Remote Transmitters Unveil Chinese Regime's Anti-Falun
Gong Propaganda; Human Rights Violations Exposed Primetime
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NEW YORK (FDI) --
According to a statement received from Falun Gong practitioners in China, as residents of a southern
Chinese city settled down to view a popular Chinese television program recently, they saw something
the former Communist Party leader, Jiang Zemin, would rather they didn't.
Instead
of the regularly scheduled program, according to reports, hundreds of thousands of residents saw two
programs reporting on the human rights abuses against Falun Gong practitioners in China --
something Jiang Zemin has gone to great lengths to conceal. The programs also debunked much of the
anti-Falun Gong propaganda put forth by the Chinese regime. (watch similar programs on-line)
According
to the statement, Falun Gong practitioners in southern China had employed high-powered transmitters
controlled by timers to remotely transmit the programs to televisions throughout an entire city, and
then automatically shut down to resume regularly scheduled, state-controlled programming.
Mr.
Erping Zhang, a Falun Dafa Information Center spokesman, put the broadcasts in context. "During
the war in Iraq, the Iraqi state-run network was one of the Allied Forces' first targets. Why?
Because just like in China, it was said that the Iraqi regime controlled the media and used it as a
weapon to mobilize the populace for its own misguided cause."
"In
China, Falun Gong practitioners are hunted by police simply because they practice Falun Gong,"
explains Mr. Zhang. "If caught, they likely face torture and often death, and yet they have no
voice to expose these atrocities. In fact, the state-run media itself is used by the regime to
further the persecution by demonizing the practice, thereby inciting hatred toward practitioners
among the people."
Mr.
Zhang concludes, "[Falun Gong] Practitioners in China have discovered a non-violent means -- one
that harms neither people nor equipment -- to breakthrough the information blockade, and let the
people see programs that openly show the human rights violations happening in their own country and
expose the loopholes in the regime's propaganda. I think it is very commendable."
The
first reports of Falun Gong practitioners tapping into state-run broadcast signals in China surfaced
in February 2002. Since that time, practitioners of Falun Gong have utilized this method to
broadcast over a dozen programs in different cities throughout China. (press statement)
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NEWS - Aug. 06, 2003
Falun Dafa Information Center, www.faluninfo.net
Background
Falun
Gong, also known as Falun Dafa (about), is
a practice of meditation and exercises with teachings based on the universal principle of
"Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance." It is a practice that was taught in private for
thousands of years before being made public in 1992 by Mr. Li Hongzhi. Falun Gong has roots in
traditional Chinese culture, but it is distinct and separate from other practices such as the
religions of Buddhism and Taoism. Since its introduction in 1992, it quickly spread by word of mouth
throughout China, and is now practiced in over 50 countries.
With
government estimates of as many as 100 million
practicing Falun Gong, China's President Jiang Zemin outlawed the peaceful practice in July 1999 (report), fearful
of anything touching the hearts and minds of more citizens than the Communist Party. Unable to crush
the spirit of millions who had experienced improved health and positive life changes from Falun
Gong, Jiang's regime has intensified its propaganda campaign to turn public opinion against the
practice while quietly imprisoning, torturing and even murdering those who practice it.
The
Falun Dafa Information Center has verified details of 765 deaths (reports / sources)
since the persecution of Falun Gong in China began in 1999. Government officials inside China,
however, report that the actual death toll is well over 1,600, while expert sources estimate that
figure to be much higher. Hundreds of thousands have been detained, with more than 100,000
being sentenced to forced labor camps, typically without trial.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE FALUN DAFA INFORMATION CENTER
Contacts: Gail Rachlin (+1 917-501-4441), Levi Browde (+1 914-720-0963), Erping Zhang (+1
646-533-6147), or Feng Yuan (+1 917-941-1097).
Fax: 646-792-3916 Email: faluninfoctr@nycmail.com,
Website: http://www.faluninfo.net/
Mailbox of FalunInfo editor@faluninfo.net
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