A HORNSBY mother worried about her daughter who was imprisoned in China for
practising Falun Gong, has turned to Berowra Federal Liberal MP Philip
Ruddock for support.
Mrs Fuying Li handed Mr Ruddock a petition last week signed by more than
1300 Hornsby residents to condemn the persecution of Falun Gong followers.
Mrs Fuying Li of Hornsby claims her daughter Haiyu Yan was being tortured
and “brainwashed” in Guangzhou Cou Tao Lady Labour Camp on Cou Tao Island in
Guangzhou city.
Haiyu Yan was released in August last year to visit her sick father in
hospital.
Mrs Fuying Li said her daughter was a “totally different person after years
of torture”.
“Even when she went home she did not get any real freedom. She is still
under surveillance and her phone is tapped,” she said. Haiyu Yan applied for
a passport last year to visit Australia, but was unsuccessful, and has not
contacted her family in over two weeks.
Mrs Fuying Li wants Mr Ruddock to address the issue in Parliament and “call
upon the People’s Republic of China to end its human rights violations and
meet internationally recognised standards for human rights”.
Mr Ruddock said he would present the petition to Parliament as the member
for Berowra.
Posting date: 2/April/2004
Original article date: 1/April/2004
Category: Media Report
