By Kerry Huang, Minghui correspondent from East Bay, San Francisco

(Clearwisdom.net) At noon on September 27, 2005, current Dalian Mayor Xia Deren led a delegation to the Oakland City Government to meet with Mayor Jerry Brown. Bay Area Falun Gong practitioners met Xia's group at City Hall. Practitioners tendered him the US Federal Court's judgment.

Falun Gong practitioners in front of City Hall

Practitioners hold anti-torture exhibit and truth-clarifying photo exhibit at the square at the front entrance of City Hall

This was Xia Deren's second visit to California. Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Duan saw him, and handed him a package containing the judgment from the US Federal Court of Northern California regarding Xia's responsibility for persecuting Falun Gong, and related materials about Falun Gong practitioners' lawsuit filed against Xia in February 2002. Both Xia and his entourage refused to accept it and put the package aside.

Ms. Duan said, "I saw Xia Deren, I shook hands with him and then handed him the document. He seemed to have known what was inside, as he didn't accept it and put the package aside. Neither did his entourage accept it."

Another Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Zhang also saw Xia. She shook hands with him and said, "Don't persecute Falun Gong." Xia Deren repeatedly said, "Ok, Ok."

Since July 1999, Jiang Zemin colluded with the Chinese Communist Party to launch a nationwide persecution campaign against Falun Gong. Tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners have been illegally arrested, detained and subjected to brutal torture and abuses. Many Falun Gong practitioners have been tortured to death. Liaoning Province is one of provinces where the persecution is the most serious. Xia Deren was then deputy-governor of Liaoning Province.

In February 2002, Falun Gong practitioners in San Francisco filed a lawsuit against him for overseeing the torture of Falun Gong practitioners. The US Federal Court of Northern California later found both Liu Qi and Xia Deren responsible for torture, cruel, inhuman treatment and arbitrary detention of Falun Gong practitioners.

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That same day, Falun Gong practitioners from Bay Area of San Francisco also held a series of activities, including an anti-torture exhibit, truth-clarifying photo exhibit and press conference in front of Oakland City Hall, calling for help in stopping the persecution of Falun Gong and bringing justice to all vicious people and police for persecuting Falun Gong.

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