Death Cases

  • Details of the Death of Fang Decheng, a Practitioner from Jilin Province

    On July 20, 2004, many police secretly surrounded the building where Fang Decheng lived. They used a master key to open the door to his room. Mr. Fang tried to escape by tying several sheets together and use them as a rope to climb out of a window and down the side of the building. Tragically, the sheets tore and Fang Decheng fell to the ground from the fifth floor. He died soon after.
  • 50 Year Old Practitioner Ms. Chen Yuanmei from Hunan Province Died as a Result of Persecution in 2002

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Chen Yuanmei was about 50 years old and from Hunan Province. After she went to Beijing to appeal she was arrested then monitored by police after her release. In January 2001, the local police abducted her from home and sent her to the drug rehabilitation centre in Hengyang City. She was severely tortured and released in March 2001. The physical and spiritual torment was so overwhelming that she never fully recovered and passed away in June 2002.
  • Practitioner Ms. Li Yuxia from Liaoning Province Died in 2002 as a Result of Persecution

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Yuxia, 57 years old, was a farmer in a village near Tieling City, Liaoning Province. After Jiang began the persecution of Dafa, Ms. Li went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa in December 2000 and was arrested for unfurling a banner in front of Tiananmen Square. Ms. Li was persecuted and harassed by the local police many times. On May 3, 2002, she died from the devastating persecution to her mind and body.
  • 30 Year Old Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Wu Junyang from Liaoning Province Recently Tortured to Death

    Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Wu Junyang from Liaoning Province tragically died at the young age of 30. However, he was arrested in September 2004 and detained in a detention centre. In November his family suddenly received a notice from the police, telling them that Mr. Wu was sick in the City Hospital. Both of Mr. Wu's eyes were seeping blood. He weakly told his family that he had been beaten by police and wanted to go home. After they got him home, he completely lost his eyesight, then he lost consciousness and became incontinent. His family found bruises all over his body, and saw that his urine had turned purple. Since the family was too poor to take him for medical treatment, Wu Junyang died on November 27, 2004.
  • Practitioner Nan Chuyan Tortured to Death in 2002, His Wife and Children Imprisoned

    Mr. Nan Chuyan was arrested and sent to a forced labour camp for one year because he adhered to his beliefs and appealed to the government for the right to practise Falun Gong. The brutal torture and beatings he endured in the camp led to his death a month after his release in November of 2002. Mr. Nan Chuyan's son and daughter were both sentenced to prison terms of 8 and 6 years because they told others that Falun Gong is good. When Mr. Nan's wife and his elder daughter went to the legal departments seeking the release of his son, they were arrested and cruelly imprisoned.
  • Ms. Song Zhiwei from Changchun Died As a Result of Persecution in 2000

    Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Song Zhiwei from Changchun City in Jilin Province took a train to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa. She was arrested by police and died while in police custody under unclear circumstances. All that is known is that she either fell from, jumped from or was thrown from the window of a train.
  • Jilin City Practitioner Ms. Jin Huili Dies from Harassment

    Jin Huili, a Falun Gong practitioner from the Chuanying District of Jilin City, was persecuted repeatedly over the past few years. On January the 4th 2004, after long-term harassment that forced her away from home, Ms. Jin was found dead at a relative's home.
  • Falun Gong Practitioner Lei Bangxi from Zhoukou City Died Under Persecution in 2003

    Mr. Lei Bangxi was 50 years old and lived in Guantun Village of Xinzhan Town in Huaiyang County. He had serious congenital bronchitis. When he was young, he often had asthma, was short of breath and coughing. As he grew up, his symptoms became more severe. Lei Bangxi was very happy to start practising Falun Dafa at the end of 1996 and he benefited tremendously from it. His chronic diseases went away without any medical treatment.
  • Information About Wang Jing, the Surviving Son of Falun Gong Practitioner Duan Shiqiong, Who Was Tortured to Death in 2003

