Li Mei 05.28.2001
Zhao from the Township dragged LI Mei to the town center to be tortured and later placed her in the Laiyang City Communist Education College to be brainwashed. During this time, she led others in steadfastly practicing Falun Gong so she was beaten until her spinal cord was severed and her lower body was paralyzed. She was rushed to the hospital and died on May 28, 2001.
The township government refused to pay her hospital fees; however, in order to stop the news of their actions from spreading, they gave her family 30,000 Yuan (the average urban worker's monthly wage is 500 Yuan) and asked them to tell other people that LI Mei's death was a suicide. Government officials also confiscated all photographs of LI Mei from her home.
LI Mei’s husband wanted justice and tried to get a lawyer. But due to the fact that his wife practices Falun Gong, no one dared to take on the case. After LI Mei died, the hospital wanted 60,000 yuan from her family for the body; however, as a farmer, there is no way her husband could afford it. Therefore, her body still remains at the hospital to this day.
Reuters, Agence France Presse, RFA and the World Daily reported this case on September 19, 2000.
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