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March 11, 2002 |  

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Changchun City Cable Television Network Broadcasts the Truth of Falun Gong - A Breakthrough That Reverberates Throughout the World

Who is afraid of 'broadcasting' the truth? The heroic act of several practitioners in Changchun City is the first lightning that lacerates the heavy dark clouds. The truth will spread like wild fire-- people who have learned the truth will pass it on to others. The evil thrives on suppressed truth and in people believing its lies. When the truth is revealed and crimes are exposed, evil will meets its doom. All kind hearted and righteous people, it is now the time to break down the blockade by clarifying the truth.

After Changchun City Cable Television Network broadcast the Falun Gong truth-clarifying programs on March 5, Jiang initiated the illegal order to "Kill Falun Gong practitioners without mercy." Regions across China are reportedly compiling lists of specific Falun Gong practitioners to execute, following Jiang's command. Such flagrant state terrorism is not only the massacre of the Chinese people, but also attacks the principles of "truthfulness- benevolence- forbearance." We must stop Jiang's massacre of Falun Gong immediately!

Changchun Daily website disclosed on March 8 the news coverage of the truth-clarifying broadcast by the Cable Television Network. It admitted that on the evening of March 5, a "Falun Gong" film appeared twice on the Cable Television Network's programs in four districts in Changchun.

The people who have broadcast the truth of Falun Gong to the millions of viewers through the Changchun City Cable Television Network are saints in the human world. You were fully aware of the consequence of doing this, but you were strong enough to move forward. You have safeguarded the truth of the whole universe! The splendor of this moment is reverberated throughout the cosmos, the moment that Falun Dafa practitioners have let go of life and death will be remembered forever.

Media Reports

On March 7, the Japanese Business and Financial News reported that the Changchun City Cable Television Network's program was intercepted by a Falun Gong program for nearly 50 minutes on March 5. The number of the contract households of the Cable Television Network in Changchun City is about 270,000. March 5 was also the day of the opening of the fifth meeting of the Chinese Ninth National People's Congress.

Voice of America, in its March 7th report, relates that the Chinese police authorities arrested seven foreign Falun Gong practitioners for staging a brief demonstration in Tiananmen Square against Beijing's persecution of the cultivation group, and among them are at least three Australians. The protest was near Beijing's Great Hall of the People where China's Congress was holding its session. In the last month alone, China expelled more than 50 Westerners who held similar protest activities.

In the Central News Agency's March 6th report we are told that the Chinese government intensified its persecution, and gun-toting police fired on Falun Gong practitioners in Anshan City, Liaoning Province and Mishan City, Heilongjiang Province. Before the Chinese New Year, Changchun City Police Department personnel launched several rounds of "search and arrest" of Dafa practitioners. The police had received an order that states: "When Falun Gong practitioners are seen posting flyers or hanging up banners, it is permissable to 'shoot to kill' on the spot."

The Central News Agency's March 5th special dispatch reported: the first historic Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Meeting was held in Jakarta, Indonesia on March 2, 2002. The State Governor of Jakarta sent a representative to deliver a speech in which he pointed out that Indonesia respects human rights, supports freedom of belief and advocates that people of different belief systems can live together in peace and harmony. He also expressed his belief and admiration towards Falun Dafa, and support for Falun Dafa.

On February 22, the Taiwanese Freedom Times published an article entitled "Bush, China and Falun Gong," which introduced Falun Gong and exposed the truth about the Chinese government's persecution of Falun Gong. It called for help for the suffering Falun Gong practitioners who are waiting for understanding and support from those people around the world who love peace and respect human rights.

New Climate in the Fa Rectification

"The Buddha light illuminates everywhere," [Teacher's poem collection Hong Yin] and the clouds are cleared out. The sister of a Dafa practitioner is in charge of an elementary school. With her sister's effort she learned about the truth. Once, the school held a "ten-thousand people signature drive" during which students were forced to sign a Dafa slandering document. This lady went to see the school party secretary and said, "Our responsibility is not to get the children involved in politics; getting them involved in politics is not good!" The secretary immediately said, "Yes, yes. Please immediately notify the other schools and tell them not to bring their kids over to sign." Several hundred children escaped a great catastrophe in their lives.

A fellow practitioner was posting truth-clarifying flyers when several children playing nearby ran after her and shouted, "Get her!" She was lucky because she ran fast and the children didn't catch her. How malicious are those who follow the orders of China's dictator and his minions! They even poison the minds of little children! During our in-depth, comprehensive and thorough truth-clarification to the Chinese people, don't overlook the children! We should consider the children as important as the adults. Many children came to obtain the Fa, so how can we ignore them?

News From China

Today, 141 Falun Gong practitioners have solemnly declared that all the verbal and written statements they made denouncing Dafa resulting from brainwashing and torture are null and void. They vow to continue to practice Falun Gong and make up for what they did through truth clarification and living up to the high standards of true practitioners during Fa rectification.

