Former Prison Guard Passes Away Due to the Persecution of Her Faith in Falun Gong

(Minghui.org)

Name: He ZhongpingChinese Name: 何忠萍Gender: FemaleAge: 67City: ChengduProvince: SichuanOccupation: Retired prison guardDate of Death: September 30, 2022Date of Most Recent Arrest: UnknownMost Recent Place of Detention: Unknown

Ms. He Zhongping, a retired guard at Abazhou Prison in Sichuan Province, passed away on September 30, 2022, after being persecuted for her faith in Falun Gong. She was 67.

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.

Ms. He of Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province, was arrested on February 14, 2003, for refusing to give up her faith and detained for 15 days. She was arrested again in May 2003 for distributing informational materials about Falun Gong and was held in a labor camp term for over two years. She was released around August 2006.

In 2008, the authorities suspended Ms. He’s pension with the excuse that she refused to renounce Falun Gong. They allowed her only a 300-yuan-a-month low-income subsidy. When she appealed, the authorities claimed that, because she had violated the law, even giving her the low-income subsidy was generous.

Although Ms. He’s low-income subsidy was later increased to 600 yuan, it was still barely enough for her to get by. She appealed repeatedly to her supervisors and clarified the facts about Falun Gong, but to no avail.

In recent years, her health began to decline and she lost her vision. On June 6, 2022, three guards from Abazhou Prison went to her home, claiming they were going to get her pension reinstated. She trusted them and signed a document, even though she could no longer see well enough to read it.

When her daughter visited her the next day, she realized that the guards had deceived Ms. He into signing a statement to renounce Falun Gong.

Ms. He was devastated and cried for two days. Her health deteriorated quickly after that and she passed away on September 30.