The American People Support Car Tour to Rescue Charles Li: "You've Brought Back Our Country's Foundation of Upholding Justice" (Photos)
(Clearwisdom.net) In order to expose the brutal persecution of Jiang and
the "610 Office" against Falun Gong and American citizens, and to call
for people from all walks of life to support justice and help bring Jiang to
justice and secure the safe return of Charles Li to America, on August 18, the
"Car Tour Around the US to Rescue Charles Li" traveled through the
cities of Spokane of Washington State, Couer d' Alene of Idaho and Missoula of
Montana. Practitioners visited county and city governments, human rights
committees and local media, and received support from them.
Support from government officials
In Spokane, when the practitioners talked with mayor candidate Steve Corker,
he expressed his support for Falun Gong. He also said that he knew about the
persecution of Falun Gong in China and would raise this important issue to the
city council.
Support from the media
When the practitioners arrived in Missoula, Montana, it was past 5:00 p.m.
and the media organizations were off work. However, the practitioners did not
give up.
We fortunately met one employee who had not left. He saw us and came out to
inquire and accepted our materials. Another person who was the last one left in
his office saw us and accepted our materials as well. The third person we met
was a reporter who was smoking a cigarette outside the door, and he seemed to be
there waiting for us. When he listened to our introduction, he was deeply
touched by our efforts and was very angry with the Chinese government for
illegally detaining Charles Li and brutally persecuting Falun Gong
practitioners. He told us that he would track the event and make reports on it.
Support from people on our way
The car tour received support from people and collected many signatures on
the way. In Missoula, a lady signed her name and expressed that she saw our
practitioners at Ms. Zhang Cuiying's Painting Exhibit. She recognized one
practitioner and walked up to him. She said, "I admire your spirit. I feel
you have special energy. I also feel that I have a connection with you."
Another passerby said, "The Chinese government is like the Iraqi
government that is suppressing its own people. All people with a sense of
justice will support you." One other passerby said, "Bad people always
attack goodness, because they don't believe in the existence of God. Evildoers
will definitely meet their karmic retribution."
The media is shocked at Jiang's brutal persecution
On August 19, the car tour held a press conference in front of the County
Government Building in Bozman, Montana. Several media outlets such as ABC, KTVM
and KBZK came to interview practitioners. When the reporter learned that Jiang's
regime uses all kinds of torture methods to persecute Falun Gong practitioners,
he was astounded. He was also touched by the practitioners' painstaking efforts
to rescue people. The reporter photographed our picture boards depicting the
lawsuit against Jiang and the rescue effort of Charles Li. He also photographed
us as we practiced the exercises.
Clarifying the truth at a city council meeting
A practitioner clarifying the facts at the city council
That day there happened to be a city council meeting so the practitioners
attended it and talked to the council about the lawsuit against Jiang and the
persecution of American citizen Charles Li. After that, the practitioners
visited the city government, and came across the City Attorney. At the
beginning, he didn't show any interest in our visit. He started to show interest
though when we clarified the facts and informed him of the case of Liu Qi and
Xia Deren who had been found guilty in the San Francisco Federal Court. He
carefully read through the materials about the lawsuit against Jiang, and
expressed his interest in the case and requested us to leave the materials for
the mayor and city council members.
Practitioners in the
rescue group
In the afternoon, we arrived at one of the most famous natural sceneries in
the US --- Yellowstone National Park. As tourism is at its peak at this time of
year, there were many tourists, and many of them were Chinese people. When our
car stopped, the prominent lamp on the top of the car with the words "Falun
Dafa" and the many banners surrounding the car attracted many tourists.
They came up to inquire about what we were doing. When they learned about the
persecution, they expressed their support for us. They also asked for Dafa
truth-clarifying materials and signed their names. One couple said, "Thank
you all. Upholding justice is the foundation for the establishment of the U.S.
The American people have forgotten about it, but you have brought it back again.
We will definitely visit your website."
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2003/8/21/56009.html
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