Estonia: The Enthusiastic Journalists in Tallinn
Friday, June 21, 2002
Enthusiastic Journalists In the early morning of June 13, a group of practitioners arrived at Tallinn,
the sleeping capital of Estonia, after an overnight journey. Tallinn is the
third stop of Jiang's visit. Having found a hotel, practitioners started their
continuous activities. Those responsible for meeting with the government went to
visit the government officials; those preparing for the press conference started
contacting the media and other preparation work. At 11:30a.m when Jiang's group
just arrived at their hotel in Tallinn, journalists were stepping into the hotel
next door for the press conference organized by Falun Gong practitioners.
Even though there were only two hours to contact the media, the two largest
newspapers and the largest TV station of Estonia, together with other media
reporters all attended. They filmed scenes of practitioners doing the exercises,
asked many questions, interviewed individual practitioners and watched the video
of "Self-Immolation in Tiananmen Square: A Staged Tragedy?" Some of
the journalists revealed that a month prior to Jiang's visit, the Chinese
government had especially sponsored and invited the local media officials and
other journalists to visit Mainland China, intending to prevent them from
revealing the truth. A reporter who understood the truth about the persecution
of Falun Gong repeatedly inquired about how he could help; he even took the
initiative to provide much important information. That night the TV station and
the next morning's newspapers all reported the situation of Falun Gong.
Rumors unable to deceive the public; Estonia's police realize the truth
During Jiang's visit, as usual quoting anti-terrorism and security as
reasons, he requested the local police to take strict precautions against
potentially opposing parties, including Falun Gong Practitioners.
At noon on June 13, in front of the hotel Jiang stayed in, a Swedish couple
distributed materials regarding the truth of the persecution of Falun Gong to
the pedestrians. The Chinese special agents rushed to the practitioners with a
camera, threatening to take pictures. A female practitioner openly raised a
badge that said, "Falun Dafa is good" to the Chinese special agent's
camera. After the agents left, Estonia's policemen were called to move the
practitioners away. Two practitioners seized this opportunity to carry out a
two-hour long discussion with the policemen of the local security department,
and showed them the pictures of practitioners in Mainland China being
persecuted. Eventually, the police open-heartedly said, "Actually we know
that Falun Gong practitioners are all very peaceful. We are not worried about
you at all. Our pressure came from the Chinese government." Subsequently, they
asked our practitioners if the Chinese special agents had disturbed them. Before
the practitioners left, the Estonian police requested our practitioners to
regularly send them information regarding Falun Gong in the future.
The next day, Estonia's nationwide newspaper utilized three quarters of its
front page to report about the persecution of Falun Gong in China; it even
published a large photograph of practitioners doing the exercises.
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2002/6/19/32014.html
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