Ms. Guo Henghong, 37, was formerly an employee at Hubei Axle Co., Ltd. (now Hubei Bothwin Investment Co., Ltd.). She started practicing Falun Dafa in 1996. After the persecution began on July 20, 1999, she was fired from her job because she practiced Falun Gong. She was arrested three times, and during the detentions her ankles were shackled, and she was force-fed and beaten. She passed away in July 2002.