Li Ting, a well-educated 17-year-old middle school student, used to have a cheerful disposition, but he changed a lot after he became obsessed with "Falun Gong" in 1997. Often, he would not speak a word the whole day and stayed at home practicing "Falun Gong." When his parents told him that his study should not be affected by practicing "Falun Gong," Li Ting thought that they were demons who would prevent him from achieving "all-round fulfillment and becoming Buddha." On the morning of March 20, 1999, Li Ting thought that he had opened his celestial eyes and become a Buddha. So he killed his parents with a knife when they were still sound asleep in bed.

Li Hongzhi said: "The final goal of practicing 'Falun Gong' is to attain the Way and fulfillment and become Buddha." "Demons harm Dafa and your cultivation." "There are demons everywhere in the human world." "They (meaning those who try to stop his followers practicing 'Falun Gong') are demons because they are very meddlesome. Your family may have been controlled by a demon." "So the worst demons should be killed." Li Hongzhi also said that "if you have injured others in order to attain 'all-round fulfillment,' you can repay them for their kindness after attaining all-round fulfillment."

Picture of Li Ting (middle) and his parents.
The bodies of Li Ting's parents.

(Compiled by New Star Publishers, April 2001)