CASES
of dire consequences caused by Falun Gong to the psychological
and physical health of people are innumerable, according
to facts collected by certain departments.
Serious
results have been reported, including sickness, handicaps,
and even death from the practice of Falun Gong.
Since
beginning the practice of Falun Gong, many people have lost
their appetites, some appeared to be disoriented in words
and behaviour, and some became paranoid. Still others found
themselves suffering from hallucinations. A number of people
jumped into rivers or off buildings, or killed themselves
in other ways. Some even cruelly injured or killed relatives
and friends.
Ma
Jianmin, a retired worker from the Huabei Oilfield in North
China, was often in a trance and became distraught after
two years of practicing Falun Gong.
Ma
insisted that he had a "wheel of law" in his stomach.
Then, one day in 1998, Ma died at home after he cut his
abdomen with a pair of scissors to look for the so-called
"wheel of law."
Official
Gao Encheng, who became a leader of a Falun Gong practicing
group in Kaixian County of Chongqing Municipality in Southwest
China, got the idea that he had become an "immortal."
Gao killed himself by jumping off a building while holding
his son in his arms.
Bai
Changyu, a section chief geologist at a coal mine in Northeast
China's Fushun City, refused to see a doctor or take any
medicine when he was sick after he began practicing Falun
Gong in 1997.
Bai
became seriously ill in April 1999, but still refused medical
treatment until he finally died, still holding the belief
that Li Hongzhi would come to help him.
Liu
Pinqing was a senior agronomist who had won a top prize
given by the Ministry of Agriculture. Liu, however, became
abnormal after practicing Falun Gong. He said many times
that his master Li Hongzhi asked him to burn himself to
become a Buddha.
Liu
attempted to burn himself to death on February 4, 1999,
at home by turning on the gas valve. He finally committed
suicide two months later by jumping into a well.
Li
Ting, a graduate student from a junior middle school under
the age of 18, killed his parents with a dagger on March
20.
Li
said that after two years of practicing Falun Gong, he believed
that his parents were demons while he himself a Buddha.
"So, I got rid of the two demons," Li said.
Wu
Deqiao, 36, a clerk with Wujiang supply and marketing co-operative
in East China's Jiangsu Province, became a practitioner
of Falun Gong in February 1998. He then felt that he had
become a Buddha and that having women around would affect
his practice.
Wu
chopped his wife to death with a kitchen knife when she
tried to stop him from practicing.
According
to initial statistics, two madhouses alone in Beijing received
six patients who turned mad due to practicing Falun Gong
in 1996. The number of such patients increased to 10 in
1997, 22 in 1998, and 16 during the first half of 1999.
The
perniciousness of Falun Gong has alarmed many victims and
their families. A female worker surnamed Jiang wanted to
beautify herself by practicing Falun Gong. She attempted
to kill herself, however, when she became paranoid later.
Jiang
recovered after she was compelled by her family members
to receive medical treatment. "I will never practice
that Falun Gong any more," vowed Jiang, her voice tinged
with resentment.
Xinhua 07/23/99
