Jane Dai is an Australian-Chinese widow and mother
to her almost 3 year-old daughter. Jane Dai’s husband was tortured
to death in China in 2001 because he practiced Falun Gong and had appealed
to the Chinese government to stop killing and persecuting innocent people.
Jane Dai visited Bangkok for three days in January to help more people
learn about the severe persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China.
A few days before the arrival of Ms. Dai, a practitioner
from Bangkok faxed out a press release to over 40 Western news agencies
in Bangkok. Another practitioner made follow up calls to make appointments.
Many of the reporters expressed their concern and support. Some of them
also gave us contact information for other reporters that might be interested.
Over the three days of Ms. Dai’s visit, we went to talk with and
give information packages to as many reporters as possible.
We had the understanding that just talking to
media even 10 minutes would help them a lot to understand the situation
with Falun Gong and the persecution. We went with the heart of only wanting
to let them meet Jane Dai and learn the true situation of Falun Gong and
the persecution in China.
During these three days we got two long interviews
each day, with equal attention from both the Western and Thai media.
One Thai-British reporter from a large international
agency did a long interview. He knew hardly anything about Falun Gong
before the interview, so he had many questions about the practice as well
as to Jane Dai about her story. He took time to meet with Jane Dai with
just a short notice and although he was very pressed for time.
A Swedish radiobroadcasting reporter interviewed
Jane. His one-hour program, which came out very well, was broadcast all
over Sweden one day later.
One reporter did an interview from an Asian broadcasting
corporation. He had been interested in learning more about Falun Gong
for a long time.
Another reporter from the Finnish central news
agency did an interview. He had not reported on Falun Gong prior to this
interview. His article was to be sent out to all Finnish media.
There were other reporters that were interested
to meet Jane Dai, but couldn’t because at that time they were doing
some work outside Thailand. However, one reporter from a Thai newspaper
was able to conduct a long interview with Jane, which helped her to understand
the situation better and also learn the truth about the persecution.
These three days were very precious to us. We
have learned a lot from Jane Dai’s compassion to all beings, her
endurance and great devotion to help the people in China.
Bangkok has many international media agencies
and this was a good chance for them to meet with Jane Dai. By now she
has already visited 24 countries. She has unselfishly devoted all her
time to travel around the world to let more people know about the tremendous
suffering of Falun Gong practitioners in China.
Miss Jane Dai and her daughter Fadu, who is now
almost three years old, work very well as a team. Fadu follows her mother
everywhere. Jane Dai and her little daughter touch the hearts of all the
people they meet. Whoever hears her story will certainly be able to understand
the true picture of Falun Gong and the persecution in China.
