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Three Practitioners Died as a Result of the Persecution in Shandong Province, Chongqing City, and Sichuan Province
(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Li Xiuyun, 79 years old, was from the Jijing District of Qingdao City in
Shandong Province. She started practicing Falun Gong in 1997. Since the
persecution of Falun Gong started, she did everything that a Falun Gong
practitioner should do such as validating the Fa and clarifying the
truth. On the night of August 2, 2002, her husband and son were
illegally arrested by police for distributing truth clarifying
flyers on the streets and hanging up banners. The unlawful authorities also
searched her home, harassed and threatened her. Ms Li was frightened and finally
passed away on December 1, 2003, after severe mental blows. Mr. Wang Pingshen, 63, was from Yunyang County in Chongqing City. He was a
retired teacher from the Yunyang County Teachers' College. He started to
practice Falun Gong in 1996. Since the persecution of Falun Gong by the
Communist regime started in 1999, the county 610 Office and
political maintenance section of the police department often illegally monitored
and harassed him. In October 2000, they searched his house without a permit and
unlawfully held him for more than 10 days at the county detention center. They
released him after he paid a fine of 200 yuan. In 2001, they
unlawfully searched his house again and detained him for more than 40 days. He
was only released after paying a fine of 10,000 yuan. Afterwards, Mr. Wang
Pingshen was subjected to extreme pressure by the authorities, and his health
deteriorated. He passed away in 2003. Mr. Gan Guoping, 41 years old, was a practitioner from Neijiang City, Sichuan
Province. He went to appeal at the Beijing National Appeals Office and to
clarify the truth about Falun Gong in December 2000. He was arrested by the
Beijing authorities who notified his local 610 Office. Mr. Gan was brought back
to the Neijiang Detention Center. During his detention, he was tortured and
harassed by the police, and he was forced to pay the travel expenses of the 610
officers and police for bringing him back. The total cost was several thousand
yuan. Mr. Gan's wages were quite low, and his wife was unemployed. They deducted
money from his wages for one year, and that caused great difficulties for his
family. After he was released, the 610 Office ordered his work unit to monitor
him. Since Mr. Gan was determined in practicing Falun Gong, the police department,
the local police station, the street/neighborhood watch and other related
departments went to his house and harass him on all "important"
occasions. Every time, about 20 people ransacked his house. The police also had
an arrest warrant and wanted to take Mr. Gan to a brainwashing center. Mr. Gan
and his wife refused to be persecuted and reasoned with these people. In the
end, the street and neighbourhood watch authorities were speechless and only the
police searched the house. The rest of the group did not touch anything. Under
practitioners' righteous thoughts, the authorities spent most of the day
harassing them but did not reach their goal. The day before the Communist Party's 16th People's Congress, Mr.
Gan was arrested again at work by police officers from the Middle District
Police Substation in Neijiang City. He was unlawfully held for about a month at
a detention center. His wife went to the police station many times to ask for
his release. She was told that he would only be released after the 16th
People's Congress had successfully finished. During the persecution, Mr. Gan Guoping suffered severely both mentally and
physically. In December 2004, he started to spit blood, showed blood in his
stools, and had an accumulation of abdominal fluid. When his relatives took him
to the hospital for a checkup, he was diagnosed with terminal cirrhosis of the
liver. After staying in the hospital for half a month, he returned home. He
continued to study the Fa and practice the exercises, and continued
to do what a Falun Gong practitioner should. Within a month, he regained his
health. After he clarified the truth to the doctors, the doctors were amazed at
the miracle of Falun Gong. But due to continuous harassment by the related departments, Mr. Gan
eventually succumbed to the constant pressure and terror. On the evening of
December 16, 2005, the same symptoms recurred, and he passed away on the
afternoon of December 17, 2005. December 20, 2005
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