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Ms. Li Chunzhi Died as a Result of Persecution
(Clearwisdom.net) Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Li Chunzhi, 41, lived in
the Family Housing of the Baoding City Second Cadre Retirement Home in Hebei
Province. She started cultivating Falun Dafa in August 1995 and was a volunteer
assistant of the Binhe Park Group Practice Site in Baoding City. She went to
Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa on July 22, 1999, and was arrested, detained
one month in Beijing Public Transportation Detention Center, and later detained
for another 20 days in Baoding Detention Center. She was fined 1600 yuan
by Religion Affairs Office Head Tang (gender unknown) of the Baoding City Police
Department. On January 2, 2001, police officer Wang Yuehua (gender unknown) and others
arrested Ms. Li from a hospital, where her parents had been taken for emergency
treatment due to gas poisoning. Ms. Li went on a hunger strike to protest, but
her father died before she was released. Before January 24, 2001 (the Chinese New Year), Ms. Li was again arrested and
detained, this time for two months in Xushui County Detention Center. She went
on a hunger strike until she was near death. Political Security Office Head Lu
Guanjiang (male) of Beishi District Police Department insisted on detaining her
in the Baoding City Detention Center, but the Center rejected her due to her
physical condition. Finally Lu Guanjiang had to allow her husband to carry her
home. On April 25, 2001, Ms. Li unfurled a banner on Tiananmen Square. She was
arrested and detained in the Yanqing County Detention Center in Beijing. She was
cursed at and beaten with sticks, so she went on a hunger strike for 24 days.
After she was released, she had to leave home to avoid being arrested again. In July or August 2001, Ms. Li was arrested by policemen from Youanmen
Station in Beijing. Four male officers stripped her, shocked her with an
electric baton when she had only her underwear on, verbally abused her, and beat
her. She was released after she stopped eating for four days. On February 17, 2003, policemen from Beishi District Department in Baoding
City arrested Ms. Li when she visiting her daughter. She was sentenced to three
years of forced labor and detained in the Baoding City Forced Labor Camp for
three months. She was released after she went on a hunger strike for 47 days. Over the past several years, due to the police's constant harassment,
threats, arrests, and detention, Ms. Li Chunzhi had no stable life, and that
greatly damaged her physical and mental health. She died on June 19, 2006. Posting date: 7/20/2006 |