I was at the terminal stage of breast cancer when I started practicing Falun Gong. I have recovered fully after practicing. Because I refused to give up the practice, I was detained, sent to a labor camp and tortured. My husband was put under tremendous pressure and had to divorce me. When I was at Nanmusi Forced Labor Camp in Sichuan province, I witnessed police using rods with spikes to beat practitioners and causing injuries all over their bodies. A practitioner's head was wounded and bled heavily.

I was persecuted by the Technological Information Institute, Jilin Province. In 2001, I was imprisoned at Xinlongshan Brainwashing Center in Changchun City. When I was released, my work unit fired me for "being absent" for three months. I was forced to leave my hometown and now go from place to place.

Departments in Changchun City responsible for persecuting Dafa practitioners: Security Department: 86-431-892-4896; Police Department: 86-431-896-3344; Secretarial Department: 86-431-892-6260; Publicity Department: 86-431-892-3482; Administrative Department: 86-431-892-6626; Appeals Department: 86-431-892-7153.

Practitioners tape recorded the following phone message regarding the crimes committed against Falun Gong practitioners and transmitted it to all telephone users in Shijiazhuang City: "On September 20, 2000, Tao Hong, a 46-year-old official of the Provincial Security Department, Hebei Province, was tortured to death in Shijiazhuang Labor Camp. Tao's case has been widely reported overseas. Jiang's group controls the media in China and blocks overseas news reports in order to deceive citizens in China."

Overseas News

The Internationale Gesellschaft fuer Menschenrechte (IGFM), International Association for Human Rights, issued the following press release on March 7, 2002 in Germany: Three Falun Gong practitioners were arrested after the cable TV network of Changchun City aired Falun Gong's truth-clarification programs on March 5, 2001. Jiang has given the order of "kill them without mercy." Individual provinces and cities are compiling their lists for execution as well as lists for lengthy prison terms. Already, there have been incidents of police shooting Falun Gong practitioners who were distributing flyers.

Lui Pak Fung, a Hong Kong Falun Gong practitioner, was suddenly taken away from her family by the local police in Liuzhou when she and her family were visiting relatives in her hometown during the Lunar New Year holiday. She is now under house arrest and forced to attend a brainwashing class. Her husband, O Man Tsan, went to the SAR Government for assistance. However, Chief Executive Tung Chee-Hwa said he was unable to help. Lui Pak Fung is the second Hong Kong Falun Gong practitioner to be detained in Mainland China. Chu O-Ming was arrested on September 7, 2000 by the police in Beijing after a lawful attempt to file a lawsuit against Jiang's group for the crimes they have committed against Falun Gong practitioners. Chu is still in prison.

February 27, 2002 - Falun Gong practitioners in Hong Kong appealed to the members of the Legislation Committee, reporting the interference when renting space from the HK Special District Government and even private organizations, and searching for a solution. The committee members had a sincere and positive response to the appeal and promised to have a thorough investigation of the issue.

Practitioners in southern Australia held a five-day Fa Spreading activity in a local Park. They put nearly 10,000 flags on the ground and formed "Falun Dafa" in English and "Truthfulness, Compassion, Tolerance" in Chinese. Passers-by could not understand why the Chinese government persecuted Falun Gong and many people signed their names on the practitioners' petition.

The Experiences of Practitioners from Taiwan during the Indonesia Falun Gong Conference: The representative of the governor of Jakarta congratulated the opening of the conference. We went to the downtown area to spread Dafa. Many Indonesians accepted the materials, but the Chinese people had various reactions. The parade in the downtown area was canceled because of interference from the Chinese government, but the media, which included broadcasting and newspapers, reported the government's unreasonable actions against Falun Gong activities, exposing the evil.

Experience Sharing among Practitioners

On February 6, Falun Dafa Day, we went to Beijing to validate Dafa. We were beaten. In the prison, we clarified the truth to those around us about Falun Gong. After we went on a hunger strike for more than 10 days, the police were afraid that we could not survive. They did not want to undertake the legal responsibilities, so they sent us in police car to a train station and forced us onto a train heading north.

The Falun Gong Board: After I finished making a board which exhibited the truth about Falun Gong, I talked more about the practice when showing the board to my family and answered the questions they raised. When our group practices the exercises in the morning, the board is right beside us. Many passers by stop and take a look.

Stories of the Practitioners in Taiwan -- The Cultivation Story of Sister Lian: My husband used to love drinking and gambling. He would lie to me that he was working overtime. Although my husband was not right, my parents-in-law took his side. Since I began practicing Falun Gong, my husband goes to work and comes home on time. His personality has changed a lot too, and he no longer lies to me. He acts more responsibly towards our family.