Sixty-three-year-old practitioner Ms. Ma Yunhua was from Zhangdazhuang Village, Meichang Township, Wuqing District, Tianjin City. She started practicing Falun Gong in 1998 and benefited a lot from it both physically and mentally. She was in good health. After the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners began, Ms. Ma went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong and to validate Dafa. She was unlawfully arrested and detained three times, and her home was illegally searched. Ms. Ma suffered severe physical and psychological torment and passed away in May 2004.