Attempt by Chinese Consulate to Stop a Swedish Falun Gong Broadcast Reported to the Police (Photos)
(Clearwisdom.net)
On September the 18th 2003, there was a report on a Swedish TV Station
regarding the Chinese consulate's attempt to stop a Swedish Falun Gong program
from being broadcast.
The weekly broadcast on a Gothenburg TV Station reveals the facts about Falun
Gong and the persecution of practitioners in China. The Chinese consulate, which
is accredited in Gothenburg, personally came to the TV Station to try and stop
the program from being broadcast. According to the chief of the local TV
station, the Chinese consulate suggested that the program would influence
relations with projects in Shanghai and a project with the East Indies group.
The Chinese consulate attempted to force Gothenburg authorities to stop the
Falun Gong Association's program being broadcast, during which they actually
claimed that there is a dividing line between democracy and freedom of speech.
Hans Hirschi, the chief of the local TV station, was extremely annoyed about
the pressure applied by the Chinese Consulate. He commented "We only need
to go back to 1941 to find a similar case occurring. This makes me think of
World War II, when Germany at that time attempted to control the Swedish
media."
Jonas Ransg rd, a member of the Physical Education and the Association of
Management Departments, said to a reporter, "I took this opportunity to
express my view point to the Chinese consulate regarding democracy and freedom
of speech". This incident has been reported to the Swedish police, and it will also be used as evidence in the ongoing international efforts to bring Jiang to Justice.
Originally in Swedish at http://tv4goteborg.se/visa/?ID=279961
Chinese version available at
http://www.yuanming.net/articles/200309/24415.html
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