camp by police. She was forced to stand for over twelve hours daily. Ms. Zhou was not allowed to use the toilet for 11 days. During very hot days, prisoners put thick winter clothes on her, then dragged her outside under the sun and forced her to stand there. She was not sent home until she was at the brink of death. On February 28, 2005, Zhou Liangzhen died as a result of persecution at the Chongqing City Armed Police Hospital.
  • The Mysterious Death of Falun Gong Practitioner Ms Yang Yinghong in Hubei Province

    Ms. Yang Yinghong was a Falun Gong practitioner in her 30's. To stop her efforts to raise awareness about the persecution, the local police department threw her into detention. However, she managed to escape. In the beginning of November of 2004, Yang was suddenly missing. Two days later, her family went to the local police department to inquire about her whereabouts. They were told that their daughter had died in a car accident and had already been cremated. Yang's parents were grief-stricken yet were not allowed see the driver. They also found out that local residents had been told not to reveal anything about the accident.
  • Elderly Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Ma Jingfang Died as a Result of Police Brutality

    59 year old Ms. Ma Jingfang was a music teacher at Beijing Normal University. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, Ms. Ma continued to practise Falun Dafa steadfastly. She was sentenced to forced labour terms twice. On March 8, 2005, as a result of relentless harassment by the police after police brutality had left her in an extremely weakened physical condition, Ms. Ma died.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Sun Jianqiu Tortured to Death in 2001

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Sun Jianqiu, in his 40s, was a farmer in Shandong Province. In January 2001, he was arrested and sent to the local detention centre, where he went on a hunger strike for more than 20 days. He was then sentenced to forced labour at the Wangchun Labour Camp. He died when someone struck him on the head while he was doing Falun Dafa exercises. Mr. Sun is survived by his parents, his wife, who has also been persecuted for practising Falun Dafa, and his six year old child.