(Clearwisdom.net) On April 12, 2002, all students from Baishi Junior High School in Guangan County, Sichuan Province were forced to watch a drama slandering Falun Gong. It was performed by Guangan County's Chuan Opera Troupe. When the school authorities told the students what the drama was about and that it would cost four Yuan for each student, none of the students wanted to go since four Yuan was too expensive for a village child. The school authorities threatened the students that it was a political assignment for all students to watch the show, and required by the higher government. Anyone who did not watch the drama would be expelled from the classroom. The students had no other option but to submit to the pressure and pay the money.

The school collected a total of more than 6,000 Yuan for a drama that lasted for about an hour, out of which 3,000 Yuan was paid to the theatrical troupe and the school kept the remaining 3,000 Yuan. School administrators used the money to have a banquet with Township government officials. Normally the school only charges each student one Yuan to watch a drama or a movie organized by school, and this time they charged four Yuan.

From this incident it is not hard to see what kind of hostile environment the Falun Gong practitioners in China are facing, how much effort Jiang's regime is making to slander Falun Gong, and how much damage such an evil persecution is causing to ordinary Chinese citizens.

Posting date: 5/22/2002
Original article date: 5/14/2002
Category: Eye Witness Accounts
Translated on 5/17/2002
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2002/5/15/30167.html

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