Falun Gong is freely
practised in 40 countries around the world, but relentlessly persecuted in
China. The peaceful courage of practitioners there has shocked their oppressors
and moved the people of the world. While China continues to block all information,
FGM-TV brings you the stories you may not hear anywhere else.
Hello, and welcome to FGM-TV
on October 23rd,
2001.
I’m Susan Mitchell.
FGMTV is happy to announce
that as of today, our Engish newscast has been lengthened to 15 minutes. This
means that we will be able to provide you with more in-depth coverage of events
around the world.
Our top stories
this week:
On the brink of
China being accepted into the World Trade Organization, and while world leaders
met in Shanghai for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC),
officials at Pudong Airport refuse entry to the General Manager of Shanhai
Famas & Hocks Technical Textiles Co. Ltd. – a Falun Gong European
businessman.
China tries to
accuse Falun Gong of sending Anthrax tainted mail in an attempt to have it
categorized as a terrorist organization
In
International news:
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Growing support for the SOS Global Rescue Walks to rescue Falun Gong
practitioners persecuted in China
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Practitioners in Taiwan help the Bureau of Health to establish a new
Guinness World Record
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The Queen of Sweden graciously accepts the writings of Falun Gong
Founder, Mr. Li Hongzhi
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A glimpse of the possible future fate of Chinese officials who have
violated international laws in their brutal persecution of Falun Gong as a
former Yugoslavian army general turns himself in to the International War
Crimes Tribunal in The Hague, Holland
This week's update from China:
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The number of Falun
Gong practitioners verified to have died while in detention is 301 as of today,
although government sources in China say that the actual number exceeds one
thousand.
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More arrests and
imprisonment for those who distribute Falun Gong flyers
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Reports of increased
persecution in Hengyang City of Hunan province during a visit by Luo Gan, head
of the 610 Office
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How the upright
thoughts of practitioners in Jilin province lead to cancellation of a
brainwashing class
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Village officials
refuse to allow authorities to arrest a popular practitioner
and…
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A Chinese Embassy
official in Athens experiences instant retribution!
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In Ottawa, on the eve
of Prime Minister Chrétien's departure for Shanghai, practitioners endured wind
and icy rain for 12 hours to encourage him to take their message to the APEC
meetings: the message that persecution of Falun Gong should end immediately.
Members of Parliament Scott Reid, Rob Anders, Svend Robinson and Larry Bagnell
joined the group outside to register their support and to encourage the
practitioners in their icy vigil.
§
In Washington, Falun
Dafa practitioners in America submitted over 100,000 signatures of appeal from
the American people to President Bush via the Postal Office in the White House.
They requested that during his meeting with Chinese leaders in Shanghai, he
urge Jiang Zemin's regime to stop the persecution against Falun Gong
practitioners and immediately release Dr. Chunyan Teng, a U.S. permanent
resident, illegally imprisoned in China. They asked that she be brought back to
be united with her family members in the U.S.
On October 18, while world leaders were attending APEC
meetings in Shanghai, and with China being on the brink of being accepted into
the World Trade Organization, Olivier Dupuis, Secretary of the Transnational
Radical Party and a member of the European Parliament, lodged an urgent written
question to the European Commission regarding the expulsion of Mr. Fava Minor
from the Peoples Republic of China. Text of the question is as follows:
On Monday 8 October 2001, Alfredo Fava Minor, General Manager
of Shanghai Famas & Hocks Technical Textiles Co. Ltd., a manufacturing
company based in Jinshan (60 km from Shanghai), which employs around 35 people,
was stopped at Pudong Airport by the Chinese authorities and immediately
re-embarked and expelled without explanation. Without management control, the
company now finds itself exposed to serious economic repercussions. Mr. Fava, a
member of the Falun Gong movement, is also the representative in Italy of the
movement, which has been banned in China since July 1999. Since then its
members have been persecuted brutally for having responded to demands that they
should renounce their faith with peaceful resistance.
Is the Commission aware of the persecution which Mr. Fava
Minor has suffered at the hands of the Chinese authorities, and what measures
has it taken or does it intend to take to defend the rights and the interests
of an entrepreneur from the EU who has invested a considerable amount of money
in the PRC? Does the Commission not believe that the nonchalant manner in which
the Chinese authorities violate the most elementary rules of justice - also in
the economic and business field - exposes the numerous European investors in
China, especially small and medium companies, to extremely serious risks about
which they should be fully informed by the competent authorities of the Union?
Finally, does the Commission believe that China can be part of the World Trade
Organisation when its authorities and institutions continue to demonstrate that
they are incapable of respecting the fundamental rules of this international
body, of following the principles of the free market and, more in general, of
the Rule of Law?
Copies of this text are
being delivered to all APEC leaders.
Support around the world
gains momentum for the SOS Global Rescue Walks to rescue Falun Gong
practitioners persecuted in China:
§ In
Australia, during the walk from Sydney to Brisbane, Mayors make special efforts
to support the walkers and encourage them to contact school principals so that
children can learn the Falun Gong exercises and benefit from the teachings of
Truth, Compassion and Forbearance. Many children are eager to learn. Media
coverage reaches thousands of Australians.
§ Queensland
Police, wanting a special cover for their magazine, took photos of the map of
China formed by practitioners on a playing field during their Asia Pacific
Conference.
§
In the US, a special
tribute was received from Julie Dennis, Michigan State Representative. It
began: "LET IT BE KNOWN, that it is with great honor that we come together
to support the Falun Gong practitioners in their Walk Across Michigan"...
and ended with, "IN SPECIAL TRIBUTE, Therefore, This document is signed
and dedicated to commend and give our continued support to the entire body of
Falun Gong world practitioners as they continue to work to change the hearts of
the leaders of the People's Republic of China and turn them toward full
recognition and protection of Falun Gong practitioners."
