Death Cases

  • Mr. Wang Jitao from Chengde City, Hebei Province Dies within Three Months from Brutal Torture in Three Detention Centres

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Wang Jitao was 54 years old. Because he practised Falun Gong, officers from the Chengde City 610 Office, the National Security Division, the Political and Legal Committee, and the local police department cruelly tortured him. After he arrived in the Chengde City Detention Centre, the guards were extremely cruel. They beat Wang Jitao so badly that he vomited blood. His head became swollen, four of his teeth fell out, and his ribs were broken. He died on April 30th, 2007.
  • Practitioners Lin Baocai from Jidong County, Heilongjiang Province and Jiang Liguo from Shuangcheng City Died of Persecution

    Mr. Lin Baocai, 68-year-old, was arrested when he was informing people about the true nature of Falun Gong. When Mr. Lin could not come up with the money (500 yuan) required for his release, the police transferred him to the county detention centre and tortured him. On September 29th when Mr. Lin was released, his family found that he had become mentally unbalanced. Soon afterwards, Mr. Lin ran away and never returned. Although his family reported him missing, the police never responded. About forty days later, a shepherd found Mr. Lin's body on Mount Shiliuliannan. Neighbours all said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) murdered Mr. Lin.
  • Mr. Hu Chang'an Died as a Result of the Persecution He Suffered in the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province

    Mr. Hu Chang'an was a Dafa practitioner in his 50s, who had been a teacher. In 2005, he was arrested and detained in the No. 5 Division of the Changlinzi Labour Camp in Harbin. On December 27th, 2006, after mental and physical torture, including inhuman slave labour, Mr. Hu had become emaciated and was released on bail for a limited period of medical treatment. After suffering for two months, he passed away on February 26th, 2007
  • Mrs. Cao Aihua from Xinjiang Autonomous Region Murdered Six Months Ago -- Local Authorities Issue a Resolution to Cremate Her Body and Destroy the Evidence

    On November 13th, 2006, Dafa practitioner Cao Aihua was tortured to death at the Wujiaqu Women's Forced Labour Camp after she was detained there for ten days. When cleaning his wife's body after her death, Mrs. Cao's husband found a large bruise around her waist. He believes that his wife died of internal injuries from severe beatings. During the past half a year, Cao's family has appealed to the police and justice departments, the jail administration bureau, the people's congress and the appeal office in Xinjiang. They demanded that the murderers be brought to justice. The women's forced labour camp wanted to settle the case privately, but Cao's family refused their offer. On May 16th, 2007, the authorities issued a resolution proclaiming that they would cremate Cao Aihua's body if Cao's family did not so themselves within two weeks. Cao's family felt very grieved and indignant.
  • Older Chongqing Practitioner Ms. Wei Hua Died as a Result of Persecution in a Mental Hospital

    On October 18th, 2005, 57-year-old practitioner Ms. Wei Hua was healthy both in body and mind, but local officials sent her to a mental hospital anyway. On November 25th, the mental hospital suddenly issued a "imminent death notice." Ms. Wei was paralysed and mentally traumatised, requiring others' care. After suffering in pain for more than a year, she died on April 30th, 2007.
  • Four Elderly Practitioners from Shandong, Guangdong Provinces and Beijing Persecuted to Death

    In October 2003, practitioner Zhang Shitong was detained in the Tiantanghe Women's Forced Labour Camp in Beijing by the Forced Labour Management Committee of Beijing. She was seventy-one-years-old at the time. However, she was forced to do manual labour for long periods of time by camp policewomen Chen Li and Guo Kaiyang. After her lung disease relapsed, the camp refused to release her. Ms. Zhang's lung disease deteriorated into late-stage lung cancer, yet the camp authorities still would not release her for another 3 months. After Zhang Shitong was finally released, she passed away after two months.
  • Elderly Ms. Yang Jusheng Died as the Result of Torture in Baimalong Forced Labour Camp in Hunan Province in 2006

    67-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yang Jusheng was forcibly taken to the Baimalong Forced Labour Camp twice. The first time was in 2001-2002, and her original term was one year, but it was extended to two years because Ms. Yang refused to accept brainwashing. Guards encouraged drug-addict prisoners to curse and brutally beat her many times. The second forced labour term was from April 19th, 2004 to March 9th, 2006. Her large intestine became misaligned with her rectum from standing so long and from being beaten. Guards continued to torture her. After returning home, she could not eat anything due to the severe torture in the labour camp. She died in November 2006.
  • The Vicious Crimes Committed by Chen Shougang and Luan Jinghe at Mudanjiang Prison in Heilongjiang Province Part 1

