Husband and Wife Die Four Years Apart As a Result of Persecution of Their Faith

(Minghui.org)

Name: Wang JianhuaChinese Name: 王建华Gender: FemaleAge: 51City: DalianProvince: LiaoningOccupation: N/ADate of Death: November 2018Date of Most Recent Arrest: August 26, 2008Most Recent Place of Detention: Masanjia Forced Labor Camp

Name: Zhao QimingChinese Name: 赵启明Gender: MaleAge: 66City: DalianProvince: LiaoningOccupation: Former employee of a gas companyDate of Death: April 19, 2022Date of Most Recent Arrest: September 2015Most Recent Place of Detention: Unknown

A married couple in Dalian City, Liaoning Province passed away one after another over a four-year span, as a result of the persecution of Falun Gong. They are survived by a daughter.

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual discipline that has been persecuted by the Chinese communist regime since 1999.

Wife’s Persecution

According to limited information collected by Minghui.org about Ms. Wang Jianhua, she was tortured at the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp in 2007. Several hundred of practitioners were detained at the labor camp and almost all of them were forced to renounce Falun Gong after being brutally tortured. Ms. Wang was one of the only few who held firm to her faith. She was once handcuffed to heating pipes for over three weeks and developed fluid accumulation in her chest.

She later developed tuberculosis and was unable to care for herself. When she was released from the labor camp, her legs still had the marks of being shackled. She suffered declining health after her release and was resuscitated in the hospital several times. Her family suspected that the labor camp administrated toxic drugs to her.

Ms. Wang was arrested again on August 26, 2008, for talking to people about Falun Gong. Her home was also ransacked. The police gave her another one-year labor camp term on September 26, 2008, but she was rejected admission by both the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp and Dalian City Forced Labor Camp due to her health condition. She was hospitalized five times in 2008 for tuberculosis.

Ms. Wang suffered non-stop harassment over the years. She began to cough out blood and relied on her mother for care. Her mother later passed away due to mental and physical exhaustion. Ms. Wang died years later in November 2018. She was 51.

Husband’s Persecution

Mr. Zhao Qiming used to work for the Dalian Gas Company. He was arrested in 2001 and detained in the Dalian Forced Labor Camp. On March 19, 2001, almost all Falun Gong practitioners detained there, both male and female, were subjected to merciless torture. Many were forced to renounce Falun Gong against their will.

Mr. Zhao was fired by the company when he was released. To make a living, he started a small business of renewing and reselling used appliances. He also offered free repair services to the community.

Mr. Zhao was arrested again on March 20, 2009, after being reported for distributing Falun Gong materials. It happened when Ms. Wang had become incapacitated and their daughter was preparing for her college entrance exam. His mother-in-law in her 70s took on many household chores.

Mr. Zhao was arrested several times afterward. He was detained for 15 days after being arrested in September 2015 for filing a criminal complaint against Jiang Zemin, the former head of the communist regime who ordered the persecution.

Ms. Wang’s passing in 2018 dealt him a hard blow. He died of liver cancer on April 19, 2022. He was 66.