Seattle Post - Intelligencer: Local Falun Gong followers have message for China leader
By VANESSA HO
(Clearwisdom.net) A mild-mannered, fortysomething software analyst from
Bellevue, Kim Eng doesn't seem like a take-to-the-streets type of guy.
But yesterday, he and his wife packed up their Honda minivan and hit the road
for an 11-day mission. Destination? President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas.
A devoted Falun Gong follower, Eng will join thousands of other Falun Gong
believers in Texas next week when Chinese President Jiang Zemin visits Bush.
Along with about 30 other Seattle-area followers, Eng plans to call attention
to the Chinese government's three-year crackdown on the spiritual practice,
followers announced yesterday at a news conference at Westlake Plaza.
Chinese authorities have [...] jailed thousands of followers.
[...]
Eng will stop in five cities on his way to Crawford as part of a campaign to
pressure the Chinese government to release Falun Gong detainees, some of whom
have relatives in the United States. Followers are calling the campaign a
"Family Rescue" effort.
"At each stop along the way, we hope to let more people know about the
persecution in China," Eng said.
[...]
Human rights reports have said that the crackdown has resulted in at least
two dozen deaths and the sentencing of hundreds of people to labor camps.
(Editor's Note: These are incorrectly cited numbers. Confirmed deaths due to
persecution exceed 500 with tens of thousands sent to labor camp.)
Tongwen Wang, a 35-year-old immunologist from Seattle, said China's
"propaganda" about Falun Gong has prompted her to speak out. She also
plans to be in Texas next week.
"If people in China know Falun Gong is good, (they will understand) it
has great healing effect," she said. [...]
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