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California Congress member Susan Davis expressed in her recent reply to a Falun Gong practitioner's letter that she was aware of the CCP's vicious persecution campaign against Falun Gong practitioners, and felt particularly appalled by the recent allegations that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been removing organs of living human beings without consent.
Davis said in her letter, "I am very aware and very concerned about the human rights situation in China. I'm particularly appalled by recent allegations that the Chinese Communist regime has been removing the organs from living human beings without consent. Numerous reports have claimed that the CCP has carried out a vicious campaign against Falun Gong practitioners and other imprisoned Chinese citizens. While the CCP has denied the existence of the persecution, the facts seem to be in dispute."
Davis said in response to these allegations that she joined many of her colleagues in signing a letter to President Bush urging him to raise the issue of unlawful organ removal allegations with CCP leader Hu Jintao. The international community cannot remain quiet in the face of human rights abuses, and she is hopeful that President Bush's meeting with President Hu results in the termination of this horrendous practice. Â
Davis said, "My staff and I have met many times with Falun Gong supporters and human rights advocates fighting to protect the rights of ordinary Chinese citizens. I am committed to working on improving human rights in China and around the world and am grateful for the information you sent me and for your advocacy on this very important issue. I hope you will continue to stay involved. Rest assured, I will stay engaged on this critical issue promoting dialogue, non-violence, freedom, and democracy."
On the morning of May 6, 2006, a man claiming to be a "China Society" member violently attacked and damaged a Falun Gong demonstration, one hour after its beginning. The demonstration was to expose the CCP's harvesting organs from live Falun Gong practitioners.
On April 28, 2006, the attacker beat the Falun Gong practitioner on
his head
with a long stick causing profuse bleeding
This was the second violent attack and harassment towards Falun Gong practitioners, following the April 28 violent beating of a Falun Gong practitioner who was exposing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s brutality in Jakarta's Chinatown. According to Minghui website (Chinese version of Clearwisdom.net), this occurred on the morning of April 28, 2006, when two Falun Gong practitioners in Indonesia were holding a peaceful protest, distributing truth clarification materials about the CCP's organ harvesting. Trying to stop practitioners' clarifying the truth and cover its brutality by depraved means, the CCP sent attackers to assault them in front of a public security agency at Pancoran, the largest Chinatown in Jakarta, Indonesia. The attacker beat the Falun Gong practitioner on his head with a long stick until it bled profusely.
Citizens Eager to Learn the Truth of the CCP's Brutality
Chinese people reading the displayed materials
According to eyewitness accounts, on the morning of May 6, several Falun Gong practitioners held an activity in Pancoran to expose the CCP's atrocities of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. The banners included "Oppose Harvesting and Selling Organs," "Stand Together to Stop the CCP's Brutality," "In China, The Source of Organ Transplantation is from the Secret Concentration Camps," and "Stop the CCP's Killing and Harvesting Organs." The big banner read "SOS Stop the CCP Killing Falun Gong Practitioners, Harvesting Organs from Live Practitioners and Cremating Bodies to Destroy the Evidence." Practitioners also demonstrated many truth-clarifying photos including "100 tortures the CCP uses to persecute Falun Gong practitioners."
Before the banners were put up properly and while the practitioners were still organizing their materials, many people were already asking for information. Within a few minutes close to a hundred people crowded around their small display. Some were taking pamphlets, some were looking at their posters and some were reading the banners. The Chinese people passing by were shocked after seeing the pictures showing the CCP's various tortures of Falun Gong practitioners and reading the banners and posters.
Many passing Chinese stopped and stood for a long time, reading and looking at the pictures. However, the crowd didn't block traffic, so dozens of security guards and police officers were also standing off to one side, watching. This situation lasted for about an hour.
A man claiming to be a "China Society" member tears the banners
 After tearing apart a Falun Gong banner, the disruptor makes a scene and begins cursing |
 The disruptor violently interferes with the peaceful demonstration |
This peaceful activity, which exposed "the worst brutality in the world" frightened the CCP. After the activity had gone for nearly an hour, a thug, who claimed to be from the "China Society," suddenly came over with several companions. They immediately ripped down the posters and banners, tore up the banners and stepped on the Falun Gong pamphlets with their feet. They interfered with Falun Gong practitioners' activity which had been approved by the police, who had issued a permit. The violent attack also exposed the CCP's depraved means violating human rights.
Two hours after the attack, Local Falun Gong contact person Mr. Hok told the reporter that the attack was not an unplanned, random behavior, and the degree of the damage was predetermined by the attacker's boss. The local Falun Gong practitioners have decided to begin legal action to bring the perpetrator to justice and report to the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights.
