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Name: Zuo YuhuaChinese Name: 左玉华Gender: FemaleAge: 67City: FushunProvince: LiaoningOccupation: N/ADate of Death: October 13, 2026Date of Most Recent Arrest: April 24, 2018Most Recent Place of Detention: Fushun City First Detention Center

A woman in Fushun City, Liaoning Province, passed away on October 13, 2026, after suffering decades of persecution for her faith in Falun Gong. She was 67.

Ms. Zuo Yuhua

Ms. Zuo Yuhua used to suffer severe heart condition and hepatitis, and she relied on her husband for care. After she took up Falun Gong in 1998, she completely recovered. After the Chinese Communist Party ordered the persecution in July 1999, she remained firm in her faith and was repeatedly targeted.

Arrested for Appealing for the Right to Practice Falun Gong in Beijing

Ms. Zuo went to Beijing to appeal shortly after the persecution started. After she returned, the local police harassed her and ordered her to renounce Falun Gong. She refused to comply, and the police interrogated her with torture for one day before releasing her.

Ms. Zuo went to Beijing to appeal again in December 1999. She was arrested at Tiananmen Square and then escorted back to Fushun. She was held at the Jiangjun Detention Center for nearly three weeks. The police also ransacked her home. Before she was released, the Wanghua District Political and Legal Affairs Committee extorted 3,000 yuan from her husband.

Wang Rulan, the secretary of the Wanghua District Political and Legal Affairs Committee, attempted to persuade Ms. Zuo’s husband to divorce her. He rejected it and said he appreciated how Ms. Zuo’s health had improved through practicing Falun Gong, and that she was taking good care of his father.

For the next few years, the police constantly harassed Ms. Zuo and monitored her daily activities, especially around major holidays or anniversaries related to Falun Gong.

Held at Brainwashing Center

Ms. Zuo was surrounded by over ten officers when she returned home from grocery shopping on the morning of July 14, 2006. She gripped the handrails and shouted for help. Her husband and neighbors stopped the police from arresting her. But the officers still harassed her at home, questioning her as to whether she was still practicing Falun Gong. They also ordered her husband to prevent her from going out to talk to people about the persecution.

Ms. Zuo went to stay at her brother’s home later that day to hide from the authorities. Yet the police forced her husband to take them there and arrested her. She was then taken to the Luotaishanzhuang Brainwashing Center.

Three people were assigned to monitor Ms. Zuo around the clock, even when she was using the restroom. She was forced to attend “classes” smearing Falun Gong every day.

Her child was about to get married in less than a month, but the brainwashing center refused to release her initially. Her husband filed a complaint with Wang Rulan, the secretary of the Wanghua District Political and Legal Affairs Committee, and secured her release.

The local police and residential committee staffers harassed and monitored Ms. Zuo for six months around the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Detained for 37 Days

Ms. Zuo was arrested again on April 24, 2018, during a police sweep. The police ransacked her home without a search warrant.

While she was held at the Fushun City First Detention Center, the police forced her and nine other female practitioners to strip to their underwear at 2 a.m. for a physical exam. Male doctors x-rayed the practitioners while male guards watched from the room next door. The other nine practitioners each had two large tubes of blood drawn from them against their will. Ms. Zuo had four tubes of blood drawn.

Ms. Zuo was forced to stand for six to eight hours every day during the day, and another two hours at night. Her feet became extremely swollen and she had to buy extra large slippers to fit in. She was forced to sleep on a bare wood board and on her side. The inmates monitored her would verbally abuse her if she moved a little.

The police interrogated Ms. Zuo a few times during her detention. Before she returned to the cell, the guard searched her naked, with male police officer standing next to her.

Ms. Zuo was released after 37 days with the help of her lawyer.

Continued Harassment

The police continued to harass Ms. Zuo after her release. The residential committee staffers also installed surveillance cameras facing her front door. When she went out, the community secretary asked her husband what she was doing.

The mental distress took a toll on her health. She gradually lost weight and eventually passed away on October 13, 2026.

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