On April 5, 2005, Wu Jialong, the deputy Mayor of Chonqing
City and his delegation visited Brisbane, the Capitol of Queensland, Australia.
Falun Gong practitioners took this opportunity to conduct a peaceful appeal calling
for an end to the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong in China.
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The practitioners' peaceful appeal
Initially,
worrying about commercial interests with China, certain officials in the Brisbane
city government didn't want practitioners to stage any event during the visit
of the Chinese delegation. Several practitioners therefore initiated a truth-clarification
effort to tell city officials the facts about Falun Gong and the persecution,
while other practitioners prepared for the appeal.
Through the truth-clarification
effort, the city officials finally came to understand. One official told the practitioners:
“The information you have told me is very important and you have corrected my
misunderstanding. Please accept my sincere apology…”
Practitioners submitted
a truth-clarifying letter to the Chongqing mayor through Brisbane city officials
and staged a large-scale event at City Hall Plaza. Western and Chinese practitioners
jointly formed a Great Wall of Courage with banners and posters. The banners read
in Chinese and English, “Falun Dafa is Great,” “Please Help Stop the Genocide
of Falun Gong In Chongqing,” “131 Falun Gong practitioners Persecuted to Death
in Chongqing,” “Bring the Policeman Who Raped Practitioner Wei Xingyan to Justice,”
among other messages.
Many passers-by were attracted by the event, and practitioners
talked with them about the persecution and gave them related materials. Many people
were shocked by the brutality revealed by the posters and expressed their sympathy
to practitioners being persecuted in China. Despite several showers, the practitioners
maintained the event for several hours. They were very happy to see that more
people had the opportunity to know the truth.
Posting
date: 10/April/2005
Original article date: 10/April/2005
Category: Australian
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