(Clearwisdom.net)

Recently, we were informed of the deaths of an additional 39 Mainland China Falun Gong practitioners due to the persecution. Two were from Beijing, five from Guangdong Province, seven from Hebei Province, eight from Jilin Province, four from Shandong Province, three from Heilongjiang Province, and two from Hubei Province and Sichuan Province. In addition, there were practitioners from Tianjin, Liaoning Province, Jiangxi Province, and Guizhou Province who passed away as a result of the persecution.

Three Practitioners from Beijing and Tianjin Passed Away as a Result of the Persecution

Ms. Wang Huilan, over 60 years old, was a resident of Jinzhanxi Village, Chaoyang District, Beijing. Before she started practicing Falun Dafa, she suffered from acute high blood pressure, heart disease and many other illnesses. She was an invalid and couldn't take care of herself. After she began to practice Falun Gong and lived by the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance, she no longer suffered any of these illnesses. After July 20, 1999, the Assistant to the General Secretary of the village Communist Party Committee, the Assistant to the Head of the village 610 Office, and the Manager of the Village Security Department, Wang Shijiang, harassed her many times without any grounds. They threatened that if she continued to practice Falun Gong, they would cut off all her financial resources, including disallowing her son to support her and not paying her living allowance. Consequently, Ms. Wang suffered deep mental and physical anguish and her old illnesses recurred. On the Chinese New Year's Eve of 2001, she passed away. Right before that, she told her son that he must protect all of the Dafa books in his possession.

Mr. Zhang Guicheng, 49 years old, was a resident of Jinzhanxi Village, Chaoyang District, Beijing. In 1998, he started practicing Falun Dafa. As a result, her mental and physical health improved greatly. After July 20, 1999, he supported his wife when she stepped forward to validate Dafa. His wife was arrested and sent to a forced labor camp. Thus, the perpetrators came to his home and harassed him many times. He became very distressed. During the three years after his wife was detained at a forced labor camp, he suffered great pressure from the family and other sources. On the afternoon of November 27, 2004, when he was clarifying the truth, he suddenly became sick. He passed away two hours later.

Ms. Liu Sulan, 74 years old, was a Dafa practitioner from Xiaotian Village, Baigutun Town, Wuqing District, Tianjin City. Before she started practicing Falun Gong, she suffered from heart disease and cancer. At the beginning of 1998, after she started practicing Falun Dafa, she was cured of all her illnesses. Her body felt very light. In 1999, after Jiang's regime started the persecution of Falun Gong, she lost her cultivation environment. Her old illnesses recurred, including heart disease and cancer. She nearly turned blind, and she lost the ability to take care of herself. In August 2000, when she was near death, her children, who are practitioners, helped her to start practicing Falun Dafa again. Four days later, she miraculously regained her health. Therefore, she visited many of her relatives and people in her neighborhood. She wanted to tell them about the miraculous effects of practicing Falun Dafa through sharing with them about her personal experiences and telling them the facts of the persecution. In 2001, when she went to stay with her daughter in Chenguan Town in the Wuqing District, policemen from the Chenguan Town Police Station came to her daughter's home many times to harass her daughter. Seeing this, she became very frightened. She was greatly affected both mentally and physically, and her old diseases came back. At the end of September 2001, she died as a result of the persecution.

Five Practitioners from Guangdong Province Were Persecuted to Death

Mr. Du Rongcheng, 70 years old, was a former Head of the Traffic Bureau of Fengshun County, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province. After Falun Dafa was banned and its practitioners persecuted, he was detained at the County Detention Center. The local policemen often harassed him, threatened him and kept him under surveillance. He suffered both physically and mentally. As a result, he became ill. In June 2002, he passed away.

Mr. Xu Daixing, over 70 years old, was a former president of an Agriculture Bank in Fengshun County, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province. He was detained at the County Detention Center at the beginning of the persecution. He suffered deeply from harassment, threats and being kept under surveillance. Local policemen also fined him many times. As a result, he suffered deep mental and physical anguish. He became ill and passed away in February of 2005.

