At 11:00 a.m. on November 23, 2001, Western practitioners Leeshai Lemish and Brad Carson and other Los Angeles practitioners held a press conference in the sunny Santa Monica Beach Park. The Western practitioners described their experiences of the trip to Beijing. [For details please refer to their open statements to the media.]

The major local Chinese and English media attended the press conference, including World Journal, Singtao Daily, KSCI-18 TV station, Los Angeles Times, FOX 11, KTLA, and ABC etc. Two Chinese radio broadcasting stations, AM 1300 and Radio Free Asia conducted a telephone interview with Leeshai Lemish.

Leeshai Lemish describes his experience in Beijing	Brad Carson is interviewed by a reporter	Passers-by look at the posters
Reporters from the World Journal and KSCI Chinese TV station interview Leeshai Lemish	Group practice	Reporters from FOX 11 TV station interview Leeshai Lemish

Posting date: 11/25/2001
Original article date: 11/24/2001
Category: Falun Dafa Worldwide
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2001/11/24/20300.html

 Yearly Archive  Printer Version

_____Related Articles_____ Toronto Dafa Practitioners Hold Press Conference on the Arresting of Western Practitioners by Chinese Police [11/23/2001] Los Angeles Practitioners Hold Press Conference to Call for Release of the Western Practitioners Arrested in China [11/23/2001] Swedish Practitioners Arrested in Tiananmen Square, Other Practitioners Hold Press Conference in Stockholm [11/22/2001] Falun Gong Press Conference: Canadians Walk 750 Miles to Ask U.N., Kofi Annan, for Intervention to Rescue Falun Gong Practitioners in China [11/14/2001] Falun Gong Press Conference in Romania [11/13/2001] Remembering the Beijing Falun Dafa Press Conference on October 28, 1999 [11/1/2001] Speech by Canadian MP Mr. Irwin Cotler at the Press Conference in Support of Falun Gong [10/26/2001] Statement by Scott Reid, MP in Press Conference in support of Falun Gong [10/24/2001] Speech from Friends of Falun Gong (Europe) at London Press Conference on 14 October [10/21/2001] Lord Moyne's Public Statement at the Falun Gong Press Conference in London, UK [10/19/2001]