Wang Jindong, a former Falun Gong practitioner born in 1951 in Kaifeng, Henan, was sentenced to an imprisonment term of 15 years for having instigated and organized the "Tian'anmen Square Self-immolation Incident" on January 23, 2001. Wang got a commutation of 2 years and 6 months in April 2003 and he is now serving the sentence in Zhengzhou Prison.

"you are a hollow man without a brain!"Wang Jindong once commented on his son-in-law to-be who didn't practice Falun Gong.

 

He started practicing Falun Gong in October 1996 under the instigation of his friend Xue Hongjun.

Wang Jindong, who believed in the existence of Buddha, occasionally made a pilgrimage in Xiangguo Temple or other temples in Kaifeng and had a Buddha sculpture in his family. Wang Jindong has been enthusiastic in charity as well.

Wang Jindong didn't intend to learn Buddhism, as Buddhist classics were quite recondite for him, and above all, he was engaged in his business with just a little free time. Wang Jindong tried hard in reading "Zhuan Falun". In reading, he observed that there were a lot of Buddhist theories  that had been recondite to him before were easy  and understandable in the book "Zhuan Falun". By 1999, Wang Jindong was fully obsessed in Falun Gong and in dreaming of becoming immortal.

Wang Jindong then instigated his family members to practice Falun Gong. His daughter Wang Juan and his wife He Haihua consequently lost in the trap of Falun Gong as well.

Because of practicing Falun Gong, Wan Jindong got absent-minded all the time and eventually dropped his well-run business.

Wang Juan gave up the chance of studying abroad for fear of impairing her practicing.

For the sake of practicing, Wang Jindong restrained his wife He Haihua from reading newspaper or watching TV programs.

While Wang Juan's boyfriend didn't believe in Falun Gong and he dissuaded Wang Juan from practicing it, Wang Jindong commented on his son-in-law to-be, "you are a hollow man without a brain!"