Ms. Lin Hai, born in 1950, was a Falun Dafa practitioner from Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. In 2003, the police arrested her while she was distributing truth-clarification materials. They detained her at the Dongshan District, Guangzhou City forced labor camp. Later, she was sentenced to a 3-year prison term. She served the term at the Sanshui Female Forced Labor Camp in Guangdong Province, where she was tortured. In September 2004, Lin Hai's entire body became inflamed from injuries that occurred during the torture. When she was on the verge of death, they released her to avoid responsibility for her death. Within a few days after her release, she passed away.

Mr. Liang Shuguang, 80 years old, was a Falun Dafa practitioner from Maoming City, Guangdong Province. He started practicing Falun Dafa at the beginning of 1997. He suffered from many illnesses, including kidney stones and pneumonia. After he began to practice, he became healthy. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, the 610 Office detained and persecuted his wife, daughter, daughter-in-law and sister, because they would not renounce Falun Dafa. Then they harassed the family, ransacked their homes, arrested, detained, threatened and levied fines against them. This elderly man suffered deep mental and physical anguish. On April 8, 2004, after his old illnesses recurred, he passed away.

Mr. Liu Chunqing, over 70 years old, a Falun Dafa practitioner from Huazhou City, Guangdong Province, started practicing Falun Dafa in 1996. Before that, he suffered from many illnesses. After he cultivated Dafa, he became healthy. After the persecution started in 1999, many local people came to his home to threaten and arrest him. They sent him to detention centers or brainwashing centers. He suffered deep mental and physical torment. Consequently, his previous diseases recurred and he passed away on May 1, 2001.

Nine Practitioners from Hebei Province Passed Away Due to the Persecution

Ms. Liu Yuying, 57 years old, was a resident of Xinyangtun Village, Wanquan County, Hebei Province. The local authorities confiscated her Dafa books, Teacher's pictures and a tape recorder. Her illnesses recurred because of being persecuted. On November 16, 2004, she passed away.

Ms. Shi Xiuying, 51 years old, was employed at a Coal Machinery Factory in Zhangjiakou City. She started practicing Falun Dafa in 1994. On and after April 25, 1999, she stepped forward many times to validate the Fa. Therefore, staff from the Beixin Village Police Station in Zhangjiakou City arrested, interrogated her through torture and detained her many times. As a result, she suffered immense pressure, physical trauma and deep mental anguish. In July 2003, she passed away.

Ms. Zhang Shulan, 64 years old, was a resident of Xinglong County, Hebei Province. She started practicing Falun Dafa during the second half of 1998. Shortly after she began to practice Falun Gong, her heart disease and cholecystitis were cured. On July 20, 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal to the government. After she returned home, people from the National Security Team of Xinglong County often harassed and bullied her. Her children, who were not practitioners, also pressured her. As a result, she lived in constant fear. During the second half of 2003, her previous diseases recurred and she passed away.

Mr. Mu Zhenluan, 67 years old, was a Dingzhou resident from Baoding District, Hebei Province. After the persecution started in 1999, because he practiced Falun Dafa, he was fined and the local officials ransacked his home many times. He suffered deep mental and physical anguish from the persecution. In November 2003, he passed away.

Ms. Wang Kunyang, 64 years old, was a resident of Dingzhou in Baoding District, Hebei Province. In July 1999, on her way to Beijing to appeal to the government, she was arrested and sent back to her hometown. Local officials fined her. After that, people from the township government came to her home many times to harass her. They tried to force her to write the three statements and a guarantee statement. She was also sent her to a brainwashing session. She suffered deep mental and physical distress. In April 2003, she became confined to bed and couldn't take care of herself any longer. On April 1, 2005, she passed away.

Ms. Meng Xianlan, 79 years old, was a Dafa practitioner from Langfang City, Hebei Province. After she began to practice Falun Gong, she was cured of many illnesses. After 1999, because of the loss of her cultivation environment, she suffered from depression. In March 2003, she passed away.

