(Minghui.org) Falun Gong practitioners in Hualien, Taiwan held a candlelight vigil on the evening of July 20, 2013 on the square in front of the railway station. They commemorated Falun Gong practitioners who died as a result of persecution by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). They also called for an end to the 14-year-long persecution in China.

Legislator Hsiao Bi-khim (萧美琴) and other Hualien County government officials came in person to show support and participated in the candlelight vigil.

Practitioners demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises on the square in front of the Hualien Railway Station

Practitioners in Hualien, Taiwan hold a candlelight vigil to call for an end to the persecution in China

Legislator Hsiao Bi-khim sternly protests the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong

Kuo Ying-yi, DPP Hualien County Party Branch chairman urges the CCP to stop the persecution of Falun Gong

Huang Cheng-fu, Hualien County Council member protests the CCP's illegal practice of harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners

Wang Sen-yuan, confidential secretary of the Hualien City Government, on behalf of Hualien City mayor Tien Chih-hsuan (田智宣), participates in the candlelight vigil

A young man signs a petition to support Falun Gong

Many passersby on the square signed a petition to call upon the Chinese regime to immediately stop harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners, and stop the persecution of Falun Gong.