Hong Kong Falun Gong Practitioners Petition In Front of the China Liaison Office (Photo)
By a Hong Kong Falun Dafa practitioner
(Clearwisdom.net) Around noon of February 7, 2005, about 50 Hong Kong
Falun Gong practitioners petitioned in front the China Liaison Office,
requesting the Chinese government to stop the persecution of Falun Gong, to
release all jailed Falun Gong practitioners and to return Hong Kong Falun Gong
practitioners' travel documents. Starting from the end of 1999, over 30 Hong Kong Falun Gong practitioners had
their travel documents to China confiscated because of appealing to the Chinese
government, or visiting friends and relatives in China. Ms. Liu Yuling, who is
now over 60 years old, talked about her own experiences. In November 1999, she
and a few other practitioners went to Beijing to appeal for Falun Gong. She was
deported but her travel document was not confiscated at that time. In 2000, Ms.
Liu went back to Beijing. On January 15, 2000, she was arrested because of
practicing Falun Gong in a park. Liu Yuling was deported again and her travel
document was confiscated. Since then, she has not been able to go back to her
hometown of Beijing. Ms. Liu said she was upset about this. She believes that
traveling to one's hometown is a basic right of Hong Kong residents, but she was
illegally deprived of this right by Jiang's Communist Regime. A few dozen practitioners held a peaceful sitting protest outside of the
building; some practitioners unfurled a banner and read an open letter near the
gate of the China Liaison Office. The letter requested the Chinese government to
stop Jiang and his followers' persecution of Falun Gong immediately, release all
jailed Falun Gong practitioners, and bring the responsible people who initiated
and perpetrate the persecution to justice. The Falun Gong practitioners stated
that illegally depriving the travel rights of Hong Kong residents severely
tramples human rights, and they hoped that society would become aware of the
issue and help. Practitioners pointed out that there were over 1,353 Falun Gong
practitioners persecuted to death during the over 5-year-long suppression. There
are still thousands of practitioners illegally jailed in prisons and forced
labor camps, including four Hong Kong Falun Gong practitioners. Falun Gong practitioners called on the Chinese government to divest
themselves of the control of an evil faction and to choose a bright future along
with other people of conscience. [Open letter omitted]
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/2/9/95166.html
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