February 24, 2003, Monday

Friends of Charles Li, an American citizen arrested in China Jan. 22 after arriving to see his parents, stopped in Corpus Christi Sunday as part of a 24-city tour to appeal to Texans to help secure Li's release. Li told American officials that he was arrested because he is a Falun Gong
practitioner. The Chinese government outlawed Falun Gong in July 1999, [...]

GRAPHIC: Four protesters demonstrated at City Hall on Sunday afternoon to raise awareness about Dr. Charles Li, an American citizen and practitioner of Falun Gong who was detained in China in January.

Meifang Kim meditates in front of a poster of Dr. Charles Li. Li, an American citizen, says he was detained last month in China for being a Falun Gong practitioner.