Ms. Luo Guizhi, about 50 years old, was a resident from Yanjiao, Sanhe Town, Hebei Province. She had once suffered health problems, but after she started practicing Falun Dafa at the end of 1998, she regained her health. After 1999, when the persecution of Falun Gong started, she lost her cultivation environment. Her previous diseases recurred and she soon passed away.

Mr. Wang Qinsheng, 68 years old, was a resident of Qinghuangdao City, Hebei Province. He began to practice Falun Gong in May of 1996. Within 6 months, he no longer suffered from his chronic diseases, including gout, frequent injuries to his back, and insomnia. He was as energetic as a young man. His wife also began practicing

Falun Dafa. After 1999, Falun Gong practitioners were persecuted. His wife was arrested many times. She was detained and their home was ransacked. Staff from the "610 Office" and from his wife's company came to their home to force him to write a guarantee statement. They threatened to send him to a brainwashing center if he did not renounce Falun Gong. He constantly received harassing phone calls and was frequently monitored. His company sent some people to this home again to force him to renounce the practice. He became severely depressed and terrified. As a result, his insomnia and other diseases recurred. In August 2004, he passed away.

Ms. Gu Yingwen was a resident of Qinglong County, Qinhuangdao City, Hebei Province. Before he began to practice Falun Gong, he suffered from many diseases. He was disabledand had to stay in a hospital. In 1996, he began to practice Dafa. Shortly afterwards, he was cured of all his chronic illnesses. After July 20, 1999, when Jiang's regime cracked down on Falun Gong, staff from his local government kept harassing him at home. His mother was arrested, beaten and fined because she went to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop the persecution. Therefore, he suffered deep mental agony. His former diseases recurred, and he became confined to bed. On December 31, 2003, he passed away.

Eight Practitioners from Jilin Province Passed Away Because of the Persecution

Ms. Li Xianhui, 32 years old, was a resident of Caojiagang Village, Binhe Town, Nongan County, Jilin Province. In October 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal to the government. She was arrested, sent back to her local area and unlawfully sentenced to the Heizuizi Forced Labor Camp. During the time she was detained, she appeared to suffer from epileptic symptoms. She was released three months later. After that, the authorities in her local area often harassed and threatened her. She contracted lung disease. On March 12, 2004, she passed away.

Mr. Zhang Hongyou, 79 years old, was a resident of Changchun City, Jilin Province. In 1996, he started practicing Falun Dafa. Many of the diseases he suffered were cured. After July 20, 1999, policemen and people from his local Community Management Center often came to his home to harass him. They confiscated his Falun Dafa books, and his identity and permanent resident cards. On March 20, 2003, many policemen came to his home, arrested him and took him to the police station. They interrogated him for a few days. At that time, they ransacked his home, and they ransacked it again afterwards. They didn't allow his children to visit him. Because of the mental and physical stress, he had a heart attack. On May 7, 2003, he passed away.

Ms. Lu Jinshun, 73 years old, was an ethnic Korean practitioner from Jilin City, Jilin Province. In 1997, she began to practice Dafa. She had not been healthy before practicing, but after that, all of her illnesses disappeared. In 2000, she practiced the exercises in front of the Municipal Government Building to validate the Fa, so they arrested her and took her to the police station. After that she was taken to a brainwashing session. Because of being threatened and harassed after she returned home, she became ill and was confined to bed for a couple of years. She eventually became comatose. On January 27, 2004, she passed away.

Ms. Chen Guangmei, 65 years old, was a resident of Wudaojiang Town, Tonghua City, Jilin Province. In 1999, after the persecution of Falun Gong began, the authorities from her local Community Management and from the police station often harassed and threatened her. In mid December 2004, the local police station sent many people to ransack her home. She developed breast cancer. On March 29, 2005, she passed away.

Telephone number of Wudaojiang Town Police Station in Tonghua City, Jilin Province: 86-435-3732321

Ms. Ning Guizhi, 80 years old, was a resident of Changchun City, Jilin Province. After she started practicing Falun Dafa, many of her diseases were cured. After July 20, 1999, policemen from her local police station confiscated her Falun Dafa books and often came to her home to harass her. After so much harassment, she became sick and walked with difficulty. On March 13, 2005, she passed away.

