(Clearwisdom.net) On November 10, 2005, Hu Jintao arrived in Berlin and started a 4-day visit. At around 3:30 pm, German president Horst Koehler met Hu and his delegation at Schloss Charlottenburg. Before the meeting, President Koehler got out of his vehicle and talked with groups that were holding appeals outside the building. Taking this opportunity, a German practitioner asked the president to tell Hu: "Falun Dafa is good!"

As Hu Jintao arrives in Berlin, practitioners call for end of the persecution

On November 10, the Schloss Charlottenburg was heavily guarded because of Hu's visit. There were three groups in front of the Schloss Charlottenburg, with practitioners from all over the world at one side, the Chinese student group at the other side and Amnesty International in the middle. The Chinese student group was organized by the Chinese Embassy to welcome Hu. The police used several vehicles to separate the welcome group from the other two.

At around 3 p.m., German president Horst Koehler arrived first, and he talked with members of Amnesty International about human rights issues in China. He then came to the practitioners' group, greeted the practitioners and asked them what their wish was.

Practitioner Christina asked the president to tell Hu: "Falun Dafa is Good."

Practitioner Christina, a resident of Hanoverian, took a day off to participate in the event in Berlin. She got the opportunity to talk with Mr. Koehler. When the president asked her about her wish, she said: "Please tell president Hu Jintao that Falun Dafa Hao! [Falun Dafa is Good]" She then told Koehler the meaning of this Chinese sentence. Mr. President then repeated this sentence in Chinese as best he could, and promised that he would support human rights. Christina then asked him to help end the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China.

Berlin practitioner Zhihong Zhen told Mr. Koehler: "We came here to let the heartfelt wish of all Chinese people be heard: Stop the persecution of Falun Gong." The president was touched by her words and shook hands with her. Ms. Zhen then added: "I think that president Hu Jintao doesn't want to persecute Falun Gong, and the chief perpetrator of the persecution is former Chinese president Jiang Zemin, who spearheaded the persecution and is responsible for so many tragedies. We hope that Hu can stop the persecution."

After talking with the practitioners, he waved good-bye.

Posting date: 11/12/2005
Original article date: 11/12/2005
Category: Falun Dafa Worldwide
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/11/11/114355.html

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