On the eve of the new millennium, a dozen of practitioners from Japan gathered on the Tiananmen Square to practice Falun Gong and were arrested by the Chinese police. Six practitioners with Japanese passports and one practitioner with Taiwan passport were deported and sent back to Tokyo on the afternoon of January 1st, 2000. Those practitioners with Chinese passports were still being detained when the news was posted.
On the morning of December 31, seven representatives of Falun Gong practitioners in France came to the Chinese Embassy in Paris to deliver an appealing letter in response to the Chinese communist regime' heavy sentence against the 4 former contact people of Falun Gong. The guard of the Chinese Embassy became very nervous as soon as he saw the familiar Falun Gong practitioners. He closed the door before they finished their words. And he had never opened the door again ...
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Ciro D. Rodriguez, Member of Congress
323 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-4328
December 27, 1999
To Whom It May Concern:
December 29, Guizhou
The Disciplinary Committee of Xishui county of Guizhou province expelled the former Deputy Secretary of Tuchen City, Lu Anqiu, from communist party because he refused to give up his belief in Falun Dafa.The Public Security Bureau decided to sentence him to 3 years in forcedlabor camp.
December 26 was the first day of the Falun Dafa week in Columbia, Missouri. It was a very nice day. At noon, over 60 practitioners from Columbia and other nearby cities gathered in the Central Square practicing five sets of Falun Gong exercises. Banners reading "Falun Dafa", "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" etc were hung up around the Square. At the entrance of the City Hall, posters of introduction to Falun Dafa, mayor' proclamation and some handouts were displayed. After the practice, the videotape ...
Master Li quietly watching the world from amidst the mountains after leaving New York following July 20th, 1999. (Published January 19, 2000)
Master Li quietly watching the world from amidst the mountains after leaving New York following July 20th, 1999. (Published January 19, 2000)