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Script: Hello, and welcome to the FGMtv weekly news review on February 4, 2003. I'm David Tompkins. In this week's update from China... Our top story this week: And some of our other stories: New Year Greetings from practitioners to their Teacher, Mr. Li Hongzhi Macau A Letter to a relative being tortured in China: Shenli Lin is a practitioner in Montreal who was rescued last year to Canada from a labour camp
in China. People all over the world joined together to ask for his release. The Canadian government
worked behind the scenes, and Amnesty International initiated a letter-writing campaign to secure
his release. The campaign was successful, and today Shenli lives in Montreal with his wife. However,
in coming to Canada he had to leave his brother behind, who was also in a labour camp. After many
unsuccessful efforts at trying to communicate with him, Shenli made public a letter wishing his
brother a Happy New Year. Here is an excerpt: Hello, Mingli Although we are ten thousand miles apart, my concern for your safety has not been forgotten at
any moment. Every day, news from China about the brutal beatings and tortures that practitioners
bear in forced labor camps always reminds me of you, and my mind hasn't calmed down for a long time. I heard the news that you began a hunger strike in the labor camp to protest their secretly
arresting you, and that they injured your esophagus during force-feeding, leaving you unable to
drink and eat. How are you now? What have you been going through? The cases of practitioners dying
during force-feeding have happened countrywide. I am very worried about you, since I was persecuted
in the labor camp for two years and I cannot bear to recall the sufferings I went through. I have written to you but never heard from you. The letters must be withheld by the police, just
like before, when I was detained in the labor camp. From the beginning of my cultivation and through my persecution in the labor camp, I have never
wavered and never regretted. It's the honor of my lifetime for me to safeguard Dafa and to validate
Dafa. I am proud of you for what you have done in validating Dafa. I truly believe the principle that
evil can never overpower righteousness, because the origins of all living beings are from
"Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance." Kindness is the nature of living beings. Truth and
Righteousness can never be defeated. I hope we both do our best to validate Dafa and do what we should do to bring a good future to
more beings. Happy New Year! Shenli A letter from Shenli Lin in Canada to his brother still detained in a labor camp in China. An American citizen, Dr. Charles Li, was arrested at Guangzhou Airport in China on January 22,
2003. Chinese authorities say they will charge Dr. Li with sabotaging T.V. and/or radio equipment, a
charge which could result in up to 15 years in a Chinese prison. When talking to a U.S. consulate official, Dr. Li denied the charges and expressed the belief
that he is being held as a political prisoner simply because he practices Falun Gong. The U.S. official was allowed only 30 minutes to meet with Dr. Li, and was told she would be
allowed only one 30 minute meeting each month. AFP reported in 1999 that, "The Chinese Government has ordered Chinese lawyers not to plead
for Falun Gong practitioners." "In the last 4 years, the Chinese Government has not followed its own laws when dealing with
Falun Gong. Therefore we doubt that they will apply the law when dealing with Dr. Li," said Dr.
Sherry Zhang, spokesperson for the newly formed organization, "Friends of Charles." Falun Dafa Information Center spokesman, Erping Zhang made this statement, "An innocent
American has been illegally arrested and threatened with false charges that could lead to 15 years
in prison, simply because he practices Falun Gong, This is outrageous... Charles must be released
immediately. We urge the U.S. government and the American people to help rescue Charles from
China." New Jersey Congressmen Lobby Secretary of State Colin Powell on Behalf of Falun Gong
Practitioners In a letter to US Secretary of State Colin Powell, ten U.S. representatives from the State of New
Jersey asked that he do everything in his power to rescue family members of Falun Gong
practitioners. Their letter dated January 22, 2003 states: "We, the undersigned members of the New Jersey
Congressional Delegation, respectfully request that all practical means be used in calling for the
immediate release of all the imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners, who have relatives in the United
States." The congressmen asked the State Department to review the list of those imprisoned and
to pass it to Chinese authorities with an appeal for their immediate release. From Shenyang City in Liaoning Province, Dafa practitioners sent this New Years greeting card to
Mr. Li Hongzhi. The image shows ten thousand practitioners meditating together before Jiang Zemin
began his brutal crackdown in July, 1999. Shenyang City is the site of Dabei Prison where more than a thousand practitioners are detained
and subjected to brutal torture. Many practitioners have died in this prison. Dafa Practitioners in Northeast China Broadcast A Program Exposing the Deception of the
"Self-Immolation" Incident Falun Gong practitioners have once again used the airwaves to expose the lies around the
so-called "self-immolation incident" that took place in Tiananmen Square. On the second
anniversary of the tragic event that caused the deaths of several people, Falun Gong practitioners
in a city in northeast China broadcast a 30-minute program on cable TV showing how the event was
staged by the Jiang regime to slander Falun Gong. The program was carried on all cable TV stations
and reportedly caused a sensation among viewers. They have also advised that the city's Public
Security Bureau is planning mass arrests of practitioners. The program showed that the government's own video provides proof of a staged incident. Details
reveal the truth. Frame by frame, it can be clearly seen that a woman died immediately after she was
struck on the head by a blunt object from someone clearly visible on the footage. A man supposedly "engulfed in flames," moved seemingly without pain. When the flames
were put out, it could be seen that his hair, easily the most flammable body part, was untouched and
his gasoline-filled plastic bottle remained in perfect condition between his legs as if placed as
staged prop. After conducting an independent investigation by visiting the home town of the woman who died, a
Washington Post reporter disclosed that none of her neighbors ever saw her practice the Falun Gong
exercises. The World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong has formed an investigative
committee to examine the tragic human immolation event that happened in Tiananmen Square in January
2001. The Committee, called the International Committee to Investigate the So-Called Self-Immolation
Incident, will do a thorough investigative analysis of the incident which the Jiang regime reported
throughout China, naming the victims as practitioners of Falun Gong. The incident was a dramatic turning point that escalated hostility towards Falun Gong
practitioners, and it was used to publicly justify the persecution of Falun Gong. However, the
teachings of Falun Gong strictly forbid killing, and this includes suicide. The Committee is undertaking this effort because the incident directly caused several tragic
deaths, and because the judicial system in China has failed to do a through and objective
investigation. In its initial report, the Committee names individuals who directly or indirectly had a hand in
the incident. Results of the investigation will be published on their website: www.upholdjustice.org. Practitioners from Canada and the United States joined a Brazilian practitioner in introducing
Falun Dafa and clarifying the truth at the World Education Forum from January 19-22, and the World
Social Forum from January 23-28 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. More than 100,000 people attended the
events from 5,700 organizations and from 156 countries. The theme of the Forum was "Another
World is Possible", and it focused on how to build a more civil society. Practitioners brought
a message of hope that by living according to the universal principle of
"Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance" another world is possible. Here are some of the many beautiful New Year Greetings sent to Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of
Falun Gong, from practitioners in China: From Dalian City, we have three different greetings: Shandong City Most of the greetings were sent over the Internet, but not all: practitioners from Chaoyang City
secreted a beautiful calligraphy painting out of China and had it sent to North America. Thanks for watching the FGMtv weekly news review. See you next week!
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and from colder, European climes: Belgium and Holland
Greetings were sent from Atlanta
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Jinzhou City in Liaoning Province
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