Ms. Li Mei from Zhongpo Village, Poxin Town, Maogang District, Maoming City, Guangdong Province, became a Falun Gong practitioner in late 1997. After the persecution of Falun Gong started in July 1999, the local police arrested Ms. Li and detained her at Zhijiang Farms [a detention facility] for over a month. On January 24, 2001, Ms. Li was again detained in the Zhaitou Detention Center, Dianbai County, and was later transferred to the Maoming Brainwashing Center. At the brainwashing center, Li Mei suffered brutal torture, and was injected with drugs that damaged her nervous system and left her disoriented and confused. Consequently, on August 2, 2003 when she was released, she was no longer able to take care of herself. On June 24, 2004, Li Mei passed away at age 48.

She left behind two daughters, 14-year-old Li Guanggen and 10-year-old Li Guanghua, who is a student at Zhongpo Elementary School in Poxin Town. Their father does seasonal labor away from home. The children are left in the care of Li Mei's 95-year-old mother-in-law who also needs to attend to housework with meager resources.

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