A "Trip of Freedom to Hong Kong"?
By Yu Zhirong, a practitioner from Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Written on February 22, 2003 (Clearwisdom.net) I learned yesterday (February 21) that some practitioners who had planned to
attend the Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference hosted by the Hong Kong
Falun Buddha Fa Association were denied entry into Hong Kong. Today we
encountered the same problem. When it was my turn to go through customs in Hong Kong, the policeman looked
at the computer screen for quite a long time. After a while, another policeman
came over saying that they needed to ask me some questions for security reasons.
I was then taken to a small room where some fellow practitioners were already
being held. One after another, more practitioners were brought in. At one time
there were over 20 practitioners in the room. While they were questioning us, some of us clarified the truth to them, some
sent forth righteous thoughts, and some presented them with Dafa
truth-clarification materials. We hoped that they would become aware of the
consequences of their actions. A policewoman surnamed Liu came in, and she was
immediately recognized by some practitioners who were repatriated to Taiwan by
her when they came to Hong Kong last July. They asked her, "Last time you told
us that because Jiang was coming we were not allowed to enter Hong Kong. You
welcomed us to come visit again. However, this time, we were denied entry again
without any reason." She was rendered speechless and asked us to talk to her
colleagues. Later on, we started to recite the Fa and send forth righteous thoughts. The
police who stood there watching us could not take the Dafa materials, so we
showed the materials to them. Some of them did not have good health and wished
to also learn Dafa. One policeman even came to me asking for some Dafa
materials. Many practitioners held in a bigger room next door were sent back to Taiwan.
We insisted on not leaving the small room. Practitioners from other places also
refused to come into the small room. Then more policemen came in and they
started to use force. I was carried out, with one of the policemen pulling my
thumb until I was pushed onto the plane. Some of our practitioners were tied up
and wrapped in a canvas bag and carried onto the plane. After we were on the
plane, we clarified the truth to the flight attendants and passengers. After I was sent back to Taiwan, I called my wife who had been allowed to
enter Hong Kong. She told me that while I was detained, she, along with our two
kids, requested that the customs officials release me. My children kept crying
and they wanted to see their dad. Later, my eight-year-old boy said someone gave
him a flyer promoting tourism in Hong Kong. It said, "A Trip of Freedom to Hong
Kong." But I want to let everybody know that there is no more freedom in Hong
Kong.
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2003/2/25/45181.html
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