Ms. Masooma, the fourth Seattle practitioner who participated in the peaceful appeal on Tiananmen Square, finally returned to the US after five days' detention by Chinese police. She arrived at Seattle Airport at 2:30 p.m. on February 19 and received a warm welcome from fellow practitioners and family members. She accepted interviews from local media and told them about the illegal treatment she received while being detained by Beijing police.

Seattle Practitioners welcome Masooma's safe return to the USA.
Masooma, left, and Aysha (right) who came back 4 days ago after appealing in Beijing, meet at airport. They went to Beijing together but were separated by police after they were arrested. Aysha returned to the US on February 15.	Masooma accepting interview.

Posting date: 2/23/2002
Original article date: 2/23/2002
Category: Falun Dafa Worldwide
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2002/2/22/25443.html

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