After this open letter was distributed locally to expose the evil persecution by the perpetrator, the news was heard that all of the Dafa practitioners illegally detained at the county detention center were released.
44 more deaths of Falun Gong practitioners were verified during the months of September and October. The deaths, which occurred across 16 Chinese provinces, were mostly attributed to the severe torture practices of Chinese detention centers and labour camps.
Mr. Lu Bingshen, 39-years-old, was a firefighter with the 6th Fire Brigade in Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province. In mid-October 2003, Lu was tortured to death in Daqing City Forced Labor Camp at the hands of the Camp’s Assistant Brigade Leader, Mr. Zhang Mingzhu.
Recently in Nahe City, Heilongjiang Province, Falun Dafa practitioners successfully aired truth clarification videos through the local cable TV system. About 600 households viewed the program, which included the truth about the persecution against Dafa and Dafa practitioners.
I am 65 years old, and I am a retired military person. Since July 20, 1999, the start of the persecution of Falun Gong, I was arrested many times, and my niece was tortured to death.
Reliable sources in China indicate that more than 100 Falun Gong practitioners are being held at Jilin Prison, and that most of them undertook a hunger strike to protest the ongoing severe torture by prison guards there. The lives of those engaged in the peaceful appeal are likely in danger.
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In the afternoon of August 20, 2003, Ouyang Ming, the brother of Australian citizen in Melbourne Ouyang Yu, also the most outstanding teacher of Huangguang Industry School was tortured to death for his persistence in practicing Falun Gong.
After being detained and tortured at the Wanjia Labor Camp for practicing Falun Gong, 56-year-old Ms. Zhao Chunying wrote about her ordeal and posted it on the Internet. After local police discovered what Ms. Zhao had revealed, she was arrested on April 15, 2003.
They lashed Mr. Sun’s fingers and toes with electrical wire, then passed a current through the wire to administer electric shock.
After her arrest, her 20-year-old daughter was forced to leave school and go to work. After Yu Lianchun’s death, her daughter was not even allowed to see her mother’s body. Before long, Yu’s daughter was also arrested and detained at Wangcun Labour Camp.
We write to call your attention to a situation of grave peril for university students in China who are Falun Gong practitioners.
Now in its fourth year, former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin’s campaign to “eradicate Falun Gong” continues to sanction brutal methods to force Chinese citizens to renounce their beliefs in the traditional Chinese faith.