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Falun Gong members die in custody in China
Two more Falun Gong adherents died in police custody in China and a third will stand trial for spying, the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said. Li Wenrui, an 87 year old Harbin official, died November 9 after arrest for protests. police say suicide via jumping from a window, relatives suspect beating. Yang Guijin, 40, died October 15 after a weeklong hunger strike in Shandong following alleged guard beatings. Teng Chunyan, 37, with US permanent residency, will be tried in Beijing for gathering intelligence for an overseas organization, indictment says. could face over ten years.
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