Taiwan: Signature Collection in Hsinchu to Stop the Persecution

On the afternoon of July the 25th 2004, Falun Gong practitioners in the Hsinchu area collected petition signatures in front of the Hsinchu Railway Station to let more people learn about the persecution of Falun Gong in Mainland China.

Before the activity, practitioners contacted the stationmaster to talk about the purpose and meaning of the activity. The stationmaster gladly gave us permission to collect signatures at the most prominent location - the exit of the station. Practitioners displayed photos around the area and showed over ten torture methods that Jiang's group uses to persecute Falun Gong. The practitioners also hung banners reading "Falun Dafa is Good, the World Needs Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance." Crowds of people were shocked at seeing the photos depicting the torture methods. They could not believe that such things are happening today. Practitioners took the opportunity to explain the facts about Falun Gong and the persecution to them.

Those who had learned about Falun Gong came to sign the petition in support. After listening to the practitioners' introduction and explanation, many people changed their attitudes from initially feeling indifferent, to actively signing their names to support justice and stop the persecution. Some people invited their friends to come to sign their names. Voices supporting justice have no distinction between ages and nationalities. Some parents brought their children together to come to sign their names and some people from far away places also came to sign the petition after learning about this activity. People could be seen reading the Falun Gong introductory information in every corner of the station.

A practitioner said that when he explained to a young man about Falun Gong, the young man's attitude was originally critical, but he became calm after listening to the practitioner talking about the positive changes he personally experienced after practising Falun Gong. He agreed that the Jiang group's brutality is wrong. Before leaving, he patted the practitioner on the shoulder.