Australia: Practitioners Commemorate the Death of Ms. Tang Meijun from Chongqing

While Chinese families are gathering together to celebrate the Chinese new year, practitioners in Melbourne just heard about Ms. Tang Meijun, a Chongqing Falun Gong practitioner, persecuted to death in China. On the first day of the Chinese new year (January 22, 2004), dozens of practitioners gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate in Melbourne to commemorate Ms. Tang and protest Jiang's persecution of Falun Gong. Practitioners prepared a white banner with the words "Commemorate Chongqing Falun Gong practitioner Tang Meijun who was persecuted to death" in black.

Ms. Tang Meijun, age 49 years old, was an operator from the Railway Communications Company of the Chongqing Railway Branch Bureau. During a two-year term of forced labour, she was subjected to both physical and mental torture. In 2003, she was released on bail for medical treatment. On December 10, 2003, she was arrested while distributing truth-clarifying materials. On December 30, she died in the Maojia Forced Labour Camp.

A spokesman said, "Today we come her to commemorate Ms. Tang Junmei, another Falun Gong practitioner who has been persecuted to death in China. While Chinese are celebrating the Chinese new year, we feel very sad about her death." He explained that Ms. Tang was murdered simply for telling her fellow Chinese the truth of Falun Gong and the persecution. He said Ms. Tang chose to clarify truth to people because all the media in China are controlled by the government and have been used to spread the Jiang regime's lies to slander Falun Gong and deceive the public. It is a very sad thing for any family to lose loved ones. The Chinese Government should immediately stop the persecution of Falun Gong and bring the prime criminal Jiang Zemin and the murderers to justice.