(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Yang Xingzhe, 38 years old, was a Falun Dafa practitioner in Hebei Province. After the persecution started on July 20, 1999, the police often ransacked her home, extorted money from her and intimidated her. In 2001 Ms. Yang was illegally sentenced to two years of forced labor for distributing Falun Dafa truth clarification materials and for hanging truth clarification banners. She was forced to do slave labor at the Balizhuang Forced Labor Camp in Baoding City and was also subjected to beatings and brainwashing. Ms. Yang had a cerebral hemorrhage and passed away on October 14, 2005.