The Attack was not an Unplanned, Random Behavior, and the Degree of Damage was Predetermined by the Attacker's Boss.
Reporter: What is the difference between these two assaults?
Hok: The disruptors are different. But they take orders from the same organizations. The guy from Pancoran, who actively collaborated with the attacker last time, was not present this time. He was called to the police station later. There is a power behind this incident supporting the attackers. The power is special and the attackers are just tools. What power is it? It is easy to guess. Throughout the entire world, only the CCP persecutes Falun Gong and worries about Falun Gong's truth clarification events everywhere, and only the Chinese embassy is capable of inciting Chinese communities to reject Falun Gong.
The attack was well planed and not random. The degree of the damage was pre-decided. During the attack, one attacker said to other attacker "Don't beat the person." Obviously, they didn't want the bleeding incident to happen again.
Our materials were very welcomed. In one hour, we distributed close to 1,000 pamphlets. The Chinese people passing by were shocked after seeing the pictures showing the CCP's various tortures of Falun Gong practitioners and reading the banners and posters. I know that they felt sad for the cruelty currently taking place in their beloved homeland.
Reporter: The disruptors committed violent sin in public, knowing their behavior breaks the law. So, there must be a power behind the incident and supporting them.
Hok: This is obvious. The average Chinese here are unwilling to play rough. They would rather call upon police officers to come and maintain order. It is impossible that they would be so aggressive without some special support. Ordinary thugs would not behave like this. Only when they are backed by the CCP would they dare to be so rough.
We have decided to begin legal action to bring the perpetrator to justice. This perpetrator, who didn't dare to tell their names, is suspected of interfering with authorized demonstrations, for which the highest possible penalty is a one-year sentence. In addition, the perpetrator deliberately damaged the demonstrators' tools and created a threatening atmosphere.
In the assault on April 28, the perpetrator is suspected of interfering with authorized demonstrations, beating people on the head until they bled, and provoking hatred towards Falun Gong. They collected 87 signatures against Falun Gong. I made a survey and found that many those who signed names on the anti-Falun Gong forms didn't even know what Falun Gong is. I believe that they had been used. They will take the responsibility for this. From this incident, we can also see how the CCP infiltrates and controls the oversea Chinese communities. Police have already promised to investigate this incident and those Chinese. We have already reported this case to the police department and other legal organizations. We also reported it to the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights. The constitution protects citizen's freedom of speech, and we believe that justice is with us.
Reporting to the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights
National Human Rights Commissioner Dr. Ruswiati Suryasaputra (with
back to
camera) listens to the report of disruption.
On the morning of May 8, the local Falun Gong practitioners had already reported to the Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights about the CCP's disruption of their truth-clarification activities in Pancoran. After a careful review of the video recording of the incident, Commissioner and Chairperson of the Sub-Commission on Special Group Protection, Dr. Ruswiati Suryasaputra, said that the National Commission on Human Rights agreed to take the following actions in the near future:
1. The Commission will pay attention to incidents where Falun Gong has encountered serious interference and sabotage in the Pancoran Chinatown.
2. The National Human Rights Commission has the right to request the police to thoroughly investigate the interference, sabotage, bloody attacks and infringement of human rights on Falun Gong activities in Pancoran Chinatown, to bring the perpetrators to justice and to prevent future escalation of the situation and disregard for human rights and the law laid down by the country.
Falun Gong practitioners organized an exhibition of torture methods to inform the public about the unjust persecution of practitioners in China. Banners were hung with inscriptions reading "Concentration Camps in China - Unsavory Trade in Organs Taken from Falun Gong Practitioners," "SOS - Rescue Falun Gong - Deadly Torture in China," and "Concentration Camps in China - Torture - Murder - Organ Trade." While we distributed flyers next to the anti-torture exhibition, we were often able to give detailed explanations to the public. We answered their questions about the reproductions of paintings depicting the cruel persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and the horrible torture methods used to torment our fellow practitioners. Some of the visitors went to the table where we had placed a petition condemning the trade in organs taken from Falun Gong practitioners, and a second one demanding the return of the Jiang family, who had been deported to China. (1)
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The focus of our activity was the latest information about the horrible trade in organs taken from Falun Gong practitioners. We passed out our regular flyer containing an insert with data on the jump in organ transplants after 1999 (the beginning of the persecution of Falun Gong). It also contains an article by a reporter from the Sound of Hope radio station pretending to be a patient in need of a transplant. Her request met with the following response: "Patients should come quickly before May 1 because it will be more difficult to obtain organs after the current batch is used up. After May 1 it will be more difficult to obtain organs." The reason for this timetable is a new law dealing with organ transplants in China, which will go into effect on June 1. The law was passed after China's organ trade was recently exposed. However, because it will go into effect later, currently the harvesting of organs from living 'donors' is still permitted. We are certain that many thousands of unjustly imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners are among them. Many people were very touched by our concern for our dear fellow practitioners in China and they thanked us politely.
