Mr. Li Mingshan was a 63-year-old resident of Huaishuzhuang Village, Daxindian Town, Penglai City, Shandong Province. Since he began to practice Falun Gong in February 1999, he was very diligent and bought lecture videotapes and a video player in order to promote Falun Dafa to more people. After July 20, 1999, he was arrested by police and taken to brainwashing centers several times. After he returned home for half a year, his old illnesses relapsed and he died on April 3, 2002.