(Clearwisdom.net)

Wang Qiuyan

Ms. Wang Qiuyan, 55, was a Dafa practitioner and retiree from a cassette factory in the Jinzhou District, Dalian City. She was arrested in 2001 while she and other practitioners were distributing Dafa material and someone reported them. Ms. Wang was later held at the Jinshou District Detention Center. She was not permitted to practice or cultivate Dafa during detention. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and was released. After a two-year battle with breast cancer she passed away in August, 2003.

Mr. Chen Tianbao, 59, was a Falun Dafa practitioner in Henan Province. He was arrested on March 2001, and was subjected to severe physical abuse. He was forced to stand barefoot outside in 101^o F heat for an hour. He was not permitted to eat the food his family had delivered and he was continuously starved. Falun Dafa practitioner Mr. Chen used to weight about 200 lbs., but he became very skinny several months after his arrest. The officials released him on bail for medical treatment of uncontrolled hypertension. He failed to respond to the treatment and passed away on April 16, 2005.

Mr. Wang Kunchao, 70, was a Dafa practitioner in Henan Province. His illnesses were healed after he began Falun Gong practice. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, agents from the 610 Office frequently came to his home to disturb him and his family. They came in a group each time. He was subjected to psychological abuse. Later he developed recurrent strokes, in combination with cardiac arrest. He passed away on September 8, 2002, according to the Chinese lunar calendar.

Ms. Jiang Yu Xiu, 74, lived at No. 4 Group in Fenshui Village, Mulan Township in the Xindu District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. She began Dafa study in 1997 and previously had many kinds of illnesses. After beginning the practice, all her symptoms disappeared. In 2000 she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong, and was arrested by the police and taken back by local police from her area. She was released after paying a deposit. A year later, when police came to return her deposit, they forced her to "reform" [renounce Falun Gong] although she had already declared in solemn statements that her prior words and deeds under forced "reform" were null and void. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials frequently harassed her family. She passed away in March 2006.

Mr. Jiang Xuehui, 66, was a Dafa practitioner from the first village in the Zhong Lingsi region, Yongxing Township, in the Shuanshan District, Suining City, Sichuan Province. Before he began Dafa practice he had several severe illnesses, including Hepatitis B, pleurisy and pulmonary emphysema. After practicing his health was restored. Mr. Jiang attempted to go to Beijing in January 2001, to petition for Falun Gong, but was captured at Chongqing Train Station, sent back and incarcerated at the Wu Jiawan Detention Center in Suining City. Police illegally searched his home. They were from the Yongxing Police Station and from the township government. Police confiscated Dafa books, flyers and videotapes. Mr. Jiang had been detained for three months and was released after paying a fine of 1,000 yuan. Under the CCP long-term harassment, Mr. Jiang Xuehui could not normally practice and cultivate Dafa. His old illnesses recurred in September 2005, and he passed away on October 25 of the same year.

Mr. Han Shihui, 66, was a Xinya Corporation retiree in Liaocheng City, Shandong Province who began Dafa cultivation in 1997. Before practicing Falun Dafa he'd had a stroke and other illnesses. After the Dafa practice, all his illnesses disappeared. Mr. Han continued with his Dafa practice following July 20, 1999, but frequently received threats and harassment. These resulted in a relapse of his old illness. He passed away on December 28, 2005.