Death Cases

  • Ms. Lu Lihua Tortured to Death, At Least Six Others Missing

    On September 23rd, 2005, a large-scale arrest of Falun Dafa practitioners occurred in Harbin City. 610 Office agents beat Ms. Lu Lihua brutally, with bruises covering her neck down to her thighs. When she could not move any longer, the police saw that there was no hope of forcing her to give in, but they were afraid she would become evidence of their deeds, so they planned to silence her forever. The police officers placed her on the ladder and forced her to climb up with electric baton shocks. When she was at the top of the ladder, they kicked the ladder, causing her to fall to her death. This murder took place in the afternoon of October 2nd, 2005. Ms. Lu's child is still not aware that her mother was killed so tragically.
  • Practitioner in Her 70s from Shenyang City Passes Away Due to Repeated Persecution

    Ms. Cheng Qingyun was an older Falun Dafa practitioner in her 70s who lived in Shengyang City. She became very healthy after she began practising Falun Dafa. However, she was repeatedly persecuted. She was taken to the police station and tortured. She was brutally beaten by her daughter-in-law, who was poisoned by the lies and threats of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Ms. Cheng passed away in August 2004. Two of her daughters were sentenced to forced labour.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Yang Lidong Tortured to Death

    35-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Yang Lidong from Jilin Province had been tortured long term in the Jilin Province Labour Camp. Only two weeks after Mr. Yang was locked in the camp the second time, he was tortured until he was paralysed, and could not hold anything with his hands. He died on January 17th 2006, thin as a skeleton.
  • Heartbroken during Chinese New Year When Families Celebrate Together

    Mudanjiang City Jail authorities, to avoid responsibility for his health condition, took Mr. Pan Xingfu to the Shuanyashan City Infectious Diseases Hospital. By then he weighed 40 kg (approximately 86 lbs). On January 31st, 2005, Mr. Pan Xingfu died, leaving his sixty four-year-old mother, his five-year-old son and his imprisoned wife.
  • Li Ping Exposes Persecution Before Her Death

    Ms. Li Ping of Dalian City, Liaoning Province was abducted and imprisoned many times for her persistence in practising Falun Gong. She was twice jailed in Dalian Forced Labour Camp and suffered brutal torture. Police and criminals pried Li Ping's mouth open during force-feeding. Several teeth were uprooted. She passed away on November 27th, 2005.
  • The Persecution Suffered by Two Practitioners Before They Died

    57-year-old Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Su Caixia was held in detention and persecuted and brainwashed several times. The authorities began to follow her, stopped paying her husband's salary and threatened to fire her son from his job. She was forced to become destitute and homeless because she wanted to practise Falun Gong without being arrested. After three months of going from place to place, her health started to deteriorate and she was arrested again. The police also threatened her family, kept a close surveillance on her and stopped her from practising Falun Dafa. She died in mid-August of 2004.
  • Gezhouba Group Corporation 610 Office Agents Persecuted Practitioner Ms. Shen Ju to Death

    The authorities at the 610 Office and the Security Section of the eight subsidiary companies of the Gezhouba Group in Yichang City of Hubei Province have been assaulting, shadowing, intimidating, and brainwashing the Falun Dafa practitioners employed there. In particular, under the extended persecution, practitioner Ms. Shen Ju went into a coma for 24 hours and died in a hospital on January 10th, 2006, at the age of 34. Ms. Shen is survived by her six-year-old child.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Wang Xiuxia Tortured to Death

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Wang Xiuxia was in her 40s, and lived in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. She was reported when exposing the persecution at the end of January 2002. The police ransacked her home and sentenced her to four years in prison. She was detained and tortured profusely in Dabei Prison of Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. She died at home from injuries sustained during the torture on January 24th, 2006, not long after being released from jail.
  • A Mother's Sorrow: My Son Died as a Result of the Persecution, Our Whole Family Has Suffered from the Party's Cruelties

    After the 2004 Chinese New Year, my son was vomiting, shivering and in great pain all over his body. I held his daughter and called out to him again and again, "Our road is not yet finished! You must stick it out!" But it was no use. My son was gone. Due to the physical and mental torment caused by the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) long-term persecution, he died on February 9th, 2004, only 34 years old. I had to watch my son leave me like that.
  • Summary of the Persecution of Falun Gong in the Jinzhou Area --- From July 1999 to December 2005

    Between July 1999 and December 2005, twenty-seven Falun Gong practitioners in the Jinzhou area died as a result of the persecution. Half of these practitioners died during illegal arrest, detention and while the persecution was carried out. Two practitioners suffered a mental collapse after being tortured at a labour camp and passed away at home. Another 13 practitioners had money extorted from them, were threatened, arrested repeatedly, or suffered a relapse of their old illnesses, and they passed away due to mental and physical trauma. Statistics show that most of the practitioners who died as a result of torture were women and elderly.
  • Details about the Death of Practitioner Ms. Deng Shiying, Who Died as a Result of Torture in the Women's Prison of Jilin Province

    Ms. Deng Shiying, 42, was a Falun Dafa practitioner from Jilin City in Jilin Province. Because she refused to give up her faith in Falun Dafa, she was subjected to brutal torture in the Women's Prison of Jilin Province. She passed away on July 19th, 2003. The prison guards ordered six to seven prisoners to brutally beat Ms. Deng. Ms. Deng was rendered unconscious, was unable to eat, felt nauseated and vomited constantly, and fell into a coma for an extended period. She experienced severe pain over her entire body.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Li Huimin Has Died from Five Years of Persecution in Tangshan Prison

    On June 12th, 2000, Mr. Li was arrested for the third time for talking with fellow Falun Dafa practitioners and explaining the truth of Falun Dafa to certain supervisors. In the detention centre, he was suspected to be an elite practitioner since he refused to write a so-called "guarantee letter" and was sentenced to five years of imprisonment in Tangshan Prison under fabricated charges. In December of the same year, his wife was also arrested for distributing materials about the persecution and sentenced to one year of forced labour. Li Huimin passed away on February 5th, 2006.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Li Xiumei From Shandong Province Tortured to Death by 610 Office Agents

    On November 3rd, 2005, 610 Office agents arrested Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Xiumei was held at a "legal education class" that is in fact a brainwashing centre. 610 Office agents Liu Rongyou, former Falun Gong practitioner Wang Xingyuan and others choked her to death, viciously claiming to "catch the evil spirit" in Li Xiumei. It is learned that Li Xiumei's body was covered with numerous wounds, and the wounds on her neck indicate that she was choked. The details of Ms. Li's death require further investigation, but this is what we know so far.
  • Practitioner Ms. Li Ruiying, in Her Fifities, Tortured to Death

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Ruiying, 54, lived in Hebei Province. Because she steadfastly practised Falun Dafa, Ms. Li was tortured, brutally beaten, and shocked many times with electric batons. She was tied up for four whole days inside the Baoding City Forced Labour Camp, and later cuffed onto a bed for four days. In September 2004, she was bailed out on medical parole because she was dying, and she passed away on December 19th, 2005.
  • Three Practitioners from Liaoning Province, Hebei Province and Hubei Province Pass Away Due to Persecution

    75-year-old Ms. Miao Xueying started practising Falun Dafa in late 1996. In November 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa, but she was arrested and sentenced to forced labour. While being held in the Longshan Forced Labour Camp, her mind and body were greatly injured and she started to have illness symptoms, including hypertension and heart disease. Six months later she was released to seek medical treatment. During the past several years, police and CCP staff members often came to her house to harass her, making it difficult for her to practise Falun Dafa. As a consequence, her health worsened and finally she passed away on January 11th, 2006.