Ms. Teng Peixiang, 51, was a resident of Anshan Village, Tumen City, Jilin Province. She was mentally disoriented and suffered many illnesses before practicing Falun Gong. After she started to practice in 1997, she regained her physical and mental health. In 1999, she went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and was detained. The authorities also ransacked her home. In 2000, she was arrested and her home was ransacked again. They detained her in a detention center, where they tortured her inhumanly. She was then sent to Yanbian Mental Hospital, where she was tortured. She became mentally ill. After she was released, the police often came to her home and harassed her. Under the prolonged harassment and mental torture, Ms. Teng died on March 15, 2005.