August 7, 2002
(Clearwisdom.net)
At 2 PM on August 5, Falun Gong practitioners from Berlin, Germany held a
press conference in front of the Chinese Embassy in Berlin. They appealed to
people from all walks of life to pay attention to the Hong Kong police's false
accusation against the 4 Swiss and 12 Hong Kong Falun Gong practitioners and
help together to end this political persecution.
During the press conference, practitioners read their appeal letter to the
Hong Kong government and Hong Kong public. In the letter, practitioners pointed
out that the case should not be focused on whether any public obstruction
occurred as the answer is so obvious, but rather people should raise concern to
the fact that this is a political trial due to the Jiang regime's deliberate
extension of its persecution on Falun Gong to other countries. If there was no
brutal persecution of Falun Gong over the past three years, there would not be
the necessity to hold peaceful appeals. Over the past three years, Falun Gong
practitioners from Hong Kong and other areas over the entire world have
demonstrated through their actions the peacefulness of Falun Gong and their
practice of the principle of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. They have paid
a huge price to appeal to people from all walks of life all over the world,
including all people in Hong Kong for their fellow practitioners in China.
The letter said in the end, during the conflict between good and evil,
attitude of each government down to each person is extremely important. The
freedom and democracy of Hong Kong is now under a serious test. We once again
strongly appeal to people from all walks of life to pay attention to this issue
and help to end this political persecution and to unconditionally release these
16 Falun Gong practitioners.
Reporters from a few media including Epoch Times attended the press
conference. A reporter from Radio Free Asia conducted a telephone interview with
practitioners and the the report was to be broadcast to the Chinese audience
today. Dafa practitioners exposed to the media the wicked conspiracy of the
Jiang Zemin regime that is hidden behind the fabricated charges. The Jiang
regime attempts to extend its ruthless persecution of Falun Gong to Hong Kong in
order to suppress Falun Gong in the free and democratic Hong Kong. Practitioners
also introduced to reporters the Jiang regime's persecution of practitioners
overseas and the fact that the Jiang regime has set up a special organization
known as the notorious 610 office to persecute Falun Gong outside China. The
reporter expressed his extreme indignation towards Jiang's evil crimes. He said
that he would let his audience in China learn about Jiang's viciousness through
his report.
At press conference, after learning about the truth, many passersby expressed
their aversion towards Jiang regimes' evilness. Below are comments from two
Germans.
"If someone intends to beat others, would it be difficult for him to
find a stick?"
The 70-year-old Mrs Schuette said, "I'm now 70 years old and have gone
through many things in the world. It is really terrible that a powerful country
relies on its financial resources and power to compel others to accept its
ideology. What is even more ridiculous is that the photos show so clearly that
the streets are so wide, how could that be considered as an obstruction of
traffic? Those people sitting there did not obstruct anyone. But there is an old
saying in our Germany: If someone intends to beat others, would it be difficult
for him to find a stick?'"
"It is too ridiculous to say that these peaceful people attacked the
police"
Hanna, a college student from an art institute in Berlin said, "I
accidentally passed by here. It was the serene field of the meditation that
attracted me. So I came over and wanted to find more. This is the first time
that I heard about the persecution in China and see those photos in Hong Kong. I
am really shocked. I feel this is truly ridiculous for it can be seen so
obviously from the photos how peaceful these people are and how wide the street
is. There were just doing sitting meditation."
Looking at the photo that displays how Hong Kong police violently arrested
the practitioners, Hanna said, "It is too ridiculous to say that these
peaceful people attacked the police. If it were not for the sadness people feel
for the incident, the accusation is truly laughable. This case is actually a
threat to Hong Kong's democracy. I wish that all people over the world will be
able to live peacefully in accordance with the principle just like what Falun
Gong advocates, Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, do some meditation and live
in a good, peaceful and upward energy field." All automobiles passing by slowed down and people happily accepted Dafa
truth-clarifying materials and VCDs. Many people attentively listened to the
practitioners clarifying the truth, and all people with a sense of justice
condemned Jiang regime's persecution of innocent people.