Mr. Yang Zhaoxiang, 76, was a retiree from the No. 3 Railway Bureau, Hengshui City, Hebei Province. He had attained Dafa after April 25, 1999. In October 1999 his daughter was arrested by order of the 610 Office and suffered persecution in the municipal detention center. The older man was scared and worried. He got sick and was sent to the hospital. He died in March 2000.