Dutch TV News Reports on the Persecution of Falun Dafa

(Clearwisdom.net) On the 14th of March, the Dutch TV news show, Netwerk, reported on the Dutch-Chinese woman Mona Tang who, as a Falun Gong practitioner, was monitored continuously by the Chinese Secret Service during her visit to China. Most recently, she was arrested several times in Mainland China. Netwerk talked to Mona Tang, S. Verbeek of the Dutch Falun Gong Association and lawyer L. Zegveld, who filed a complaint in December against former Chinese president Jiang Zemin in the name of the association.

Ms. Tang went to China in February to study. She is known to the authorities as a Falun Gong practitioner and was therefore followed during her visit by the secret service and arrested twice. She told Netwerk that this kind of thing is typical of the way the government persecutes practitioners.

The broadcast revealed that Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a peaceful spiritual movement. The broadcast went on to reveal that since being introduced in 1992, Falun Gong's popularity has grown exponentially. The movement counts 70 million practitioners in China alone, more than the Communist Party in that country. Therefore, in China Falun Gong is perceived as a threat by the people in power.

The program went on to state that according to Amnesty International, hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners are imprisoned in China and more than 1,500 practitioners have already died in custody. The figures are, however, difficult to verify, because the persecution takes place in secret - in prisons, detention centers and labor camps (1).

The program concluded by stating that Falun Gong practitioners and supporters now urge the Dutch authorities to take action. They want justice to prevail in international lawsuits against former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, for crimes of torture and genocide. Next week, the Public Prosecutor will announce whether the complaint will be accepted.

(1) Editor's note: The persecution, launched and maintained by Jiang Zemin and the Chinese Communist Party, started as a small-scale campaign which eventually reached every corner of China. However, the regime has applied tight information control so that news of the persecution hardly reaches beyond the border of China. Today, because of Falun Gong practitioners' persistent efforts of non-violent resistance and truth clarification, as well as growing support from the international community, the persecution is now running in a rather low profile. However, tens of thousands of practitioners are still being persecuted in forced labor camps, prisons, detention centers, and brainwashing centers, and the authorities are still arresting practitioners every day.

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