San Francisco: On April 25, CIPFG Demands to Go to Mainland China to Investigate the Persecution Facts against Falun Gong (Photos)
By Minghui/Clearwisdom reporter Kerry Huang from San Francisco
(Clearwisdom.net) On the afternoon of April 25, 2006, the seventh
anniversary of the "April 25" Appeal, representatives of The Coalition
to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong in China (CIPFG) went to the
Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco to apply for visas to enter China to
thoroughly look into the persecution facts against Falun Gong practitioners and
collect evidence. At the same time, practitioners in the Bay Area held a rally
outside the Chinese Consulate to expose the CCP's monstrous atrocities of
brutally torturing and abusing and harvesting organs from Falun Gong
practitioners. They called for an end to the persecution. Practitioners in the Bay Area held a rally outside the Chinese
Consulate to expose the CCP's live organ harvesting from Falun Gong
practitioners and call for an end to the persecution. Representatives from the CIPFG who came to apply for visas included: NTDTV
reporters Zhang Fen and Xu Zhen. This is the first time for investigators in the
US to apply visas at the CCP's Consulate, following the formal visa applications
from investigators in Australia and Europe to request to go to Mainland China to
investigate the facts. CCP diplomat's sincerity of inviting the international media to go to
Mainland China to investigate will be verified Investigators Zhang Fen and Xu Zhen entered the visa hall at the Chinese
Consulate at 2:00 p.m. and joined the queue for visa application. Several media
reporters followed them into the visa hall, trying to make a report on it. The
consulate staff saw reporters' cameras and videocams, and immediately walked up
to try to drive them out. One consulate officer even attempted to grab NTDTV
reporter's videocam. Reporters questioned that this is a public place for people
to apply for visas, if no picture taken were allowed inside the hall, we would
not do so, but why reporters were not allowed to watch the whole process of
investigators' visa applications. One of the consulate officer said he only did
things according to the directives from above. In less than five minutes after entering the visa hall, two investigators
were called into a room to meet an official for twenty minutes. Zhang Fen said an official for visa application came to talk with them. She
explained to the official that she came to respond to the open invitation from
the spokesperson for the CCP's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qin Gang, at a press
conference. Zhang Fen said she said she hoped to be able to enter China to join in the
investigation prior to May 1, because the live organ harvesting from Falun Gong
practitioners for profit is taking place in forced labor camps throughout the
country, and Chinese hospitals expressed that there were a large number of organ
sources prior to May 1, and no organs would be available after May 1. Many
witnesses expressed that this indicates that the CCP is removing the evidence of
crimes. The official did not respond to this. Zhang Fen said when she asked the official what the CCP officials think of
investigators' applying for visas to go to China to investigate the persecution
of Falun Gong, he said he knew the reporters are eloquent and are able to ask
many questions, but he is helping issue visa applications here, not
participating in an interview. When Zhang Fen asked him about the visa application, the official answered
that this application has gone beyond his purview, and he could not make the
decision now. He said he would ask for instructions from above in China and then
give her a reply. After collecting related application materials, photocopy of
passport, and contact information, the talk was over. Xu Zhen said that the two investigators have had their visa application
rejected. If they could obtain the visas, they would have to wait. Zhang Fen expressed that time is pressing. She would soon call the Consulate,
and she hoped to get a positive reply. At the time, Qin Gang's sincerity of
inviting international media to go to Mainland China to investigate would be
verified. CIPFG aims to look into all facilities where Falun Gong practitioners have
been locked up Sherry Zhang, spokesperson for Falun Gong and the CIPFG expressed that
according to various investigations, in Mainland China, the largest places where
Falun Gong practitioners have been mercilessly tortured and abused are forced
labor camps and prisons. Under the CCP's policy of "beating [Falun Gong
practitioners] to death means nothing," brutal persecution, including sex
abuses and harassment, live organ harvesting and other tortures and abuses,
happening in these places reached the peak in 2003. Sherry Zhang said that not until three weeks after witnesses came out to
expose the dark truth in the Sujiatun Concentration Camp did the CCP's Ministry
of Foreign Affairs came out to deny the charge and invite the international
media to investigate. However, within the three weeks, the CCP has destroyed all
evidence, and transferred all witnesses. All people who looked into the Sujiatun
would find nothing there. Sherry Zhang pointed out that Sujiatun is only the tip of the iceberg, and
atrocities of live organ removal for profit have been taking place in all forced
labor camps, prisons and other related facilities throughout China. It is now
time for the iceberg to surface in the water, and if the investigation is not
carried out in time, the CCP will have the time to destroy all witnesses and
material evidence and put on another show by inviting an investigation. Xu Zhen expressed that the CCP has been good at hiding evidence. Only Falun
Gong practitioners truly understand its evil nature, and know where it has
committed crimes. Therefore, we will go to the particular places this time--all
places where Falun Gong practitioners have been detained, to conduct interviews
and cover the true situation of Falun Gong practitioners being tortured and
abused. The CCP produced the "April 25" incident, and chose their path to
demise Falun Gong practitioner Bian Xuzhuang who came from Beijing witnessed the
"April 25" Appeal. He said that today seven years ago, the Chinese
Falun Gong practitioners collectively reported to the Chinese leaders about the
Tianjin police's beating and arresting dozens of Falun Gong practitioners. The
practitioners requested the release of practitioners, and to be given an
environment for free exercise, and the right to publish Falun Gong books. Ten
thousand Falun Gong practitioners exercised the right of citizens to peacefully
appeal in Beijing. Bian Xuzhuang said during the time, the Falun Gong practitioners were
orderly. After the problems were properly resolved, they left quietly, taking
away waste paper, and police officer's cigarette butts that littered the
streets. But, the CCP's Jiang regime saw that there were so many people
practicing Falun Gong, out of their severe jealousy, they framed Falun Gong and
lied, saying that Falun Gong practitioners "besieged" Zhongnanhai.
Triggered by this incident, the CCP launched a nation-wide persecution of Falun
Gong beginning on July 20, 1999. They made a series of genocidal policies to
attempt to eradicate Falun Gong. The policies included, "Defame their
reputation, bankrupt them financially, destroy them physically,"
"Beating to death means nothing, and is counted as suicide," and
"The body shall be directly cremated without investigating the person's
identification." Bian Xuzhuang said that the "April 25" incident was produced by the
CCP. It turned over a hundred million people and their families against the CCP,
and therefore the CCP and Jiang chose a path of demise.
NTD TV reporters Zhang Fen (Front) and Xu Zhen (Back) respond to the open
invitation from the spokesperson for CCP's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Qin Gang,
going to investigate into the incidents of organ thefts from Falun Gong
practitioners in CCP concentration camps. They come out from the San Francisco
Chinese Consulate General after meeting with officials for visa application
Falun Gong practitioner Bian Xuzhuang who witnessed the CCP produced the
"April 25" incident and chose at the same time their path of demise
Chinese version available at
http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/4/26/126186.html
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