Australia:Chinese People of Conscience Should Stand Up and Say "No!"-- Falun Gong Practitioners Mourn the Death of Ouyang Ming

On the evening of October 10, Falun Gong practitioners and friends of Ouyang Ming's brother held a candlelight memorial and press conference in front of the Chinese Embassy in Melbourne, Australia to mourn the death of Ouyang Ming, a Falun Gong practitioner in Hubei Province, China. Practitioners called for an end to the persecution of Falun Gong and appealed to bring arch-criminal Jiang Zemin to justice.

Memorial meeting

Ms. Kati Vereshaka, Spokesperson of Australian Falun Dafa Association in Victoria, giving a speech	Mr. Gao Jian, Representative of Overseas Chinese Democratic Coalition Conference, giving a speech	Bring Jiang to justice

As the director of the memorial meeting and spokesperson of the Australian Falun Dafa Association in Victoria, Ms. Kati Vereshaka said, "Ouyang Ming had been subjected to more than 108 kinds of torture before he died. Jiang carried out his genocide policy on Falun Gong practitioners. This persecution harms not only innocent people, but also the principles of 'Truth, Compassion and Tolerance.' It is the most terrible thing to damage human nature and morality."

Fan Huiqiang gave a speech on behalf of Falun Gong practitioners. He said that Ouyang Ming's brother, Mr. Ouyang Yu, lives in Melbourne. He had tried all possible means to rescue his brother but this tragedy still happened. Mr. Ouyang Yu is filled with grief and indignation. Family members of more than ten Australian citizens are still jailed in China because they practice Falun Gong. They are subject to brainwashing and cruel torture. Their families in China and overseas have suffered a great loss and have been traumatised mentally and economically.

A representative of Overseas Chinese Democratic Coalition, Mr. Gao Jian, said that he was a friend of Ouyang Yu. He was shocked to hear that Ouyang Ming had been tortured to death. He couldn't believe it. It reminded him of the more than 80 million abnormal deaths caused by all kinds of persecutions since the Chinese Communist Party came to power. "After reading the report, I think this is another life that the Communist Party owes its people. My friend asked me why I would attend this meeting, for I am not a Falun Gong practitioner. I said, 'The Communist Party killed many democratic movement followers on June 4, 1989. If I ignore that because I am not a democratic movement follower, or when Falun Gong is persecuted, if I ignore it because I am not a Falun Gong practitioner, nobody will speak for me when I am persecuted someday.' I think all Chinese of conscience should stand up and say 'No' in the face of the Chinese ruling party's cruel persecution of Falun Gong which severely violates international conventions."

Before the candlelight memorial meeting, 3AK, a radio station in Melbourne, conducted a live interview with Ms. Vereshaka. The radio host was shocked to learn that tragedies like Ouyang Ming's are still happening in China in 2003. After learning that this kind of thing is still common in China, the host called on his audience to come to the Chinese Embassy and support Falun Gong practitioners' memorial activity.