(Minghui.org) Editor’s note: This is part of a series of death cases newly translated by the English site of Minghui.org. These cases have long been published on the Chinese site of Minghui.org but have not been translated until now.

Name: Ding LihuaChinese Name: 丁丽华Gender: FemaleAge: 73City: DaqingProvince: HeilongjiangOccupation: assistant bank directorDate of Death: June 18, 2021Date of Most Recent Arrest: December 22, 2018Most Recent Place of Detention:

Ms. Ding Lihua, a former Assistant Branch Director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province, was arrested on November 9, 2018, and detained at the Daqing City Detention Center. Although she was later released on bail due to high blood pressure, the police seized her and took her back to the detention center on December 22, 2018. After the detention center refused to admit her, she was released again.

Ms. Ding was tried on August 22, 2019, by Ranghulu District Court and sentenced to three and a half years in prison and fined 20,000 yuan in late September. Her appeal to Daqing City Intermediate Court was rejected in October 2019.

To avoid being taken back into custody, she lived away from home to hide from police. Living in fear and distress, Ms. Ding’s health deteriorated. She had severe stomach pain by May 2021, and couldn’t keep anything down.

Ms. Ding fell into a coma on June 15, 2021 and was taken to the hospital. She was diagnosed with advanced liver cancer. She passed away on June 18, 2021. She was 73.