Ms. Yu Fuqin, 65 years old, lived on Xinyang Street, Nongan County, Jilin Province. After July 20, 1999, Liu Hanmei from the local Community Management and Zhang Shuxue from the local police station often came to her home to harass her. They forced her to write a "guarantee statement," in which she had to renounce Falun Gong. She was terrified, and as a result, she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. On April 3, 2005, she passed away.

Ms. Cai Qinghua, 65 years old, was a resident of the Erdao District, Changchun City, Jilin Province. In October 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop persecuting Falun Gong. For doing this, she was arrested and detained in a forced labor camp, where she was tortured. After she returned home, policemen came to her home to harass her. As a result, she suffered deep mental and physical pain. In March 2005, she passed away.

Ms. Zheng Xuanguang, 51 years old, was a resident of Yushu City, Jilin Province. In July 1999, she went to Beijing to clarify the truth and validate Falun Dafa. On the way there, the police stopped her. She was deeply frightened and suffered a cerebral hemorrhage three times. On March 18, 2003, she passed away.

Eight Practitioners from Shandong, Liaoning, Heilongjiang Provinces Were Persecuted to Death

Mr. Li Yanzhen, 60 years old, was a resident of Xujia Village, Xinzhuang Town, Shandong Province. Before he started practicing Falun Dafa, he suffered advanced diabetes because of which he became blind. Because of practicing Dafa, his diabetes was cured and he could see again. After July 20, 1999, under intense pressure from Hou Qingsan and 2 other people from the Xinzhuang Town police station, he handed in his Dafa books and wrote a guarantee statement to stop practicing Falun Gong against his will. After that, the authorities and the police often harassed, threatened, monitored, and followed him. He even became homeless and had to move from place to place in order to avoid the harassment. His diabetes recurred and he became blind again. On February 2, 2005, he passed away.

Mr. Liu Xiaozhao, 35 years old, was a resident of Sanshan Village, Xinzhuang Town, Laiwu City, Shandong Province. On July 20, 1999, he went to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop the persecution. On the way there people from Jinan City led by Hou Qingsan and others from the Xinzhuang Town police station stopped him. After that, they often came to his home to harass and threaten him. In the winter of 2000, over 10 people broke into his home, arrested him and sent him to the Wulai City Detention Center. He went on a hunger strike to protest this detention. In March 2001, he passed away because of the persecution.

Mr. Zhang Jiqiang, about 30 years old, was a resident of Raowang Village, Laiwu City, Shandong Province. In 2000, he went to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop the persecution, and he was detained. In 2001, he passed away.

Mr. Liang Qiyuan, 93 years old, was a Dafa practitioner from Luojiaxin Village, Huashan Town, Qingdao City, Shandong Province. After the persecution started on July 20, 1999, his children's homes were ransacked many times. They were fined, arrested, and monitored continuously. In 2001, his two daughters were sentenced to 4 years in prison, and his two grandsons received a three-year forced labor sentence. On July 14, 2002, he passed away as a result of the mental pressure and torture.

Ms. Shi Xiumei, 62 years old, was a resident of Guanli Village, Bayi Town, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. In 1997, she began to practice Falun Dafa. Through studying the Fa and doing the exercises, her many illnesses disappeared. After July 20, 1999, when Jiang's regime began to persecute Falun Gong, she stepped forward many times to validate Dafa. The head of the local police station and policemen came to her home many times to harass and threaten her. As a result, her old illnesses recurred. On April 12, 2005, she passed away.

Mr. Wu Jiahe, 63 years old, was a Dafa practitioner from Taiping Village, Boli County, Heilongjiang Province. In 1996, he began to practice in Falun Dafa. Many of his illnesses, for which no one had found a cure, disappeared. Around November 12, 1999, his elder and younger daughter, daughter-in-laws, and niece were arrested and detained at the local detention center because they practiced Falun Dafa. Since then, the police station and staff members from the brigade attempted to have him write the a guarantee statement. He refused. The harassment and threats continued. He worried about his children and became ill again. On December 29, he passed away.

