Minghui Staff Writer

(Clearwisdom.net) On December 19, 2005, Toronto Falun Dafa practitioners unfurled a banner in front of the Argentina Consulate in Toronto that read, "Argentina, Do Not Follow China's Regime to Persecute Falun Gong." The banner referred to a situation recently in which Argentina's police did not carry out their duty to stop hired thugs from assaulting Falun Gong practitioners and stealing their banners and truth-clarification materials. They condemned Chinese Communist official Luo Gan for exporting the persecution of Falun Gong to other countries.

Toronto Falun Gong practitioners protest outside Argentina Consulate

On December 13, Luo Gan, a member of the Chinese Politburo and one of the people most responsible for the persecution of Falun Gong, visited Argentina. On that day, the local Falun Dafa Association sued Luo in Argentina's Federal Court for genocide and torture. The next day, Falun Gong practitioners were beaten outside of the National Congress building by a gang of Chinese thugs hired by the Chinese Embassy. The police on site didn't stop the assailants and one policeman said they received orders from high levels not to stop them.

A representative of the Toronto Falun Dafa practitioners, Mr. Li Zuofu said, "We are very concerned about the situation of fellow practitioners in Argentina."

In an open letter to the Argentina Consulate, the Canada Falun Dafa Association condemned Luo Gan and his accomplices' crimes, and stated that the Argentina police at the site did not try to stop the violence and did not arrest any of the assailants.

The temperature outside the Argentina Consulate was very cold, and there were very few passersby on the street. The practitioners held the banner on the sidewalk for about one and a half hours.

Mr. Li called on Argentina's government not to surrender to the Chinese Communist Party's pressure and lies, but to bring the assailants to justice and investigate the criminals acting behind the scenes in this incident.

On December 16, the assaulted practitioners retained attorney Alejandro Cowes to sue the assailants and the police officers who refused to take action to protect the practitioners.

Luo Gan, as Secretary of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee and head of the 610 Office, directly planned, deployed and directed the persecution against Falun Gong. In order to gain personal political capital, he has arbitrarily had Falun Gong practitioners killed, and has implicated, coerced and threatened millions of families, and created countless family tragedies and wrongful arrests.