Victoria Falun Dafa Association Writes to Immigration Minister Mr. Phillip Ruddock

March 14, 2003

The Honorable Phillip Ruddock MP
Suite MF 40
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Tel : +(612) 6277 7860
Fax : +(612) 6273 4144

13 March 2003

Dear Mr Ruddock,

Re: Deportation of Mr. Wang Jun Tao and Mrs. Wang Li Luan

Immigration File No: CLF 2001/40662
RRT File No: N02/45236
Client ID: 31527125190 (Mr Wang Jun Tao), 31736125190 (Mrs Wang Li Luan)

We, Falun Dafa practitioners from Victoria, respectfully request your urgent attention to the plight of Mr. and Mrs. Wang who were near to being deported back to China yesterday in Sydney. Since they practice Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) they would face persecution for their practice. This applies to anyone who practices this system, in fact there have been instances where even children have suffered from persecution including death by torture.

Please reconsider their case regardless of any previous decision. The persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China is not incidental or because of a few misguided public officials but is systematic and the official policy instigated by Jiang Zemin.

A law suit has been filed with the United States of America Federal Court to bring Jiang Z. to justice for crimes against humanity against people who practice Falun Gong. Legal action has also been filed the with the United Nations Committee Against Torture and the UN Human Rights Committee.

Considering the abovementioned facts, we request you to grant Mr. and Mrs. Wang further consideration for an asylum. We have been informed that you have indeed received ample evidence as to the severity of the situation with regards to the plight of Falun Gong practitioners in China.

This tragedy has to date led to the deaths of many people, however due to the fact that revealing (the circumstances behind) a death is classified as revealing state secrets, the Falun Dafa Information Centre based in the US has only been able to document the deaths of 610 people, while other sources within the Chinese government have confirmed over 1600 have died and 100,000 are in labour camps.

We urge yourself and all members of Parliament to extend a helping hand and safeguard the lives of innocent people. The persecution of Falun Gong practitioners is a stain on China's history; please do not let our country be among those who chose to uphold the unethical and cruel dictates of a state terrorist such as Jiang Zemin.

Thank you for your consideration.

Yours sincerely,

Falun Dafa Association of Victoria, Australia