Mr. Jiang Heping was arrested in May 2009 and recently released to a hospital. He is now unable to care for himself.

Two elderly women remain in detention.

Mr. Jiang Heping from Guangan City, Sichuan Province Persecuted to Near Death

On May 13, 2009, Mr. Jiang Heping, a Falun Dafa practitioner in Guangan City, Sichuan Province, was reported for handing out Falun Gong flyers on the streets. He was arrested by the police in Longtai District; his flyers were taken away, along with the 530 yuan he had on him.

He was jailed atGuangan Detention Center. For three months, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents used various forms of torture, making once healthy Jiang Heping a wounded, scarred man with severe head injuries.

Realizing that Jiang Heping was on the verge of death, CCP personnel were afraid of being held responsible and they sent him to a hospital. They told Jiang Heping's family to meet him there. Upon arriving to find his father clinging to life, Jiang Heping's son broke into uncontrollable sobs. Now, Jiang Heping is unable to care for himself at home.

Since the CCP started the persecution of Falun Gong, Jiang Heping had been convicted and jailed once before. He was tortured severely at Deyang Jail and Xinhua Jail in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province.

Ms. Li Wenjuan's Family from Shanghai Arrested

Ms. Li Wenjuan and Ms. Zhong Yijun are both in their 60s. On June 5, 2009, when Ms. Li was visiting Ms. Zhong at her home, they were arrested by Putuo District Police and local 610 agents in Shanghai. The police also arrested Ms. Li's husband and her son-in-law. After the simultaneous arrest of  three family members, Ms. Li's pregnant daughter had a miscarriage.

After 24 hours of detention in the police station, Ms. Li's husband, who was in poor physical condition, was sent to the hospital. As a protest to the arrest, Ms. Li went on a hunger strike and became very weak physically. But the 610 officials of Putuo District refused to release her and put her under official arrest.

Ms. Li lives in 39 Zichang residence Zone, Putuo District, Shanghai City. She used to be the vice chairman of the labor union of the 101st factory of the Instruments and Meters Administration of Shanghai City. When she was young, she suffered from back pain and rheumatism for many years. In 1997, she found a Falun Gong book by chance. After reading it, she found it was exactly what she wanted all through her life. She conducted herself according to the Falun Gong principle "Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance" at all times. She was serious about her work and would do her best to help others often. Not long after she practiced Falun Gong, her diseases disappeared.

After the persecution began, because she refused to give up the practice, Ms. Li was sent to brainwashing facilities many times. Each time she was held in the brainwashing unit, she clarified the truth about Falun Gong to its staff and regained her freedom nobly.

Ms. Zhong Yijun, from Changchun City, Jilin Province, is a retired worker of Bell Company in Shanghai. She is highly regarded among her neighbors and friends.

Now Ms. Li and Ms. Zhong are held in the detention center of Putuo District, Shanghai City.