(Minghui.org) Ms. Zhou Guilan from Suihua, Heilongjiang Province was illegally arrested by officers from the Beilin District 610 Office on September 15, 2011. After being sentenced to three and a half years in prison, she filed an appeal and sued the Suihua 610 Office over this injustice. Her family hired an attorney to defend her, but before a second trial date was set, she died in a detention center on March 29, 2012.

Sixty-four-year-old Ms. Zhou Guilan was diagnosed with late-term lung cancer in 2009. Later on in 2009, she was fortunate to meet a Falun Dafa practitioner who encouraged her to take up the practice. Through studying the Fa and practicing the exercises diligently, the cancer disappeared within two months. People around her knew she had fully recovered by practicing Falun Dafa. From that time on, she validated Falun Dafa with her personal experience and spread the facts about the practice everywhere she went.

Li Jianfei from the Beilin District 610 Office in Suihua arrested Ms. Zhou while she was talking to people about Falun Gong on the afternoon of February 12, 2011. She was detained for 12 days.

On September 15, 2011, Ms. Zhou distributed DVDs to passersby and talked to them about Falun Gong. She was arrested again by Wang Shubo (female) and Li Jianfei from the Beilin District 610 Office and detained in the Suihua Detention Center.

After being sentenced to three and a half years in prison, she filed an appeal with the Beilin District Court in Suihua City, suing the 610 Office for the persecution she suffered. Her family hired an attorney to present a not guilty plea for her. The case was transferred to the Suihua Intermediate Court, but the date for the second trial had not been set.

At 6:10 a.m. on March 22, 2012, Ms. Zhou showed symptoms of a cerebral hemorrhage and fell into a coma in the Suihua Detention Center. She was taken to the Suihua People's Hospital (the former Suihua Health School) for emergency treatment. Her family quickly applied for her release to seek medical treatment. She had a tracheotomy on the afternoon of March 28 and passed away at 1 a.m. on March 29, 2012.