Many people watched us demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises and asked questions about it. The main attraction remained the torture exhibition, which featured a practitioner wearing stage make-up simulating torture wounds. Very often the passersby asked concerned questions about the well-being of the practitioner. We explained that the practitioners are happy to endure this type of hardship if there is a chance of easing the tortures which practitioners imprisoned in China have to suffer.
Note:
(1) The Jiang family was mistakenly extradited from Germany to China in March 2005, despite credible claims that due to his Falun Gong practice the father's life would be in danger once he arrived in China. Indeed, he was interrogated after his arrival in China and was sentenced to three years in a labor camp because he was practicing Falun Gong and thereby 'endangering public security'. Very recently, Mr. Jiang was released but he remains under house arrest. After having obtained asylum in Germany, we hope that he will soon be able to return to Germany with his family.
In the city of Paris, Falun Gong practitioners have disclosed the crimes of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) having removed organs from live Falun Gong practitioners in labor camps and concentration camps. What they have done has not only helped French people learn about the true situation, but also prompted their appeals for justice and support. So, on May 1, 2006, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 pm, invited by idFM--Radio Enghien of Ile-de-France-Radio-Enghien, which covers metropolitan Paris France, Falun Gong practitioners participated in a live radio show. They talked about what Falun Gong is and exposed the crimes of the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong to audience of France.
Falun Gong practitioners Candice, Ying Chen, Manjiang Chen and the
hostess of
idFM Radio (middle)
Id98.0 FM Radio Station of France broadcasts to the major area of France 24 hours a day. Falun Gong practitioners Manjing Chen, Candice and Ying Chen exposed the crimes of the CCP having removed organs from live Falun Gong practitioners for profits and then burning the bodies to eliminate the evidence, to the French audience in the one-hour program, "Just Talking," which broadcast live.
Ying Chen, a Falun Gong practitioner who was persecuted in China, told about how the CCP persecuted Falun Gong practitioners both physically and mentally in detention houses and labor camps using her own experiences. She herself witnessed how the CCP, without restraint, arrested Falun Gong practitioners who had appealed to the higher authorities for help from 2000 to 2001.
Ying Chen spoke of how she was detained three times without going through any legal formalities. Every time she was locked up, her family members did not know where she was detained. At that time, she was taken to a hospital to have her blood extracted and her body examined because she did not tell them her name. She said, "It is too difficult for us to imagine how cruel the CCP is, and its wicked, cruel actions. This devil in human form is killing and consuming people. I never thought that those Falun Gong practitioners who refused to reveal their names would face the fate of having their organs removed while they were still alive, and afterwards being burned."
Ying Chen said, "Now I remember that policemen and some other prisoners did tell us then that, 'If you continue practicing and still don't tell us your names, we will banish you to a desert, or a far-away, desolated and uninhabited place where you will be isolated and never return. We will let you practice until you feel that is enough. Don't be stubborn, or you will be taken to that horrible place.' At that time, police in detention centers and other prisoners were saying that the CCP was building some bases (concentration camps) in Xinjiang, Hebei and in the Northeast especially for locking up Falun Gong practitioners.
Manjiang Chen and Candice, Falun Gong practitioners, told the audience what Falun Gong is.
During the program, the hostess was also getting to know Falun Gong. While the hostess was listening to Ying Chen telling her sufferings, her eyes were full of tears.
After the one-hour program ended, the hostess hoped that they would continue to tell the facts about Falun Gong to the audience of France in the program "Forum of Freedom" hosted by her at 12:00 noon and 6:00 a.m. Falun Gong practitioners Manjing Chen, Candice and Ying Chen explained why the CCP has been persecuting Falun Gong. The program was broadcast live and listeners called in via telephone. Many audience members telephoned to ask questions and show their concern and support for Falun Gong after listening to the broadcast. Some of the callers said that they listened to the Falun Gong practitioners tell the characteristics of Falun Gong and expose the CCP's cruel persecution of Falun Gong from the beginning to the end.