On May 1, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners from Australia gathered in front of A It was reported The Singapore Dr. Liu, a practitioner from Canberra Mr. Hu, who lived Ms. Li, who came from Sydney Ms. Su, a
the Singapore Embassy to hold a peaceful appeal and a news conference. They were
protesting the Singapore court's unjust conviction of Falun Gong practitioners
and requested the Singapore government to immediately release the two innocent
Falun Gong practitioners who are currently imprisoned. Practitioners also called
upon the Singapore government not to become an accomplice of the Chinese communist
regime and immediately stop its participation in the suppression of Falun Gong.
Practitioners delivered an appeal letter to the Embassy officials.
peaceful appeal in front of the Singapore Embassy in Canberra
that two Falun Gong practitioners, Ms. Ng Chye Huay and Ms. Cheng Lujin went to
Esplanade Park to practice the Falun Gong exercises and clarify
the facts about the persecution of Falun Gong in China on February 23, 2004.
For this they were charged with “”Assembly without a Permit,” “Possession and
Distribution of VCDs without a Certificate” and six other charges in May 2004.
On April 27, 2005, the Singapore court convicted the two practitioners. Ms. Ng
was fined 24, 000 Singapore dollars, while Ms. Cheng was fined 20,000 Singapore
dollars (1 Singapore dollar is about 0.61 US dollar). The two practitioners
refused to accept the verdict and stated that they would file an appeal. They
were taken to the Changi Women's Prison at 6:00 p.m. the same evening, where
they may be held for up to 24 weeks. Currently, the two practitioners have gone
on a hunger strike to protest this miscarriage of justice.
court's decision made it the only country besides China where Falun Gong
practitioners are imprisoned. The incident aroused great attention from Falun
Gong practitioners throughout the world.
said that he was shocked at the Singapore court's verdict. “This kind of
thing should only have the possibility of occurring under the Chinese Communist
Party's (CCP) rule. The two Falun Gong practitioners only distributed some
truth-clarifying materials that exposed the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong.
What they did was only handing out VCDs and practicing the Falun Gong exercises.
These kinds of activities are only prohibited in China.” Dr. Liu mentioned that
currently the entire world is gradually seeing through the evil nature of the
CCP and realizing the persecution of Falun Gong. Evidence of this is the fact
that more than a million people throughout the world have withdrawn from the CCP
and its affiliated organizations. He stated that the CCP will soon collapse, and
called upon the Singapore government not to participate in the suppression of
Falun Gong and be buried with CCP in the near future.
in Singapore for eight years, said during the rally, “I cannot understand why
these kinds of things are taking place in Singapore. Falun Gong is a practice
that teaches people to be good. The entire world is aware of the CCP's persecution
of Falun Gong. When the Singapore police and courts considered this case, it was
not correct for them to ignore the background and the persecution of Falun Gong
in China, and judge practitioners' truth-clarifying activities based on some
incomplete complaints. This way of handling things really makes people feel regret.
We hope that the Singapore government will reconsider its decision in this case
and be supportive of Falun Gong practitioners.”
to participate, stated that Falun Gong, which teaches the principles of Truthfulness,
Compassion and Forbearance, has been spread to more than 60 countries around the
world. Voices supporting Falun Gong can be heard everywhere. Unfortunately in
Singapore, Falun Gong practitioners have now been imprisoned for distributing
truth-clarifying materials. This is really unacceptable. In particular, one of
the practitioner's baby is only six-month old. Under such a situation, that
the authorities still detain her is really inhumane. “Falun Gong has received
great support and love from the Australian people. I also hope that the Singapore
government will immediately stop its participation in the suppression of Falun
Gong and immediately release the two detained practitioners.”
practitioner of Falun Gong, called upon more kind-hearted Chinese people and people
all over the world who have a sense of justice to support Falun Gong out of their
humanity and help stop the persecution inside and outside China.
Posting
date: 3/May/2005
Original article date: 2/May/2005
Category: Australian
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