Friday, 21st September 2001
When I found out that fellow practitioners had already been on hunger strike for over a month in a detention centre in China, and when I got to know that fellow practitioners from all over the world had been carrying out "SOS" walking campaigns in support of the hunger strike, I was shocked. Fellow practitioners in China have been enduring torture for more than two years in order to appeal to the kind-hearted people around the world. However, in Ukraine and Russia many people still do not know what Falun Dafa is, and they are still cheated by the evil propaganda. I believe that they deserve to know the truth.
Going on a hunger strike was purely from my own will. Before that I wrote a statement to the government and met a solicitor. According to the law individual hunger strikes do not require formal permits. Therefore my solicitor helped me to register my hunger strike plan at the city council.
At 10am on 11th September I arrived at the Chinese embassy. I told the guard that I had already registered my hunger strike with the government. I also asked him to hand in a letter to the Chinese authorities, in which I requested the stop of the brutal persecution. At the beginning their reactions were quite calm.
I erected two large boards saying "Falun Dafa -Zhen Shan Ren" [Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance] and "There have already been 260 Falun Gong practitioners killed in Chinese police custody". I also displayed materials showing the truth of the persecution, my own hunger strike statement and the resolution from Amnesty International.
A few moments later a Ukrainian policeman guarding the Embassy requested me to leave immediately. I told him that the land I was standing belonged to Ukraine not the Chinese Embassy, and that I was doing something perfectly legal. He then asked me to show him the registration of my hunger strike.
People started to gather around me and some even recorded the scene. Soon two high ranking officials came to speak to me. They said that my request had been heard by the higher Chinese authorities, and that I could now leave. I replied that I wanted to continue my hunger strike. They then suggested that I did my hunger strike in front of the Parliament. I told them that I had no complaints with our president or with our parliament, and I only wished that they could condemn China's persecution. Their answer was that according to the delegation documents between China and Ukraine such hunger strike in front of the Embassy had to be permitted by the Foreign Office.
A newspaper journalist came to interview me. Quite a few Chinese people also took away information about Falun Gong. There were also academics and some politicians, and they all wished me good luck. Some even wished to know more about Falun Gong.
Towards the evening fellow practitioners brought along another board to support me. When the night fell, a group of policemen came, taking away all our boards and forcing us to leave. They even said, "You should think of our difficulties, since the Chinese Embassy keeps pressing us." I then told them about the truth of Falun Gong, and my wish that the Ukrainian people would not be cheated by the Chinese government. They then appeared to be really embarrassed and claimed that they were told to do so by their supervisors.
Reported by Ukrainian practitioner
Translated from Yuanming.net, 10-18-2001
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