By practitioners from Taiwan
(Clearwisdom.net) The drive-by shooting of an Australian Falun Gong
practitioner in South Africa on June 28, 2004 marked a new level of violence and
recklessness in former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin's worldwide persecution of
Falun Gong. In response to this incident, Taiwan Falun Gong practitioners
started a signature drive to raise the awareness and to call for an end to the
state-run terrorism. On a hot afternoon, Falun Gong practitioners from Taipei went to the Chong-Shan
Station and a well-known shopping center to raise the awareness of the South
Africa shooting incident, expose the persecution and collect signatures in
support of Falun Gong. Many people were shocked at the shooting incident,
especially when looking at the photos showing the injured practitioner. After
listening to practitioners' explanation, they became clear about the Jiang
group's exportation of state-run terrorism and immediately signed the petition
to condemn these kinds of violent acts. In only about two hours, three petition
cloths were full of people's signatures. A lady and her two sons passed by. She was very shocked at the shooting
incident illustrated on a poster and kept asking, "How could this be possible!
They even do violence openly! What can we do for you?" Her sons also said, "I
want to sign the petition!" A man drove by and especially parked his car at the
roadside in order to carefully read the poster. A gentleman said that he would
visit the Mainland in a few days and he would tell the facts to his friends in
China. He said that he would let them know about what Jiang's group has done and
how they exported the state-sponsored terrorism to other countries. A young lady
said that she must sign the petition because the incident was too ridiculous.
A lady leading a group of girls who had just finished their music classes
passed by. After learning about our appeal, she took the initiative to sign the
petition. She said that she knew about the persecution and she acknowledged our
signature drive. With her approval, the young girls with her also signed. They
also asked many questions. We explained to these children about the persecution
encountered by Falun Gong practitioners in China and told them that this
terrorist act was initiated by Jiang's group. We told them that as long as more
people stand up to expose these crimes, they would not dare to continue their
evildoings. In the shopping center, some people signed the petition and then asked their
wives, husbands, girlfriends, boyfriends or children to come to sign it as well.
A young lady said to us, "You've been working so hard!" Practitioners felt that
people are all kind at the bottom of their hearts and they all long for the
happy and peaceful life and oppose violence and threats. Taiwan Falun Gong practitioners hope to allow more people to realize Jiang
group's nature through exposing their hiring thugs to commit murder. On July 17,
practitioners held a candlelight vigil in front of the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial
to express their admiration for those fellow practitioners who sacrificed their
lives for upholding the truth. They also held a live exhibition of the torture
endured by practitioners in China to call for people's conscience to condemn
this persecution and help stop it.
Collecting signatures at the Chong-Shan Station
People sign the petition after learning the facts
Driver signing petition
Children signing petition
Passersby signing petition together
Passersby signing petition together
Posting date: 7/29/2004
Original article date: 7/28/2004
Category: Falun Dafa Worldwide
Chinese version available at http://minghui.cc/mh/articles/2004/7/23/80141.html