Name: Huo Shuxiang (霍淑香)
Gender: Female
Age: 48
Address: Dongning County, Heilongjiang Province
Occupation: Fee collector
Date of Death: November 23, 2008
Date of Most Recent Arrest: June 27, 2007
Most Recent place of Detention: Dongning Detention Center
(东宁县看守所)
City: Dongning County
Province: Heilongjiang
Persecution Suffered: Beatings, detention, extortion, living
under surveillance
(Clearwisdom.net) Huo Shuxiang worked in the Dongning Sanitation Center. She became healthy both mentally and physically after she began practicing Falun Dafa in 1998. She was a good and conscientious worker. She passed away on November 23, 2008 from injuries sustained from a terrible beating by three policemen.
Photograph of Huo Shuxiang before she died
On June 27, 2007 Ms. Huo was illegally arrested by Lin Xiaowei, captain of Dongning County National Security Team, while distributing informational materials about Falun Dafa. Lin Xiaowei called the 610 office and two policemen arrived on the scene. The three of them cuffed and beat Ms. Huo severely. They hit her chest fiercely. They forcefully lifted her up by the throat with their hands. She fell limply to the ground. She couldn't stop coughing, and for a long time she couldn't get up.
Fifteen days after being locked up, Ms. Huo still had a hard lump on her chest, and her chest was very red below it. Her heels were still black and blue. She constantly coughed, felt pressure in her chest and had difficulty breathing.
Her bosses at the Dongning County Sanitation Center stopped her job of collecting fees after she was released from jail. She was forced to sweep the streets and people were appointed to watch her. The center leaders constantly had conversations with her, trying to get her to write a guarantee statement to give up Falun Gong. She had almost no freedom. Her physical condition continued to deteriorate to the point that it was even difficult to walk. She went to the doctor, who diagnosed her with fluid in the chest and heart disease.
Afterwards, she went to doctors in Harbin and Mudanjiang for treatment. She spent tens of thousands of yuan to pay for treatment. Most of it was borrowed from friends and relatives. Because she didn't have the money she needed to go for treatment in Mudanjiang, she went to her workplace to borrow some, but her request was rejected. Ms. Huo Shuxiang died from complications on November 23, 2008.
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