Three Falun Dafa Practitioners Persecuted to Death in Heilongjiang, Henan and Guangdong Provinces

Ms. Yang Lihua was a retired teacher of the Dalianhe Town Middle School at Yilan County, Heilongjiang Province. She once had serious rheumatic heart disease. After she started practising Falun Dafa in September 1996, she recovered fully. Since the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Dafa started on July 20th, 1999, she was severely tortured, both physically and mentally. In February 2000, she was arrested and detained for three days and was fined 300 yuan¹ by the township and her school for continuing to practise Falun Dafa outdoors. Later, her school's management withheld 200 yuan of her salary for practising Falun Dafa. In 2002, she was arrested by the Daoli District Police because she distributed leaflets exposing the persecution in Harbin City. The police tried to send her to a detention centre, but she escaped. She was forced to leave her home for more than a year. In this period the police issued an arrest warrant for her, and her income was cut off. Her life was extremely difficult. In the summer of 2003, she returned to her hometown. The county 610 Office², the county Education Committee and her school forced her to write a Repentance Statement³, a "Statement of Breaking away from Falun Gong," and a "Promise to Stop Practising Falun Gong". They also withheld more than 8,000 yuan of her 10,000-yuan salary and claimed that the amount represents the expenses paid by the school for her care. Afterwards, the police continuously went to her home and harassed her. She was badly harmed both mentally and physically, and she passed away on December 20th, 2005.

Ms. Tian Shunlan, over 50 years old, was a Falun Dafa practitioner from Luoyang City, Henan Province. Since July 20th, 1999 Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials continuously harassed her because she persisted in practising Falun Dafa. She was detained three times and persecuted by the local police and the 610 Office. She was tormented both physically and mentally, and she was unable to practise Falun Gong. She fell ill and passed away on July 23rd, 2003.

Ms. Chen Guilan, 47 years old, was a Falun Dafa practitioner from Shanliaoxu, Maoming City, Guangdong Province. Before she started practising Falun Gong, she had heart and gallbladder problems. It was difficult for her to even walk. Since she started practising Falun Gong in June 2000, all of her diseases disappeared. On December 7th, 2000 she went to Beijing to appeal for justice for Falun Dafa and was arrested by some policemen from Maoming City. She was detained at the Detention Centre in Maoming City and persecuted for five months. After her release, the authorities continued to harass and threaten her. Especially since November 23rd, 2004, Wang Ri, the head of the 610 Office at Poxin Town of Maogang District, Wen Yonghui, the chief of the local police station and Wang Mu, the public security officer, frequently ransacked her home and threatened her. Under the persecution of the wicked party, she was afraid to study the Falun Gong books or practise the Falun Gong exercises anymore, and her health deteriorated rapidly. She passed away on March 13th, 2006.

Telephone Numbers:

Wang Ri, the head of the 610 Office at Poxin Town: 0668-2650100 (office)
Wen Yonghui, the chief of the Poxin Town Police Station: 13809786095 (mobile)
Poxin Town Police Station: 0668-2650310
The Director of the Maogang District National Security Bureau: 13500070211 (mobile)

Liang Guansheng, police of Maogang District: 13929775443 (mobile)

Note

1. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

2. "The 610 office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

3. Repentance Statement: In this statement the practitioner is forced to admit remorse for practising Falun Gong, promise to give up Falun Gong, and never again associate with other practitioners or go to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/4/11/124855.html