Ms. Deng Shangyuan was a teacher employed by Liuhe Central Elementary School located in Baoxing Town, Dazu County, Sichuan Province. She had been detained and mistreated many times during the persecution, and had been closely monitored and harassed constantly by lawless officials. In March 2005, policemen from Sanqu Town Station stormed into her home in the middle of the night and ransacked it, causing her to be unable to sleep at all. She became very thin, and died on July 25, 2005.