Xu Wanhua - 许万华
Chinese name:
许万华
Gender:
Female
Age:
52
City:
Sanhe
Province:
Hebei
Occupation:
Carpet Factory employee
Date of Death:
August 2006
Date of Most Recent Arrest:
May 2000
Most recent place of detention:
Sanhe Detention Center
Case Description:
Ms. Xu Wanhua, 52, was a carpet factory employee in Sanhe City, Hebei Province. She started to practice Dafa in 1997 and had since recovered from high blood pressure and heart blood vessel illnesses and arthritis.
She participated in the April 25, 1999 peaceful appeal at the State Council Appeals Office near Zhongnanhai to “clarify the truth”, when the CCP started to persecute Falun Gong. On July 20, 1999 she once again went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa. On July 21, 1999 Ms. Xu went to the Sanhe City government officials to appeal for Dafa. It was very hot that day, over 40 0C (104 0F). She told the officials about her own Dafa cultivation experiences, how she became free of illnesses after practicing Dafa, to clarify the truth and to tell them, “The CCP's persecution of Falun Gong is wrong!” When people from her workplace tried to take Ms. Xu away, four young men were unable to carry her away. She persisted in clarifying the truth to the government officials.
Xu Wanhua went to the Beijing Appeals Bureau in 2000 to petition for Dafa again. Beijing Qianmen Police Station agents arrested her and later sent her to the Sanhe Detention Center. Because she insisted on practicing exercises and reciting verses from Dafa books in the detention center, the police beat her with leather belts and rubber sticks, and shocked her with electric batons. Xu Wanhua started a protest hunger strike and suffered from brutal force-feeding. She endured severe physical and mental pressure from the persecution, and passed away in August 2006.
She participated in the April 25, 1999 peaceful appeal at the State Council Appeals Office near Zhongnanhai to “clarify the truth”, when the CCP started to persecute Falun Gong. On July 20, 1999 she once again went to Beijing to appeal for Dafa. On July 21, 1999 Ms. Xu went to the Sanhe City government officials to appeal for Dafa. It was very hot that day, over 40 0C (104 0F). She told the officials about her own Dafa cultivation experiences, how she became free of illnesses after practicing Dafa, to clarify the truth and to tell them, “The CCP's persecution of Falun Gong is wrong!” When people from her workplace tried to take Ms. Xu away, four young men were unable to carry her away. She persisted in clarifying the truth to the government officials.
Xu Wanhua went to the Beijing Appeals Bureau in 2000 to petition for Dafa again. Beijing Qianmen Police Station agents arrested her and later sent her to the Sanhe Detention Center. Because she insisted on practicing exercises and reciting verses from Dafa books in the detention center, the police beat her with leather belts and rubber sticks, and shocked her with electric batons. Xu Wanhua started a protest hunger strike and suffered from brutal force-feeding. She endured severe physical and mental pressure from the persecution, and passed away in August 2006.
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