(Minghui.org)
Name: Wang ShuhuaChinese Name: 王淑华Gender: FemaleAge: 68City: TaianProvince: ShandongOccupation: Hydrogeological engineerDate of Death: August 14, 2024Date of Most Recent Arrest: February 26, 2006Most Recent Place of Detention: Langfang City Legal Education Center
Ms. Wang Shuhua suffered from constant convulsions and nausea after she was given toxic shots while being detained in 2006 for her faith in Falun Gong. In 2013, her condition suddenly worsened and she became completely incapacitated. After struggling for another decade of physical suffering, while enduring the mental distress of the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong, especially witnessing the arrest and sentencing of her husband, she passed away on August 14, 2024. She was 68.
Ms. Wang and her husband, Mr. Zhou Chuanzhong, of Taian City, Shandong Province, both worked for the hydrogeological engineering team under the Shandong Province Metallurgical Geological Survey Bureau. They took up Falun Gong in 1996. Ms. Wang’s frequent headaches soon disappeared. Mr. Zhou also recovered from various ailments he had.
On July 23, 1999, three days after the Chinese Communist Party ordered the persecution of Falun Gong, instructor Wang of the Caiyuan Police Station led a group of officers to raid the couple’s home. Their Falun Gong books, Falun Gong lecture videotapes and audiotapes, and several thousand yuan in cash were confiscated. The couple were held at the guesthouse of their workplace for three days. The police interrogated them and arranged for people to watch them around the clock.
After the couple was released, the authorities continued to monitor their daily life. They had to report to the police every day of where they went and what they did. To seek justice, Ms. Wang went to the provincial government in the capital city of Jinan to appeal, only to be arrested as soon as she arrived in Jinan. She was escorted back to Taian and detained for a day.
Mr. Zhou managed to go to Beijing to appeal for the right to practice Falun Gong on January 23, 2000. He was arrested on January 25, escorted back to Taian and detained for 30 days. Not long after he was released, the police and his manager at work arrested him again at home and took him to a brainwashing center. He was extorted 3,000 yuan and his workplace suspended his salary for a year.
Due to non-stop harassment, the couple was forced to live away from home in early March 2000, yet the police always managed to find them not long after they moved each time. To hide from the police, they lived in several provinces including Hubei, Shanxi, and Hebei.
On February 26, 2006, the local police suddenly broke into their temporary residence in Sanhe City, Hebei Province. The couple, their son, Mr. Zhou Conglin, daughter-in-law, and three-year-old grandson were arrested. Their Falun Gong books, informational materials, printer, and nearly 100,000 yuan in cash were confiscated.
Mr. Zhou was detained at the Sanhe City Detention Center for ten months, where he was subjected to frequent beating and verbal abuse. The Sanhe City Court later sentenced him to three years and six months for printing Falun Gong materials. By the time he was admitted to the Tangshan Prison, he was very weak and had difficulty walking. Because he refused to renounce Falun Gong, the authorities extended his term by four months.
While Ms. Wang was detained at the Sanhe City Detention Center, she was watched by the inmates around the clock and constantly pressed to renounce Falun Gong. Due to the mental distress, she suffered extremely high blood pressure and intense headaches. As she remained firm in Falun Gong, the authorities took her to the Langfang City Legal Education Center for further persecution. The guards there injected her with a blue liquid. She had intense convulsions and kept vomiting afterward. Despite her physical condition, she was still forced to attend brainwashing sessions every day.
In addition to the couple, their son was also detained at the Sanhe City Detention Center for a month. He suffered a savage beating and his legs were severely swollen and covered with bruises. After he was released, his wife filed a complaint against the detention center. Chief Wang paid her 2,500 yuan to settle the matter privately.
After Ms. Wang was released three months later, the local government shut off their power and water supply and evicted the family from the apartment.
The family later moved back to Taian. Ms. Wang suffered continued health problem from the toxic shots. In 2013, her condition suddenly worsened. Her body and legs were deformed and she became completely incapacitated.
Mr. Zhou was arrested again on February 28, 2023, for distributing Falun Gong materials. The Feicheng City Court sentenced him to one year with a 5,000 yuan fine on August 2, 2023. He was denied admission by the detention center due to his poor health and was thus released.
Dealt a blow of Mr. Zhou’s persecution, Ms. Wang’s condition further deteriorated. She passed away on August 14, 2024.
As the local social security bureau had suspended the couple’s pension, and their son wasn’t working due to injuries from a car accident, the family only had 500 yuan in cash and couldn’t even afford to pay for Ms. Wang’s funeral. After a relative heard about their situation, he lent them 10,000 yuan. Only then, did the family cremate Ms. Wang’s body so that she could rest in peace.
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