Ms. Jiang Shuqin, 66 years old, was a resident of Taiping Village, Boli County, Heilongjiang Province. On April 25, 2001, when her elder son, elder daughter, younger son and younger daughter-in-law were driving to a nearby village to hand out truth-clarification material, they were reported to the police. Her elder son was caught and arrested. They extorted 20,000 yuan from him. Her elder daughter, younger son and daughter-in-law became homeless, going from place to place in order to avoid being arrested. She lived at home with her elder daughter-in-law and three teenagers. They led a difficult life. Policemen came to her home to force her to reveal the whereabouts of her children. They also kept her home under surveillance for 15 days. People from the Criminal Investigation Division kept threatening her. As a result, she was in deep distress. In June 2002, she passed away.

Ms. He Qiuping, 57 years old, was a resident of the Yilan Coal Plant, Heilongjiang Province. In November 2000, she went to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop the persecution. After she returned, she was arrested and detained for 15 days. They also fined her thousands of yuan. People from her company and the local "610 Office" kept coming to her home to harass her. They also ransacked her home and kept threatening her. She was terrified. During this long intense persecution, she developed symptoms of a cerebral hemorrhage and passed away.

Six Practitioners from Jiangxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou Provinces Were Persecuted to Death

Mr. Wan Niaogen, 58 years old, was a resident of Dutou Village, Nanchang County, Jiangxi Province. After he began to practice Falun Gong, he became very healthy. His wife Yuan Chunying was handicapped. After she saw that he became healthy, she also began to practice Falun Gong. After the persecution started, they appealed to the government and firmly continued to practice. Because of this, his wife was arrested and detained six times, and fined 5,600 yuan. He was detained two times, arrested, sent to brainwashing sessions two times and fined 3,000 yuan. In addition, the police confiscated some traditional Chinese and western medicine, worth over 10,000 yuan. Mr. Wang was tortured so severely at the brainwashing center that he vomited blood. On January 27, 2004, he passed away.

Ms. Chen Huiyuan, 62 years old, lived at Huayuan City, Nanhu district, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. Due to her steadfast practice of Falun Dafa, validating the Fa and clarifying the truth, she was arrested and detained many times. Her handicapped husband was also detained for his beliefs. He suffered mental and physical agony and died in a car accident. Their daughter was sentenced before the Chinese New Year due to posting truth-clarification material on walls. Because of the persistent, severe persecution, she passed away on February 10, 2005.

Mr. Han Quanguan, 68 years old, lived at Wuhan City, Hubei Province. He was a retired cadre. After July 20, 1999, policemen often came to his home to harass him and stop him from doing the exercises. They confiscated his identity card. After his wife traveled to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop the persecution, they sent her to a brainwashing center. On October 1, 2000, he passed away.

Mr. Lu Sufang, 57 years old, was a Dafa practitioner from the Yanjiang District, Ziyang City, Sichuan Province. In 2000, she went to Beijing to clarify the truth and validate the Fa. She was detained and fined. She was continuously monitored and harassed. Therefore she suffered tremendous physical and mental torment. Most importantly, her cultivation environment was destroyed. She passed away on the morning of April 10, 2005.

Mr. Lan Yingzhou, 67 years old, was a retired senior engineer from the Xiwu Institute, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. Policemen and people from his company often came to his home to harass and threaten him. In 2000, his wife went to Beijing to appeal to the government to stop the persecution and was detained. Under such great pressure, his previous illnesses came back. On November 19, 2000, he passed away.

Ms. Lei Yanfen, 60 years old, was a resident of the Baiyun District, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province. Before she started practicing Falun Gong, she suffered many illnesses, including a kidney stone. In 1993, after she began to practice Falun Gong, she fully recovered. In the spring of 2001, policemen from Baiyun District broke into her home and took away all of her truth-clarification materials. They arrested and detained her for 15 days. After that, staff from her local Community Management Committee often came to her home to harass her. Under extreme mental pressure, she passed away on April 2, 2005.

Originally posted on April 26, 2005