Issued by Clearwisdom Net

Chinese citizen Nie Ge, a Falun Gong practitioner who works at the Peninsula Hotel in Singapore, was notified by the Singapore Department of Human Resources that her work permit and five-year Certificate of Social Activities (residency permit) had been revoked and that she was required to leave the country within 7 days. This happened on the afternoon of June 2, 2006. Hearing the sudden notice, she contacted the front desk of the Department of Human Resources and asked for a reason, but they refused to give any explanation. The manager of the hotel's human resources office said that the Department of Human Resources recently received a list of names from China and they are acting according to the list.

The human resources manager of the hotel asked Nie Ge to surrender her passport and other documents, including contact information for her daughter. Ms. Nie does not speak English and could not read the letter from the Department of Human Resources. She is also not familiar with this area of law. Since she needed help from her friends and a lawyer, she asked to postpone the surrender of the documents. The human resources office of the hotel rejected her request and called the 999 emergency number.

Around 7 o'clock, police officers arrived at the hotel and forced Ms. Nie to the police station. After eight hours of detention, they released her the next morning with a verdict of not guilty. According to Ms. Nie, during her detention, police station personnel verified that she did not have any criminal record. They did not make any arrangements for an investigation or interrogation.

During an interview with Nie Ge, she said: "It happened so suddenly. Personnel from the human resources office of the hotel first told me that I could go if I gave them my uniform. But after I did that they called the police and took my cell phone. I asked the police officer for the reason of my detention, she said that I am an illegal immigrant. She told me that my certificate had been revoked on May 31 and now I am an illegal immigrant."

Ms. Nie Ge said: "As of this moment, I do not know how long they will allow me to stay in Singapore. I received the notice on June 2, so the seven-day period should begin then. But police officers said that my certificate was revoked on May 31. The letter from the Department of Human Resources was transferred through the human resources office of the hotel. When they notified me on June 2, they did not tell me when the starting date of the seven-day period was. There must be a date on the letter, but I have not received the letter. They only showed the letter to me and a friend of mine on that day. So strictly speaking, I haven't received a formal deportation notification."

Ms. Nie Ge, 55, came to Singapore in 2002. She lives with her only daughter and has a five-year Certificate of Social Activities (residency permit). During this period she had been employed with several companies. Her current employment is as a cleaning lady at the Peninsula Hotel. Ms. Nie applied for this job in March. After more than a month of strict examination, she was finally issued a two-year work permit by the Department of Human Resources in May. The hotel employed her and she started working on May 24.

The human resources office of the Peninsula Hotel clearly expressed to Ms. Nie that the reason for the dismissal has nothing to do with her job performance. She asked the hotel manager to give her a letter of explanation about the dismissal, but she has not received an answer.

As far as we know, since the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong started on July 20, 1999, many Chinese Falun Gong practitioners in Singapore have been treated unfairly by the Singapore immigration office because they practice Falun Gong. Recently these cases have been increasing.

On the same day Ms. Nie Ge was told she was being deported, another Falun Gong practitioner, Ms. Cheng Lu Jin, got a stamp from the immigration office on her certificate of permanent residence which says "could be repatriated at anytime."

According to Ms. Cheng, when her and Huang Caihua's appeal case went to court, the judge told her that she is a permanent resident. If he caught her again, he would send her back to China. Soon afterwards the immigration office contacted her and wanted to put a stamp of "could be repatriated at anytime" in her passport. Ms. Cheng immediately wrote to related departments, reasoned with them and asked them to withdraw their decision. They did not mention it again until recently.

Practitioners who regularly clarify the truth at local tourist attractions, downtown, and near the Chinese consulate, police have been behaving differently lately. They have shown up frequently, taken photos, made videos, and forcefully took away some exhibition boards that had been in the same place for a long time. When asked, all the police officers said that it was not their decision. It came from higher officials and there is nothing they can do about it.

