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Taipei, Taiwan: Grand Parade Supporting Withdrawals from the CCP Calls for an End to the Persecution of Falun Gong (Photos)
By Minghui/Clearwisdom reporter Yu Sheng from Taipei (Clearwisdom.net) A grand parade supporting the ten million people
quitting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) attracted 15,000 Taiwanese people
from different places in Taiwan to participate. An anti-persecution contingent
composed of Falun Gong practitioners awakened the Taipei citizens by displaying
photos depicting the horrible tortures used by the CCP to torture and abuse
Falun Gong practitioners, and by reenacting the CCP harvesting organs from
living Falun Gong practitioners. The vigorous drums played by the NTDTV Flags
and Drums Troupe that led the Falun Gong procession made the parade procession
even more impressive. In Tears Many Times, Very Touching A Taipei citizen heard the news from her classmate and came especially to
participate in the parade. She said she had shed tears many times and was moved
by Falun Gong practitioners who spontaneously and voluntarily came for this
parade. She thought Falun Gong practitioners have the right to step forward to
condemn the vile CCP, and they also are very clear on the CCP's true nature,
because they have been suffering persecution for seven years. She said the CCP is most afraid of Falun Gong, because Falun Gong
practitioners are fearless and selfless and take their personal interests
lightly. They dare to speak out. Without the CCP, the world can exist
peacefully. The woman also walked the entire parade route, and helped distribute Falun
Gong truth clarification materials. Far Away from the Days of Kidney Dialysis Practitioners from San Chong, Taipei County put on a show to present the
scenes of Falun Gong practitioners who have been detained in forced labor camps
and concentration camps in Mainland China, being enslaved and treated
inhumanely. They dressed in dark prison clothes with their mouths sealed off
with black cloth strips. They wanted to make the persecution vivid to people.
One of them was Mr. Liao, who acted as a police officer. He said that he began
kidney dialysis in 1998. Not until 2001 was he fortunate enough to read a flyer
on a bus, about Falun Gong's free exercise instructions. He then started
practicing Falun Gong. His health has now obviously improved and his mother also
started to learn Falun Gong. She not only likes reading Zhuan Falun, she
is also physically healthy and in high spirits, so her children do not need to
worry about her. Ms. Chen from Xin Village also once received kidney dialysis for eight years.
She was often tired and needed bed rest. After practicing Falun Gong, her
symptoms and discomfort have greatly improved. She said smilingly, "My
presence today in the parade is the best verification." There were also
older women in their 70s in this group of practitioners who acted as
practitioners suffering persecution in the Mainland. It showed that the CCP's
suppression of good people targets all ages. Call to Conscience Mrs. Zhang held a banner reading, "Don't allow the crimes to intensify
while people wait passively." She is from Taiping, Taizhong. She started
practicing Falun Gong together with her husband before the persecution began on
July 20, 1999. Since then, she has never used her Health Insurance Card, and has
never seen a doctor, because all her old illnesses disappeared. Their children
are not practitioners but they tell everyone they meet that Falun Dafa is great.
In addition, she is 58 years old but looks as if she is in her 40s. She has
experienced a renewed life from practicing Falun Gong. Therefore, she also went
abroad to participate in truth clarification activities. She hopes to awaken
more kind people so that more people will pay serious attention to the
life-and-death situation of people in the Mainland. Ms. Huang, who came back to Taiwan from America to participate in the parade,
pointed out that the live organ harvesting is not at all a human act. She said
that any parade is often geographically restricted, but activities condemning
the CCP's atrocities and supporting the withdrawals from the CCP can transverse
boundaries and races. When you are abroad and see people of all ethnicities
stand together in the supporting procession in the parade, you will be very
emotional. The CCP's crimes deserve unanimous condemnation. Ms. Ni has been practicing Falun Gong for four years. The three members in
her family were in the line-up of mourning Falun Gong practitioners who have
died from persecution by the CCP. They just came back from Washington DC where
they participated in protests against the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong, and
they immediately came to join this parade after leaving the plane. She expressed
that the biggest change after practicing Falun Gong for her is that she has
become even more easy going and considerate of others. The family is in great
harmony. Her sixth grade daughter attended Minghui School for three years. She
can look within whenever confronted with problems and also can take care of
herself. Exercise Demonstration is in Good Order - Peaceful and Beautiful A performing troupe composed of 160 practitioners from Taozhumiao brought the
beauty of Falun Dafa to people during the parade. Taiwan NEWS English Edition
reporter Mr. Yi followed the parade procession for nearly two hours. He took
many photos from different angles. Afterwards, he expressed to practitioners
that he felt admiration and felt that the persecution was inconceivable. All the
way through, he did not hear any music, nor orders, but practitioners were able
to do the exercises in such an orderly fashion, peaceful and harmonious. He was
indeed moved.
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