(Clearwisdom.net) Ms. Guo Runzhen, 56, lived at No. 19 Tuanjie Building, Sanhuai Road, Tanggu District, Tianjin City. Before she practiced Falun Gong, she had high blood pressure and diabetes. After she started practicing Falun Gong in 1997, she totally recovered from the illnesses. When the Chinese Government started persecuting Falun Gong in 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal for the right to practice Falun Gong. The police from the Tanggu Police Department in Tianjin City arrested her. They searched her home and confiscated some of her belongings. After she was released, the personnel who were in charge of Politics and Security in the Sanhuai Road Community continually harassed her at home. Ms. Guo suffered tremendously both physically and emotionally. They also forced her family members to monitor her and would not allow her to contact other practitioners. As a result of the ongoing persecution, Ms. Guo Runzhen's old illnesses returned and she died in January 2004.

Ms. Liu Guiying, 79, was from Botou City, Hebei Province. Before she practiced Falun Gong, she had heart disease, a bone spur and other illnesses for many years. After she started practicing Falun Dafa in 1998, all her ailments disappeared, including the old age spots on her body. After July 20, 1999, the local officials harassed and threatened her many times. Ms. Liu passed away on February 16, 2002, because she was not able to practice Falun Gong.

Ms. Mou Guilan, 69, lived on Taiyuan Street, Shahekou District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province. After July 20, 1999, the local police and the officials from the Taiyuan Street Community frequently came to her home to harass her and coerce her to give up Falun Dafa. Without a normal environment to practice, her health declined and her old ailments returned. Ms. Mou Guilan died on September 26, 2004.

Ms. Jiang Yuxiu, 74, was from Fangzi District, Weifang City, Shandong Province. She started practicing Falun Gong in 1997. After July 20, 1999, she watched Jiang's faction brutally persecute Falun Dafa practitioners, including her practitioner nephew, who was arrested many times and is now held in a detention center. Ms. Jiang Yuxiu suffered a great deal both mentally and physically as a result of the persecution. She passed away on May 3, 2005.

Ms. Chen Guiying, 66, was from Sananzi Village, Weifang City, Shandong Province. She started practicing Falun Dafa in1996, and she benefited a great deal in both body and mind. Her husband was also a practitioner. After July 20, 1999, when Jiang's regime started persecuting Falun Gong, Ms. Chen watched her practitioner relatives, her sister-in-law, nephew and niece, being arrested again and again. Meanwhile she also worried about her two daughters, who were also practitioners, being persecuted. She lived in constant fear. In February 2004, Ms. Chen Guiying's health quickly deteriorated, and she passed away on June 25. Two days later, her husband also passed away.