Issued by Clearwisdom Net

On May 4, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners made an appointment with the mayor of a western suburb of Sydney. When practitioners told him of the CCP's crimes of organ harvesting from living practitioners as well as cremating the bodies to destroy the evidence, the mayor wept and kept wiping his tears. He was quite upset and indignant, and said, "Following World War II people said, 'Never Again;' why do people today still keep silent? A human is different from animals. When one person persecutes another person, in particular when a government persecutes a group of innocent people, such a huge group of the population, such persecution is completely unacceptable. If the international governments and international community do not take any action after knowing about this, they will have to pay."

The mayor then also said that he would try his best to arrange for practitioners to attend their next Monday's council meeting to inform more people of this crime.

Practitioners went to this city on May 8th to attend their council meeting. Prior to that, practitioners had already contacted the relevant council staff to let them know that although the topic would not be a particular local issue, it concerns everyone and is extremely important. The staff indicated that practitioners would be allowed to make a speech if there was time. During the meeting practitioners waited patiently and kept sending forth righteous thoughts to eliminate all the evil elements that try to hinder truth clarification. An hour passed and the council meeting was approaching the end.

The mayor said, "Today we have Falun Gong practitioners here who have come from very far away. They'd very much like to talk about the death camps in China. What does everyone think?" The councilors indicated that they welcomed the practitioners to talk for four minutes, like other people.

A practitioner spoke in front of over 30 people, including all the councilors and staff saying, "Hundreds of thousands Falun Gong practitioners are detained in Chinese forced labor camps. Due to the Chinese Communist Party's policy of 'beaten to death is counted as suicide,' Falun Gong practitioners have become commercial products for the corrupt policemen, for them to make a huge profit. Practitioners' hearts, livers, kidneys and corneas are harvested while they are still alive, and then they are taken to the crematorium because the authorities are trying to eliminate the evidence of their crimes. In other countries one has to wait several years for the organ tissue match, but the Oriental Organ Transplant Center in China advertises to overseas patients in five different languages, inviting them to have the organ transplant surgery in China. On their website they state that one only needs to wait for one or two days for a kidney transplant, and one or two weeks for a liver transplant. Many Chinese hospitals are working overtime to do such surgeries. There were only 78 liver transplant surgeries in China between 1991 and 1998, but the number increased rapidly after 1999 when the persecution of Falun Gong started.

In 2003, this number reached 3,000 surgeries. Taking the organ, blood type and tissue match into consideration, the success rate is only 1.2%. One can thus deduce that the supply of live organs would be 100 times that of 3,000. In other words, at least 300,000 people would have to be available as donors to make so many surgeries possible. We bring you this sad information today, because we need your help!"

Another practitioner added, "I have sent you two emails. We know this is an international issue. Falun Gong is freely practiced in 80 countries and is only persecuted in China. We need your support."

The allotted four minutes passed very quickly, and the buzzer had rung twice; however, no one tried to stop the practitioner's speech. All listened very seriously, and the atmosphere in the meeting hall seemed to have frozen. The councilors' facial expression turned more serious than during the ongoing meeting, and they listened calmly. Many could not believe such a thing is happening in today's day and age. The councilors who had read the email expressed their appreciation to the practitioners, and one councilor said "thank you" in Chinese.

The mayor said, "We all know this tragedy is happening. I have the information they gave me," and then took out the English Epoch Times and the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party that practitioners had given him a few days prior, saying to the councilors, "You can come to take this information. We should carefully think about what we can do. "

During the meeting break, practitioners handed the materials to the councilors, some of whom asked the practitioners to mail copies of the Nine Commentaries to them.

On April 29, 2006, in collaboration with the International Society for Human Rights, Falun Gong practitioners organized activities to inform the citizens of Stuttgart about the harvesting of organs from live Falun Gong practitioners in China. They used large banners and poster boards to explain the repulsive crimes that are committed in more than thirty six secret concentration camps in China.

Many people thought that after World War II, another Holocaust would never again be allowed to happen. They were shocked by the information and spontaneously asked to sign our petition.

