Taiwan: The Human Rights Torch Relay Comes to Chiayi (Photos)

By Wang Qinghan

(Clearwisdom.net) The Human Right Torch Relay (HRTR), organized by the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG), came to Chiayi, Taiwan on June 8.

Chang Yuanhou, city government official and representative of the mayor, carried the torch

Legislative Member Chiang Yihsiong is lighting the torch

City council member Cai Yongchuan said the Chinese Communist Party should disappear from the earth

Legislative Member Cai Tongrong said the organ harvesting by the CCP should be exposed

Legislative members Chiang Yihsiong and Cai Tongrong, city council members Cai Wenhsu and Cai Yongchuan, human rights lawyer Yang Chiongya, and many local citizens attended the HRTR ceremony in Chungcheng Park. Chang Yuanhou, the city government official and representative of the mayor, carried the torch.

Legislative Member Chiang Yihsiong called upon people to help stop the persecution against Falun Gong. City council member Cai Wenhsu and Cai Yongchuan expressed that human rights have universal value. They pointed out that if more people and countries would exert pressure on the Chinese government, then the human rights situation in China would improve. They called upon people to take the occasion of the Human Rights Torch Relay to do this.

Legislative Member Cai Tongrong said the HRTR is very meaningful. He passed the torch to the torch relay running team, consisting of local citizens, who carried the torch around the city.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2008/6/9/179981.html

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