    Mr. Pan Xingfu was the deputy director for the Telecommunications Bureau in Youyi County, Heilongjiang Province. Pan Xingfu persisted in his belief in Dafa and was arrested several times. In 2002 he was sent to Mudanjiang Prison, where he was brutally tortured, and repeatedly beaten to near death. In January 2005, Pan Xingfu's physical condition suddenly deteriorated. He died on January 31st, 2005. He was only 31 years old.
  • Ms. Song Guide from Sichuan Province Relentlessly Tortured, Her Disabled Daughter Dies as a Result of the Persecution

    In July 1999, former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin started the persecution against Falun Dafa, and Ms. Song, in her 70s, went to Beijing to appeal. She was twice unlawfully imprisoned and subjected to brainwashing. Her daughter, who was disabled, and suffered from a mental illness, was forced twice to leave home and live in a mental hospital. Ms. Song's daughter, who was completely distraught when her mother was imprisoned, died and her body was not found until three days after her death.
  • The Bureau of Education in Xiong County, Hebei Province Actively Persecutes Dafa Practitioners

    Dafa practitioner Ms. Han Junmiao worked hard and never took advantage of others nor accepted bribes. The Bureau of Education, however, had police officers take her away from work and sentenced her to three years in a forced labour camp. Ms. Han was tortured brutally in the forced labour camp. She suffered greatly both physically and mentally and almost lost her life there. During this time, the school authorities removed her from her position. In 2003, after Ms. Han was released from the camp, the Bureau of Education had someone monitor her at home. Under this tremendous pressure, Ms. Han's health deteriorated and she died on May 6th, 2005, at the age of 53. She lost her life simply because she wanted to be a good person who speaks the truth and values morality.
  • Many Falun Gong Practitioners Tortured to Death or to Mental Collapse at Benxi Forced Labour Camp

    Mr. Wang Yuzhu was a practitioner from Haiyang County, Shandong Province. On December 10th, 2006, guard Liu Shaoshi (male) instructed guards Guo Tieying, Ding Huibo, and Guo Baogang to tie Mr. Wang to a bed and put 55-pound rice sacks on top of each of Mr. Wang's legs for two hours. Liu said maliciously, "I would bury all Falun Gong practitioners alive if I had the authority." Mr. Sun Baoying became mentally disordered after he was tortured for about six months in Benxi Forced Labour Camp.
  • Practitioner Mr. Yang Jisheng, In His Fifties, Died as a Result of Torture in 2005

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Yang Jisheng was sentenced to forced labour in 2002, and was tortured in the Jinzhou City Labour Camp. He refused to accept the brainwashing, and guards deprived him of sleep and forced him to sit on a wooden board for a long period of time. A criminal was incited by the guards to beat Mr. Yang cruelly, causing Mr. Yang to have such a severe headache that he could not talk, and had no strength.The torture resulted in his having severe headaches caused by fluid on the brain, and he had to have an operation. He lost the sight in both eyes, and his whole body was swollen, including his legs, which prevented him from walking. Yang Jisheng died in June 2005.
  • Qingyang District People's Hospital in Chengdu City Persecute Another Dafa Practitioner to Death

    Qingyang District People's Hospital in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, actively cooperates with the city 610 Office and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). They have systematically killed close to ten Falun Gong practitioners. Many Falun Gong practitioners were force-fed there and injected with nerve-damaging drugs. On May 5th, 2007, another Dafa practitioner, Ms. Zhao Zhonglin, was killed at the hospital. She was only forty-four years old.
  • Ms. Li Huiqi from Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province Dies Five Years after Being Paralysed by Torture at the Shijiazhuang Labour Camp

    Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Huiqi was paralysed in 2002 from torture at the Shijiazhuang Labour Camp. She became a quadriplegic [whole-body paralysis] and was in a coma. Her trachea was cut so she could only breathe through a tube. Her husband divorced her after being unable to bear seeing her suffer. Li Huiqi died on April 27th, 2007, at the age of 40 after enduring five years of excruciating pain.
  • More Information About the Death of Practitioner Ms. Liu Juhua from Yuping County, Guizhou Province

    Officers from the Yuping County Police Department in Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province and the Dalong Police Station of Dalong Township conducted a joint arrest of Falun Dafa practitioners in late 2006. Police entered practitioner Ms. Liu Juhua's home, ransacked it and arrested her. The police brought Ms. Liu Juhua to the detention centre, where they interrogated and tortured her until she died. The following morning, officials Peng Changping and Yang Bo notified Ms. Liu's family and lied to them, saying that Liu Juhua had committed suicide by jumping from a tall building. They threatened the family members and told them to cremate the remains and not to make it public.