Close to the information booth, a female actor posing as a doctor in green scrub gown re-enacted an organ harvesting scene. Close by was a 'policeman' in uniform carrying a fat money pouch to symbolize the hunger for profit shown by the Communist Party. Torture methods commonly used in China against Falun Gong practitioners were also displayed.

Many passersby waited their turn to sign the petition. Later in the afternoon, we had to print several thousand additional flyers in order to supply everyone who was interested.

A camera team from a college for journalists came to film the activities surrounding the information booth for several hours and was able to interview some of the passers-by. They were able to capture many shocked reactions. One supervisor of a project to improve communication skills among managers invited us to attend one of her seminars and to report to them about the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
Another practitioner had the opportunity to speak with the leader of a youth discussion group who is currently writing an essay on the topic: "When politics interferes with the arts and sciences". He wants to discuss the persecution of Falun Gong in China with his youth group.

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On May 6, 2006, the Swedish centre for withdrawing from the Chinese Communist Party, supporters of human rights in China, volunteers from the Epoch Times newspaper and Falun Gong practitioners held a joint activity at Mynttorget Square in Stockholm, supporting ten million people who have renounced their membership in the Chinese Communist Party and calling on society for their attention to the atrocities committed by the Chinese Communist regime in its persecution of Falun Gong. The regime has been harvesting organs for profit from live Falun Gong practitioners and then cremating their bodies to destroy the evidence. Lots of posters, banners and photos exposing the crimes of the Chinese Communist regime between 1949 and 2006 were exhibited.

Vasilius, the organizer of the activity, exposed the Chinese Communist regime's brutal persecution of Falun Gong practitioners to people through load speakers. He appealed to people to support the counter-persecution efforts. Many leaflets exposing Chinese Communist regime's crimes and renouncing the CCP membership were distributed to the passers-by.

Mynttorget Square is located near the City Administration Hall Stadshus, a few steps away from the Royal Palace and Parliament. Thus it is a tourist location and people doing shopping have to pass. The weather was very good that day. Many people in the square were attracted by the broadcast from the loudspeaker and posters. They came to read the banners and posters. After hearing the introduction and reading the posters, kind Swedish people queued to sign our petition. A student said: "I will have a party today. I want all my friends to sign the petition. Please give me a few petition forms and relevant material."

A lady from China carefully read the posters and took a photo of the banner "Without the CCP, there will be a truly new China". She asked for the special edition of the Epoch times with the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party. She also happily accepted the booklet "Sharing with you a few truths" from Falun Gong practitioner. She asked: "Can you freely hold banners and give out leaflets in the street?" Practitioners replied: "We have to apply to the police for the permission and we have the permission". She sighed: "It is truly a democratic country. In China you are not able to see these things."

A few Chinese people accepted the "Nine Commentaries" and said: "The Chinese Communist Party is very good at lies and brainwashing. Everyone should read the "Nine Commentaries" to clear their brain." A middle-aged gentleman from China specifically asked for a copy of Zhuan Falun the main teaching of Falun Gong after accepting "the Nine Commentaries".

After reading the posters, a person of Chinese origin said: "The Communist Party is truly bad. It is horrific that they harvest organs from live Falun Gong practitioners. The Epoch Times did a wonderful job in reporting the incident in great detail and in a timely manner. I think that it is very important to let the International Community know the truth. Such terrible atrocities cannot be ignored. The Chinese Communist Party is totally corrupt. Chinese people feel hopeless. The Epoch Times helps people to know the truth and see through the Chinese Communist Party."

Ms Kang, a Volunteer from the Epoch Times, took over twenty copies of the Epoch Times to the Royal Palace to give out to tourists from China. She said these tourists were very eager to read the newspaper after learning that the "Nine Commentaries" triggered the great tide of withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party.

The activity lasted until 3:00 p.m. A large amount of material in Chinese, English and Swedish were given out. Many people learned the evil nature of the Chinese Communist Party through this activity.