According to the media in Singapore, the National University of Singapore is planning to issue an honorary doctorate to Li Lanqing during the graduation ceremony on July 6. Li was originally the head of the CCP's 610 Office. He is one of the primary figures who orchestrated the persecution of Falun Gong and is being sued in many countries around the world. The honorary doctorate was suggested by Lee Kuan Yew who visited China three weeks ago. Lee was warmly greeted by Jiang's people, Zeng Qinghong and Li Lanqing. Li Lanqing was making publicity for Lee Kuan Yew's new book.

According to Singaporean practitioners, whenever higher officials of Singapore and China get together, they suddenly target and pressure practitioners. A typical case occurred in April 2004. Because two officials had very close relations, Ms. Cheng Lu Jin and Huang Caihua were unreasonably sued by the Singapore police.

Finally, Ms. Nie Ge said she just asked lawyer DuoDeWeiEr to take her case. The lawyer wrote to the executive secretary of the Singapore Department of Human Resources, Mr. Leo Yip Seng Cheong today.

He asked for an explanation, and for a one-month extension so that he could take care of the case. Ms. Nie believes the extension will be permitted.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/6/5/129586.html

On May 30, 2006, practitioners from Sydney, Melbourne and Queensland held a press conference in front of Parliament House in Canberra to support the CIPFG and its plans to send a team into China to investigate organ harvesting from live Falun Gong practitioners. Labor Party MP Chris Bowen attended and delivered a speech.

Mr. Chris Bowen, MP in the rally speaks to support Falun Gong practitioners

Sound of Hope radio reported on May 30 that Falun Gong practitioners held banners on the path to Parliament House bearing the words "Condemn CCP atrocities of live organ removal from Falun Gong practitioners" and "Urgent rescue" in Chinese and English.

After the press conference, practitioners entered parliamentary buildings and explained the facts to Members of Parliament (MP). They focused on the live organ removal going on in CCP concentration camps.

A practitioner said, "We met seven MPs and some assistants and staff of MPs. All the MPs we met today supported us. Some MPs said that CCP's live organ removal is too barbaric. They said they would write to the Prime Minister and ask the Australian government to investigate the issue."

At noon, the practitioners held a press conference in front of Parliament House.

MP Chris Bowen came to the press conference and gave a speech. He said that practitioners are brave to stand out to expose crimes. He encouraged them to keep up. He said, "It's an honour for me to come down and just spend a few minutes with you and give you a few words of encouragement."

John Deller, the chairman of the Falun Dafa Association of New South Wales Province explained the reason for the conference, and quoted data to prove that the donors of most of the organ transplant in China are practitioners.

Mr. Deller said: "From 1998 to 1999, before the persecution officially started, the number of the transplant in China was not that large. But now, the Chinese transplantation website recorded that 5000 kidney transplants a year are taken place. There are 15,000 to 20,000 in total transplant a year. So the question has to be where did these organs come from?"

Deller continued, "Amnesty International reports that there has only 1770 executions been recorded, and 3900 death sentences. Even if we take the worst case scenario with some human right watch said that, 8000 prisoners' executed in China each year. There are still not enough donors to make 20,000 transplants a year. So the figures for the number of transplants in China indicates there is obviously an organ bank. There are people being used as products. We know that Falun Gong practitioners are kept in concentration camps and labor camps since 1999. As far as I know, there are at least one hundred thousands to two hundred thousands. There could be more. There could be a million practitioners. When you look at the number of transplants in China since the beginning of the persecution, you understand where these organs come from. There is no other explanation."

An Qi, representative of the CIPFG, the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong, announced that various organizations and individuals have joined in the coalition. They include Father Peter Caruana, Fang Yuan, the chairman of the Chinese Labor Party, Democratic Allies assembled by the Australia branch of Chinese Labor Party, Chinese Democratic Party, former Democratic movement activist Yang Jun, and former Chinese diplomat Chen Yonglin.

Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.org/mh/articles/2006/5/31/129320.html