Tian Baozhen, female, 40 years old, lived in the residential area of the Hubei Textile Design Institute at Yuejiazui in Wuchang District of Wuhan City.

In November of this year, together with several other practitioners, she went to Tiananmen Square to protect Dafa and to call for redress of a wrong. But she was detained without cause by the Tiananmen Police Substation.

Tian Baozhen refused to tell her address, and was beaten up by the police. She then went on hunger strike for her freedom and was subsequently interrogated, beaten up again, and force-fed. Ten days later, Tian Baozhen told the Beijing police that she was from Henan Province. Then she was brought back by the Henan police. After arriving in Henan Province, Ms. Tian told the police she was not from Henan Province.

At the sight of her extreme physical weakness due to her hunger strike and the brutal abuse she had suffered, the Henan police released her. With her great fortitude, Tian Baozhen got on the train heading for Wuhan City in Hebei Province. After she arrived at the Wuhan railway station, she was too feeble to even move, so she made a phone call home. Her husband brought her back in a taxi and carried her on his shoulders to their home on the fifth floor. After several days' rest at home, Tian Baozhen passed away on December 11, 2000. The dark bruises on her arms due to the police's beating and kicking are still shocking to see.

On December 13, those practitioners who had heard about Ms. Tian's death attended her funeral. Practitioners sent her a verse:

"The Pure Plum Flower is the First to Bloom in the Cold Winter;

The Righteous and Expansive Heart is to Encourage Fellow Practitioners"

to express their deep respects for a woman who gave up her own life to protect Dafa. They believe that the evil will be eliminated and that a bright future is drawing near.

Tian Baozhen was kindhearted and always ready to help others. She was widely recognized as a good person in the neighborhood. In addition, she did a lot of work for the sake of Dafa. Following in her footsteps, the practitioners in Wuhan City will go on protecting Dafa and promoting Dafa and suffocate the evil.

Posting date: 12/22/2000
Original article date: 12/16/2000
Category: Eye Witness Accounts
Translated on 12/17/2000 from http://minghui.cc/gb/0001/Dec/16/news_china_121600_shishi.html

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