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Name: Liu XiangzhaoChinese Name: 刘祥兆Gender: MaleAge: 80sCity: LyushunProvince: LiaoningOccupation: N/ADate of Death: June 4, 2025Date of Most Recent Arrest: April 24, 2025Most Recent Place of Detention: Tuchengzi Police Station
A man in his 80s passed away on June 4, 2025, a little over one month following his latest arrest for practicing Falun Gong, a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.
Mr. Liu Xiangzhao, of Lyushun City, Liaoning Province was arrested at a farmers’ market on April 24, 2025, while distributing informational materials about Falun Gong there. He was taken to the Tuchengzi Police Station and held in a dark room. He was made to sit on the cold cement ground for extended periods of time. He kept shivering. The police forced him to take some unknown drug before releasing him.
The police also searched Mr. Liu’s home and took away a picture of the Falun emblem, the symbol of Falun Gong. Mr. Liu and his wife went to the police station and demanded its return, only to be driven out.
Mr. Liu struggled with declining health since then and died on June 4, 2025.
This wasn’t the first time that Mr. Liu had been targeted for his faith. He was arrested in 1999 for going to Beijing to appeal for the right to practice Falun Gong. He was given two and a half years at the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp. Officers from the Tuchengzi Police Station kept harassing him after he was released. He was later arrested a several times for distributing Falun Gong pamphlets at the farmers’ market and released shortly after each time due to his family’s strong objections.
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