(Clearwisdom.net) At 3 p.m. on March 20, 2003, Falun Gong practitioners and practitioners
from Tokyo held a press conference at the Reporters' Club in the Aichi County government building,
calling on the Aichi County government and Aichi people to actively help rescue Mrs. Yoko Kaneko. Tokai
TV, Yomiuri Newspaper and other media attended. A few weeks ago, Aichi
county practitioners presented a petition letter to help rescue Yoko Kaneko to the Aichi County
Council.
Mrs. Yoko Kaneko was arrested last May in Beijing while distributing Falun Gong truth-clarifying
materials. Later she was sentenced to 18 months of forced labor. She is still in detention and is
reportedly facing life threatening conditions.
During the press conference, representative from Yoko Kaneko Rescue Committee reported the series
of activities the committee launched to rescue Kaneko. Practitioner Wu Lily from Tokyo talked about
her sister who was still jailed in China and experiencing both mental and physical torture.
She exposed the unimaginably brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China and hoped the
Japanese government and media would pay more attention to help rescue Yoko Kaneko.
After the press conference, practitioners exchanged experiences of the event and agreed that more
truth-clarification to the Aichi County council and City Council still needed to be done.
Practitioners hope to manifest enormous compassion to help the officials recognize the evil persecution
from their hearts. If they understand the persecution is not acceptable by the standards of both man
and heaven, they will place themselves on the right side.
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