50 Year Old Falun Gong Practitioner Mr. Wang Hainiu from Hebei Province Was Persecuted to Death in 2003

Practitioner Mr. Wang Hainiu from a village near Xingtai City, Hebei province had suffered under the persecution many times. The police broke at times into his home in the middle of the night and arrested him. If Mr. Wang was not there, they would arrest his wife. Mr. Wang Hainiu was forced to become homeless. After being homeless for three years, he came home at the end of April 2003, and died at the end of the same month.

Mr. Wang Hainiu was 50 years old. In 1998, he fell and hurt his lower back. During his convalescence at home, a practitioner introduced Falun Dafa to him. After cultivating in Falun Dafa, he quickly recovered from his injury. His entire family was grateful after experiencing the amazing effect of Falun Dafa. Because of practising Falun Dafa, Mr. Wang lived according to the principles of "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance," and taught his children the principles. Falun Dafa brought happiness and peace to his family.

After July 20, 1999, however, all the TV stations and newspapers under the control of the Chinese government began to slander Falun Dafa, and police officers started to arrest Falun Gong practitioners. Mr. Wang clarified the truth about Falun Gong to his relatives and his fellow villagers. In 2001, during the Conference of the National People's Congress (CNPC) and the Conference of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), as the police knew that Mr. Wang was a practitioner, they frequently harassed him and his family. Eventually, Mr. Wang and his wife were forced to become homeless and go from place to place.

The police also harassed Mr. Wang's relatives and neighbours. His three children (two sons and one daughter) were detained, and the police forced a confession from them or extorted money. After Mr. and Ms. Wang heard that the police persecuted their children, they became very anxious and couldn't eat and sleep well. Mr. Wang became emaciated and coughed a lot.

After going from place to place for three years, Mr. Wang was extremely exhausted and suffered both physically and mentally. In April 2003, he came home. His physical condition deteriorated rapidly. At the end of April, he passed away.

The government authorities thus tore apart a happy family. While Mr. Wang's family members were busy with preparations for his funeral, the police brought doctors to their house to harass them and forced them to have Mr. Wang's body cremated. To cover up their crime, the police bought an urn for Mr. Wang's ashes and told everyone that he had died from practising Falun Gong. They also asked Mr. Wang's wife to write a so-called "guarantee letter" to give up practising Falun Dafa. Ms. Wang refused to comply with their wishes. This was the last time the police came to Ms. Wang's house.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2005/6/13/103857.html