    Wang Jing was born in November 1998. His father Wang Zhihai is a Falun Gong practitioner, as was his mother Duan Shiqiong. He was seven months old when Jiang's faction started persecuting Falun Gong on July 20th 1999. The local police and "610 Office" personnel arrested, detained and tortured his parents, who consequently were unable to take care of him, so Wang Jing lived with his grandparents most of the time.
  • Falun Dafa Practitioners Ms. Shen Guihua and Ms. Gong Suyuan from Sichuan Province Died As a Result of Persecution-Related Illnesses

    In 2000, Sichuan Province Falun Dafa Practitioner Ms. Shen Guihua went to the local police station to tell them the truth about Falun Gong, but the police unlawfully arrested her. Under the intense pressure of the persecution, Ms. Shen Guihua's spirits were severely compromised, and the cancer she had had before she practised Falun Dafa recurred. In July 2002, she died as a result of the persecution. Another practitioner, Ms. Gong Suyuan, was constantly harassed, threatened, and intimidated by police. In April 2004, she died from organ damage related to inflammation and severe accumulation of fluid in her abdomen.
  • 61 Year Old Falun Dafa Practitioner Yang Xiuzhong Persecuted to Death in 2003

    Mr. Yang Xiuzhong was a Senior Lab Technician employed by the Southwest Petroleum Institute. Since he firmly cultivated Falun Dafa even after July 20, 1999, the Institute's administrators put him on a blacklist. He was placed under house arrest, forced to retire early, had his home ransacked, was detained, was forced to live under constant monitoring, had his home phone bugged, and was followed and harassed constantly. Due to the constant mental and physical torture, he died in June 2003, at the age of 61.
  • School Teacher Falun Gong Practitioner Li Wensheng from Liaoning Province Passed Away in 2003 as a Result of Persecution

    Mr. Liu Wensheng was a school teacher at an Elementary School in Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province. He started practising Falun Gong in 1998 and his body became very healthy afterwards. Since July 20, 1999, police persecuted him on numerous occasions. He was arrested and tortured many times. His home was also ransacked. In September 2001, he was forced to leave home to avoid further persecution. While going from place to place, he suffered tremendous hardships. As a result, he passed away on October 18, 2003, at the age of 41.
  • Liaoning Province Falun Dafa Practitioners Mr Gao Guoyuan and Ms Yang Sulan, Die After Being Brutally Persecuted in 2002 and 2003

    In November 2000, fifty-five year old Mr Gao Guoyuan was arrested and taken to the Zhangshi Forced Labour Camp. There, he was tortured until his physical and mental health collapsed. He was released in April 2001, but he never regained his health, and he passed away in July 2002. Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Yang Sulan was sixty-five years old when she passed away. She also was arrested and sent to the Zhangshi Forced Labour Camp, where ten people tortured her. The guards did not allow her to sleep, and she was bombarded with lies about Falun Dafa. She was set free after 50 days of torture, and she passed away on June 1, 2003.
  • More Information on the 1999 Death of Practitioner Mr. Jin Zunyi from Jiangxi Province

    On September 23, 1999, Jiangxi Province Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Jin Zunyi went to Beijing and was arrested on October 13, 1999. He was then transferred back to Nanchang City by train. It was heard that Mr. Jin jumped from the train to avoid further persecution, broke his leg, was chased by the police and died after being sent to the hospital.
  • Chen Aili Persecuted to Death; One Sister and Brother Died Previously, His Parents and Another Sister are Persecuted

    Such is the heartbreaking story of one family torn apart because they followed the principles of Truthfulness - Compassion - Tolerance. Falun Dafa practitioner Chen Aili lived in Hebei Province but passed away on November 5, 2004 due to vicious abuse by the authorities. His two brothers and sisters also died in labour camps as a result of persecution. Both his mother and mother were detained and tortured; his mother was only released when she was dying. One surviving daughter remains, yet she is also incarcerated and her daughter is detained at a nursery because there is no-one to look after her.