Ms. Zhang Meihua, 59 years old, lived at the Santaizi Farm in Kangping County in Liaoning Province. She began practicing Falun Gong in 1995. Since July 20, she actively worked to appeal for justice and to clarify the truth. Liu Zhaoxing, the head of the farm, went to her home and forced her to give up Falun Gong. Under the persecution of the communist regime, her old illnesses came back in December 2004. She suffered swollen legs, which did not heal and she was later treated at a hospital. She died on February 13, 2005.