(Clearwisdom.net) To "clarify truth" that Falun Gong practitioners have been persecuted by the Chinese Communism Party (CCP), practitioners have been explaining the facts of the persecution in many city councils in the United States. Our group of practitioners has visited over ten cities. I would like to share my experience of clarifying the truth in Baldwin Park, California.
In order to clarify the truth clearly in a short time and to effectively grab the attention of the city council members, practitioners spoke from prepared speeches.
The first practitioner to speak was a local resident of Baldwin Park. As a local resident, she asked for the city council's help. Her mother, a practitioner, was illegally arrested in China by the CCP. She was sentenced to three years. When released, she was arrested again. Then, she was illegally sentenced to two years in a forced labor camp. She is still in the forced labor camp. The speaker said she hoped that everyone could learn about the persecution happening in China. She wants to rescue her mother as soon as possible. After finishing her speech, she introduced other practitioners to the mayor and city council.
Another practitioner gave a general introduction of Falun Gong and the persecution in China. She also mentioned that the CCP is involved in taking organs from living Falun Gong practitioners. She said, "As we all know, waiting for a matched organ in America normally takes several years. But in China the doctors tell you that you only have to wait a few days. That is an indication that there must be a huge source of live organs. It has been proven that the source is Falun Gong practitioners. That's terrible." She warned the local citizens, "Do not go to China for organ transplants, because someone is most likely killed for the organ."
She mentioned that many Chinese officials visit America. "They may come to this city and they may become invovled in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. The World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG) has a list of names identifying officials who have participated in the persecution. Lawsuits have been filed against some them. These people are killers. If local government officials contact them, that will not be good for the whole city. I hope every city government understands the truth. When city governments have to meet these CCP officials, they should know beforehand who has joined in the persecution of Falun Gong from the list provided by WOIPFG."
She also mentioned that Falun Gong practitioners are forced to work as slaves. "They're forced to make items such as sweaters or cushions. Practitioners have to meet production quotas; otherwise, they will be deprived of sleep. As guards have said, those products are exported to America or Europe." The practitioner said that when she came to America, she saw many of those similar sweaters. She believed they were made by Falun Gong practitioners.
Finally, she spoke about the conditions under which detainees make chopsticks. She said that when you have a meal in a Chinese restaurant, if you use chopsticks, please pay attention. Maybe those chopsticks were made in a detention center. In those unbelievably harsh and unsanitary conditions where detainees are allowed to bathe only once a month and are not allowed to wash their hands after using the toilet, those chopsticks are made and shipped.
To clarify the truth in more detail, the third practitioner spoke about her experience of being tortured with electric batons. She said the policemen ordered prisoners to immobilize her on a bed. They injected her legs and then they repeatedly shocked them. She suffered terrible pain. As a result, she had a high fever, incontinence, and near paralysis.
The fourth practitioner said that she was sentenced to five years for providing shelter to practitioners who came to Beijing to clarify the truth in different cities. She was 23 years old when she was sentenced. In jail, she suffered inhuman physical and spiritual torture. She was force fed by ten policemen.
She presented evidence supporting claims of organ removals from living Falun Gong practitioners. In the detention center, those practitioners who didn't report their names and residences were secretly transferred. Some of them she never saw again. She still has not heard anything of their whereabouts. Now the CCP colludes with the military and hospitals to remove organs from Falun Gong practitioners, which is a most inhuman crime. She hoped that Congress could pass a resolution condemning the CCP's brutal persecution of Falun Gong and support the improvement of human rights in China.
The last practitioner told how she had lived a normal life with her husband until the the persecution started in 1999. Then her life changed. In 2000, she and her husband wrote letters to the Chinese government to report the truth about Falun Gong. They both were sentenced to a forced labor camp for one year. While in the camp, they were severely tortured. In May 2006, her husband was again arrested. Three months later, without any legal documentation or reason, he was sentenced to two and a half years. He has been detained for one year so far and is still being tortured. She called for the government to pay attention to her husband's case. She hopes to rescue her husband as soon as possible.
Everyone spoke from a different perspective about the persecution. While one practitioner spoke, the others sent forth righteous to eliminate the evil that interferes with people understanding the truth. The audience listened carefully. The Mayor listened carefully and asked thoughtful questions regarding the length of detention and details of mistreatment in the detention center. One council person said, "Persecuting people who believe in Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance is not right. The CCP should not do this." The city council kept the speakers' speeches on file and will investigate further. They all expressed their appreciation to the practitioners.
We discovered that some of the audience hadn't heard of Falun Gong. So when they were told that Falun Gong taught people to be good and improved people's health, they all were very happy to hear this. All of the audience accepted our truth-clarification flyers, and many of them learned the truth about Falun Gong and the persecution. Some who didn't get a flyer came over to ask for one to find out what was happening in China. Actually, the sentient beings are waiting for the truth. Clarifying the truth at city hall is a good opportunity.