Japan: Car Tour through Four Counties Exposes CCP Organ Removal Atrocities

By a practitioner in Hiroshima, Japan

(Clearwisdom.net) Beginning on October 24, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners in Hiroshima took part in a car tour through Hiroshima, Tottori, Shimane and Yamaguchi counties. They visited county heads, city council members, and the mayors of 39 cities. The practitioners exposed the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) cruel nature and the brutal persecution of Falun Gong in China.

Exposing the CCP atrocities of organ removal from living Falun Gong practitioners was a major focus of the car tour. Practitioners also submitted a petition letter to request people to write to the Japanese Government, international organizations and human rights organizations, calling for investigation of the CCP’s illegal organ harvesting. In the letter, the practitioners also requested people to write to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and related organizations, to investigate those intermediary organizations involved in organ transplantation in China.

On December 24, the practitioners arrived at a city in Hiroshima. The city council had a meeting at 9:30 a.m., followed by a 30-minute break. After learning that the practitioners had come from a long distance and the purpose of their trip, the mayor and speaker of the council met with the practitioners right away and accepted the petition letter.

The practitioners then traveled to another city and met the new mayor there. The mayor knew about Falun Gong since 2003, as he was county council member then. He knew about the rescue of Ms. Kaneko Yoko, who was arrested in Beijing for distributing truth-clarification materials. He said, "In order to rescue Kaneko Yoko, I would not have minded losing my council membership. Today I still support Falun Gong. My city government and city council will consider your requests in the petition letter."

After visited 15 cities and county governments in Hiroshima County, the practitioners traveled to Shimane County. A speaker of a city council met them and talked with them for about 30 minutes. He said, "I like China. But don’t misunderstand me. Liking China does not mean liking the CCP. Because I like China, I won’t let the CCP do such wrong deeds." He further said, "Explaining the facts has little impact. We can learn the facts but do nothing. If you submit a petition, I can expose the CCP’s crimes in a city council meeting. The motion can be voted on and a resolution can be passed to condemn the CCP’s atrocities." He continued, "A petition to the council needs the introduction of one or two council members." The practitioners said, "We come from another county and don’t know any council members here." The speaker said, "No problem. We will contact you after a discussion."

In the beginning of November, the car tour team arrived at another city and met the speaker of the city council. He told the practitioners that the city was conducting an activity entitled, "Love life and respect human rights." After hearing about the organ removal from living Falun Gong practitioners, he said, "The city council will have a meeting on December 5. In the meeting of the human rights committee, we will consider your petition letter and vote on it. I believe that you will get a satisfactory result."

In the Yamaguchi County Council, the speaker met the practitioners and said, "I received your truth-clarification materials at the beginning of June. I discussed the facts in a general meeting of the council. This time you come in person to tell me more about the brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. I’ll tell the facts to all the council members. From now on, I’ll tell the facts to everyone I meet."

In a city in Tottori County, the director and a woman section chief in an organ transplantation center met with the practitioners. After hearing about the CCP’s brutal atrocities of live organ removal, and of Japanese patients going to China for organ transplants, the director was very indignant and had tears in her eyes. The practitioners presented the petition letter. The director and section chief said they supported Falun Gong practitioners wholeheartedly in their efforts to stop the CCP’s illegal organ harvesting.

During the car tour, the practitioners also met some local officials who held prejudice towards Falun Gong due to lies from the CCP’s embassy in Japan. The practitioners explained the facts to them in detail; especially that the Falun Dafa Association of Japan was approved as a non-profit organization by the Tokyo government on August 27, 2004. After learning the facts, the local officials changed their view on Falun Gong.

This car tour helped many people from all circles understands the facts of Falun Gong. The practitioners also handed out truth-clarification materials to staff members in press clubs in each county and city and asked them to transfer the information to reporters. In the 12 days of the car tour, more than one thousands local officials and their staff members learned the facts. The practitioners also distributed several thousands flyers and truth-clarification materials to citizens along the way. They were welcomed in each place they stopped.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/12/14/144671.html

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