§
also from Michigan, the city of Muskegon
passed a very beautiful resolution supporting the walkers
§
in Canada, from the
province of Quebec, close to Ottawa, the Mayor of Gatineau issues a letter of
support, and the Municipality of Pleasance passes a resolution to honour the
SOS Global Rescue Walk.
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and a few pictures from
the northern route in Japan.
In International News:
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In Kaohsiung city of Taiwan, Falun Gong practitioners were
invited to participate when the board of health held a breakfast event that was
attended by more than 23 thousand people, setting a new Guinness world record.
They provided a demonstration of the Falun Gong exercises on stage during the
event.
§
When the King and Queen
of Sweden visited the town Motala at famous Ovralid in May, Queen Sylvia
graciously accepted a package of the writings of Falun Gong Founder, Mr. Li
Hongzhi from one of the Swedish practitioners. The package also contained
details of the persecution in China. The Queen of Sweden is known as a
warm-hearted person who cares about people in difficulty, especially children.
Moving now to The Hague in
Holland. The Associated Press News Agency reported on October 22nd
that a former Yugoslav army general turned himself over to an international war
crimes tribunal yesterday. 68 year old Pavle Strugar is charged in the 1991
shelling of the ancient Croatian town of Dubrovnik, in which dozens of
civilians were killed. He faces 16 counts of murder, plunder and wanton
destruction of homes.
FGMTV is reporting
this item to give hope to the millions of Falun Gong practitioners in China
whose bodies have suffered unimaginable torture and whose life savings,
personal belongings, and homes have been ransacked and plundered by police and
other authorities who have been given free reign to do as they like by Luo Gan.
Luo Gan is in charge of the 610 Offices that were established throughout China
to carry out the persecution against Falun Gong. The 610 Offices have the power
to over-ride the constitution of the Peoples Republic of China as well as each
level of the Communist Party and all political and judicial systems in China.
Therefore, it contravenes International law.
Practitioners and
many other good people in China have carefully recorded the names of those who
committed atrocities against practitioners of Falun Gong, along with the
details of their crimes. These names of those details are already being given
to the proper authorities so that the criminals can be brought to justice and
state terrorism in China can be ended.
Because of the information blockade in China, it sometimes
takes many months for us to receive news:
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A On April 10, 2001,
Meilie Court in Sanming City, Fujian Province sentenced 7 Falun Gong
practitioners to jail terms of from 3 to 5 years. They had been framed and
arrested on November 6, 2000 and were charged with "sabotaging the implementation of law by making use of
cult organizations". We would remind our viewers that the so-called law
that under which these good people were sentenced was passed specifically to
persecute Falun Gong practitioners, and that it violates the constitution of
China, as well as the
§
One of the 7
practitioners, He Jing, was sentenced to 4 years. He had just graduated from
university and was helping to distribute Falun Gong leaflets for the first
time. He is in Minxi Prison of Longyan City.
§
We have mentioned that
President Jiang Zemin’s right-hand man in charge of the notorious 610 Offices
across China. The 610 Office is an agency specifically created to persecute
Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party
and all other political and judiciary systems.
§
Between January 17 and
23, 2001, Luo Gan visited Hengyang City in order to organize the persecution
against practitioners. During these 6 days, mass arrests were carried out and
over 1600 practitioners were arrested and detained
§
Those detained were
sentenced to forced labor camps in batches. Many are now held in Changsha City
Pingtang Forced Labor Prison, Xinkaipu Forced Labor Institute, Zhuzhou City
Baimalong Forced Labor Camp and Yuyang City Forced Labor Farm.
FGMTV is happy to report the failure of a Brainwashing Class
in Jilin province.
§
It was reported that
officials in Jilin Province planned to hold a month-long brainwashing class,
for 80 Falun Gong practitioners, beginning on August 28. Police went everywhere
to eagerly arrest people, but all the Falun Dafa practitioners in the county
collectively sent forth righteous and upright thoughts to eradicate the evil
elements behind the 6.10 the Political and Judiciary Committee, and the police department.
As a result, only 3 people attended the brainwashing class and on the third
day, no one showed up and subsequent classes had to be cancelled.
To protect people from
further persecution, we are witholding names from the following item:
When officials drove to a
certain village to arrest a Falun Dafa practitioner, with the intention of
taking him to brainwashing class, the village officials immediately stopped the
arrest saying, "A good person like him should not be 'reformed.' Such a
good person is most welcome in our village!" When this villager began to
practice Falun Dafa, he strictly conducted himself according to the standards
of Truth, Compassion, and Forbearance. Because the village did not get much
rain this year and the land was parched, he dug a well by himself and allowed
the other villagers use it free of charge to irrigate their land. He was thus
commended by the villagers and village officials, and saved from persecution.
And finally, from Greece comes this story:
When Falun Gong practitioners went
to the Chinese Embassy in Athens to deliver a package, they learned that the
Embassy had closed two hours earlier. Suddenly the large carport opened and out
came a big luxury car with a Chinese man in it. "Come back tomorrow.” he said.
Not long afterwards, the
large carport opened again and out came a big new Mercedes. The practitioner
said, “I quickly approached the driver and started to talk to him. We talked
for at least 40 minutes. He was quite negative, but every time he attempted to
call Falun Gong a slanderous term he found it impossible to remember the word.
I told him "Chinese people have a saying that good is rewarded with good,
and evil is punished with evil. It's a heavenly law and no one can escape that.
Heaven sees everything." I also said some verses in Chinese. He replied,
"I don't believe in that." Immediately, the brand new Mercedes
started to roll backwards and crashed into the fence. Miraculously the car had
no marks on it, even though the crash made a loud noise. I asked the official:
"Do you believe now?" He was quite shaken up and left.
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