Ms. Zhang Runzhi, 72, lived in Sidaoheng Village, Sanshengkou Township, Yongqing County, Hebei Province. Her illnesses disappeared after she began practicing Falun Dafa in 1997. She went to Beijing to appeal on September 17, 1999, and to validate Falun Dafa. Ms. Zhang was arrested and detained for one month at the County Detention Center, and was extorted out of four thousand yuan before being released. After her release, local police frequently harassed her. She died of cancer on March 24, 2002.