Hu Yan lives in Hujuanbao Villege, Tangezhuan County, Laiyang City of Shandong Province. Her family was in a difficult financial situation. Simply because she practices Falun Gong, her already poverty-stricken home was confiscated by the local government.
| Hu Yans poverty-stricken home | Hu Yans poverty-stricken home | Hu Yans only valuable properties, a color TV and a radio, were confiscated. |
Fertilizer, cement, and even wheat, peanut and flour that her family subsists on were also taken away.
Hu Yan (left) and her mother (right).
(Reported on October 15, 2000)
