Taiwan: Eight Years of Anti-Persecution Efforts in Chiayi (Photos)
By Qing Han
(Clearwisdom.net) On July 19, 1999, the head of the Chinese Communist
Party (CCP) Jiang Zemin launched the persecution of Falun Gong. A few days
later, a Falun Gong practitioner in his eighties in Chiayi walked out of a Fa-reading
room with a big stack of paper in his arms. He told his fellow practitioners,
"I am old. I don't know computers. But I can write letters. I will tell the
people in Mainland China that Falun Gong is good. The CCP shouldn't suppress
it." In the mean time, Falun Gong practitioners around the world started a journey
of truth-clarification, exposing the evil nature of the persecution.
Practitioners in Chiayi have joined the stream of calling for justice. Spreading Falun Dafa in Ali Mountain Falun Dafa started spreading the Fa at the end of 1999. Falun Gong
practitioners realized they should spread the benefits of Falun Dafa to help
more people know about it, and to expose the evil persecution. Several
practitioners headed for Ali Mountain by van. Falun Gong practitioners study the Fa before their Fa-introduction
activities in Ali Mountain When they held their first nine-day Falun Gong lecture series in Ruili, many
people were drawn to it on the very first day. They were curious about the
miracles of Falun Gong. A Falun Gong practitioner went to pick up a villager who
had had stroke. The villager couldn't lift his hand after the stroke. When his
family didn't want him to go, he surprised them by lifting his arm. Everyone was
shocked. On the fourth day, more than twenty people showed up for the morning
exercises. More joined the Fa-study that evening. It was a peaceful atmosphere
even though it was cold. Spreading the True Story of Falun Gong by Internet and Phone Falun Gong practitioners formed teams to tell the story of
Falun Gong to Mainland China by Internet, phone, instant messenger and fax. They
didn't want to leave out anyone in China. If a phone number didn't go through
during the day, they would try at night. If a fax didn't go through by Internet
fax, the number was passed to the manual fax team. Fa-study before truth-clarification by Internet A practitioner summarized the record, "The call success rate has
increased from 60% in May to 95% in December. It dropped to 60% in the week
before the Chinese New Year because a lot of numbers weren't answered. I made it
up on January 8 and reached a 95% success rate again. My wife and I helped each
other. We don't want to leave any number out." Spreading Stories of Cultivation by Radio In 2002, when Falun Gong practitioners told the story of Falun Gong to a
radio station, the Voice of Chiayi, the station generously provided a time slot
for the Falun Gong practitioners, who started a program called "Stories of
Cultivation." It was well-received, and more than 200 programs have been
aired. Even though the radio station only reaches the greater Chiayi area, the
program has played a great role in promoting Falun Dafa. Falun Gong practitioners record a radio program Forum about Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party In order to support quitting the CCP, a forum of video shows and discussion
on the "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party" was held in
Chung Cheng Park on Saturday evenings starting on June 18, 2005. The video of
the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party was played, and a group of
scholars and experts were invited to speak. The activity series helped the
people of Chiayi to see the evil nature of the CCP. The Nine Commentaries
became a hot topic in Chiayi. Video Play and Discussion about "Nine Commentaries on the Communist
Party" at the Home of Honorable Citizens of Baihe Falun Gong practitioners were invited to play the video of the Nine
Commentaries on the Communist Party and hold a discussion at the Home of
Honorable Citizens of Baihe. The activity further exposed the evil nature of the
CCP to the elderly people from Mainland China. More than one hundred honorable
citizens carefully watched the video. Mr. Chen, who was originally from Yunnan Province of Mainland China, said
that the video cheered his heart because it completely exposed the vileness of
the CCP. He said that his grandfather used to be a land owner, and the CCP took
everything from him and broke up his family. Mr. Chen has two brothers living in
China. He said he would let them know about the Nine Commentaries and
persuade them to quit the CCP. Fa-Validating Photo Exhibition in Ali Mountain Because of the open tourism policy in recent years, many people from Mainland
China have been able to travel to Ali Mountain. Falun Gong practitioners in
Chiayi realized that this was a great opportunity to directly tell the people
the true story of Falun Gong, so they held a photo exhibition called "Falun
Dafa Disciples Validating the Fa" at Ali Mountain for twenty-two days in
January 2006. One hundred and twenty-six photos were taken up the mountain,
which has an elevation of more than two thousand meters (>6560 ft.). The
photo exhibition attracted large groups of tourists from Mainland China. Many tourists from Mainland China visit the Fa-validating
photo exhibition at Ali Mountain One Falun Gong practitioner who guided the photo exhibition said, "Each
person who looked at the photos was shaken. The photos showed lectures by the
founder of Falun Gong, group exercises, word-forming in Taiwan,
truth-clarification activities around the world and the torture of Falun Gong
practitioners in China. Visitors of the exhibition were touched even when they
didn't say a word. You could tell from their faces." Truth-Clarification at Ali Mountain Ali Mountain is a hot tourist spot for people from Mainland China. Falun Gong
practitioners in Chiayi took turns staying at Ali Mountain in order to clarify
the truth to the visitors and persuade them to quit the CCP. Some practitioners walked to different sightseeing spots to tell Chinese
tourists about the benefits of Falun Dafa and about the evil nature of the CCP.
Others set up a booth with truth-clarification materials at the tour bus parking
lots. A Falun Gong practitioner said that an average of three or four people
quit the CCP every day. Truth-clarification to Local Residents Falun Gong practitioners continue to introduce the benefits of Falun Dafa and
expose the CCP's crimes to people from all circles of life. They especially
emphasize the strong tide of quitting the CCP and the CCP's crimes of harvesting
organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. The practitioners' efforts have
helped the government and all levels of representatives thoroughly learn about
the atrocities of the CCP. They now admire the Falun Gong practitioners'
upholding of justice, and some stepped forward to condemn the CCP regarding the
incident of deporting Taiwanese practitioners from Hong Kong. Falun Gong practitioners deliver appeal letter to city
councilmen, which condemns the CCP for harvesting organs from living Falun Gong
practitioners Legislator Sandy Yen said that after the organ harvesting and the violent
deportation, some people still have illusions about the CCP. She showed great
concern over the deportation incident. Lai Wan-jen, Senator of the Chiayi City Government, expressed his strong
condemnation of the Hong Kong government and strongly protested the CCP on
behalf of the city government. City Councilor Tsai Wen-hsu said, "I think the human rights condition in
Hong Kong has unbelievably gone back to the nineteenth century. What is the CCP
afraid of? Falun Gong practitioners in China have been imprisoned and tortured.
The most horrible is organ harvesting from living practitioners." Mr. Tsai
said he would stand on the side of Falun Gong to fight for human rights. Morning exercise in Chung Shan Park Many local residents go to Chung Shan Park to walk in the morning. A group of
Falun Gong practitioners just finished their exercises, and one older gentleman
walked lightly along the row of maple trees with a sitting pad in his arm and
disappeared into the morning fog.
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