During the most recent weeks Dafa practitioners in Macao had been under police trailing and surveillance. April 25 is a day that will go down in history commemorating more than 10,000 practitioners who went to Beijing for a peaceful appeal. In order to honor this historical moment and to support practitioners in China, Dafa practitioners in Macao organized two activities. During the day they gathered in front of the City Hall to distribute Falun Dafa information packets, pamphlets and balloons that read "Falun Dafa" and "Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance." In the evening they arranged a candlelight vigil in front of the Bodhisattva statue at the boardwalk. These activities were held for the purpose of suffocating the evil, to reveal the facts about "Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance" of Falun Dafa, and to bring to light the atrocious persecutions against Falun Gong by Jiang Zemin and his cohorts.
At 5 am practitioners held their usual group practice in the park. Right from the start plainclothes police officers were along side during the meditation exercise. Regardless how long practitioners stayed for the exercise, each and every one of them was watched and followed by plainclothes police officers.
To find a good spot to distribute information packets and Dafa balloons, practitioners selected the central part of Macao: the walk area between the City Hall and the Bureau of News and Media. Practitioners arrived ahead of time at around 4 pm. A large group of plainclothes police officers had already taken position nearby. About 20 news media people were also present. Practitioners were distributing Dafa pamphlets and balloons. Coincidentally, schools were dismissed at 4 pm. Many children and seniors all lined up to get the balloons. What a joyful sight! Before long, the unique sceneries made up of red, orange, yellow, green, transparent, turquoise, blue, and lavender colored balloons were all over the crowd in the heart of the city.
About the time when all the balloons were given out, three city policemen came over and tried to block practitioners from handing out more information to reveal the truth. They even attempted to confiscate the information. When practitioners started to talk with them, one of the plainclothes police officers tried to seize handouts by brut force. Master said, "No matter what the situation, do not cooperate with the evil's demands, orders, or what it instigates." (Dafa Disciples' Righteous Thoughts are Powerful, April 24, 2001) We must not allow the evil to go rampant. We must suffocate the evil. Falun Dafa is a Virtuous Fa. Distributing pamphlets violated no law. Practitioners immediately displayed copies of the City Ordinance of Macao. They denounced the police actions as openly violating the city constitution. The law enforcement official blatantly defied the law himself! The evil was instantly dejected like a deflated balloon. His hideous action was fully exposed in front of a reporter's camera lens. No Dafa material was damaged. During that moment there were policemen who tried to put a stop to it, there were also policemen who tried to aid the evil effort as accomplices. Just like the Teacher pointed out, "Everyone's behavior----good or bad----fully reflects the outcome he or she will obtain." (Towards Consummation, June 17, 2000)
The rain came during the evening, and it was getting heavier. A candlelight vigil was held under the glass canopy at the boardwalk near the Bodhisattva statue. We arrived 20 minutes earlier. Three police squad cars were already waiting there, one of them was a mini-van loaded with plainclothes police officers. More than a dozen reporters also showed up. Little Falun Dafa flags with "Truthfulness, Benevolence, Forbearance," and banners remembering Dafa practitioners who lost their lives were fastened by adhesive tape on the walkway. White flowers were placed around and candles were lit. The rain gradually stopped. At 8 pm sharp, amid the serene Dafa music, Macao Dafa practitioners started the 5th exercise--Way of Strengthening Supernormal Powers.
No more than 5 minutes into the exercise, a plainclothes police officer spoke to a practitioner, "Go tell all your people to come with me to the police station." The practitioner replied, "Falun Dafa is a righteous Fa! Our practice activity fully conforms to the laws of Macao. We will not follow you to the police station." Again the plainclothes police officer demanded, "Have you applied for a permit for the gathering?" The practitioner responded, "There is no need to apply. This is the citizen's right and it is permitted by the constitution. Police must never violate the law while carrying out law enforcement." The plainclothesman spoke out, "I am not talking about the constitution with you." The practitioner snapped back, "If you do not want to talk about the constitution, what do you want to talk about as a policeman? You do not observe the law, but we Falun Gong practitioners observe and obey the law." That plainclothesman instantly felt unease and speechless. Another plainclothes police officer cut in, "Keep it low and hush. There are uniform police behind us." The practitioner declared, "Uniform police are also police. They are also humans. We have nothing to fear as Falun Gong is virtuous!" After further consultation over the phone with their superior, the plainclothes police officers relented to our practice, but they did insist that we could not shout slogans and each one must be ID-checked and registered. (Each practitioner had already been registered numerous times.)
Under triple surveillances of the plainclothes, uniformed and patrolling police, as well as a dozen reporters and journalists, Dafa practitioners completed their hour-long exercise and recited the "Lun Yu." The candlelight vigil was successfully completed under the solemn and respectful atmosphere.
Afterwards, plainclothes officers started to check IDs and register practitioners. Later on they called for more police back up, no less than six or seven additional squad cars showed up. After the vigil, plainclothes officers followed some practitioners and reporters.
What is the purpose of this series of police activities? Just who is violating the Constitution of Macao, and undermining the "One Country, Two Systems?"
We appeal to the Macao police to stop their shameful acts of trampling on civil rights and human rights. Do not unknowingly and inadvertently become a scapegoat of the persecutions of this righteous Fa by Jiang Zemin.
Macao Dafa practitioners
April 26, 2001
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