United States: Washington DC Rally Calls for Immediate Deportation of Human Rights Scoundrel Bo Xilai

Bo Xilai, the Chinese Minister of Commerce, who has been sued in Germany for actively persecuting Falun Gong, is currently accompanying vice premier Wu Yi in the US to attend the 15th meeting of China-US trade and commerce.

Bring Jiang to Justice, Dismiss "610 Office," Bring Bo Xilai to Justice	Immediately deport human rights scoundrel Bo Xilai

Spokesperson of Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Joshua Jordan

At noon on April 21, 2004, Falun Gong practitioners in Washington DC, "World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong," and "Friends of Falun Gong" jointly held a press conference in front of the Chinese Embassy in the US, requesting the US to immediately deport human rights scoundrel Bo Xilai.

Spokesperson for Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Joshua Jordan read a report from the Falun Dafa Information Centre on the persecution imposed upon Cheng Ling and her family at Masanjia Forced Labour Camp in Liaoning Province. Twenty-year-old Cheng Ling is from Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province. She was illegally sentenced to seven years in prison three years ago for exercising the right of speech and belief endowed by the constitution and making Falun Gong truth clarification materials. She was imprisoned in the notorious Mansanjia Forced Labour Camp. Her parents and her sister were also successively imprisoned at Masanjia, where they suffered brutal persecution.

According to the first-hand information from Clearwisdom.net [Falun Gong Website], as of April 18, 2004, the verified number of Falun Gong practitioners who have died as a result of persecution in Liaoning Province was 103, ranking fourth in the country. During his term as Deputy Secretary of CCPC of Liaoning Province and Governor of Liaoning Province, Mayor of Dalian City and General Party Secretary of Dalian City, Bo Xilai spared no effort to follow Jiang Zemin to persecute Falun Gong. He managed and directed the persecution against Falun Gong in Liaoning Province. The methods used were extremely cruel. Bo Xilai is one of the major people responsible for managing and directing the persecution of Falun Gong in Liaoning Province, and Jiang Zemin thus promoted him as Governor of Liaoning Province.

Bo Xilai is not welcome in the US

Representative of "World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong" Mr. Huang Zuwei listed in his statement some investigation results of the organization. He pointed out that during his term as Mayor of Dalian City (from 1993 to 2001) and Governor of Liaoning Province (from January 2001 to February 2004), Bo Xilai acted as Jiang's political hatchet man, ordering persecuting and murdering of Falun Gong practitioners. Mr. Huang said illegal use of slave labour and collection of human body's apparatus have been an open secret in China's labour camps, Dalian City and Liaoning Province have very vicious labour camps and prisons. Mr. Huang also revealed that the organization is conducting a thorough investigation on Bo Xilai.

Representative of the US "Friends of Falun Gong" Mr. Court Pearman said in his statement, "In accordance with Section 212(a)(2)(G) of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and Section 3 of International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (IRFA), which provide that foreign government officials who have engaged in particularly severe violations of religious freedom in the past 24 months, and their spouses and children, are inadmissible to the United States." He continued that according to US law, Bo Xilai is on the list of those who should be denied entry to the US. He is not welcome in the US. "Friends of Falun Gong" requested to immediately deport him.

"Benefits are temporary, morality and justice are eternal"

On March 9, 2004, "Friends of Falun Gong" and "World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong" delivered a list of 102 human rights violators who have been most heavily involved in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China, including Jiang Zemin, Luo Gan, Liu Jing, Zhou Yongkang, Li Lanqing, Wang Maolin and Bo Xilai, and requested the US government to deny entry of these people to the US.

An attendee said that Bo Xilai is a criminal. He killed people, but comes here like nothing has happened. This person said, "Benefits are temporary; morality and justice are eternal."

Dozens of Falun Gong practitioners in Washington DC and local people attended the rally. They held banners reading, "Immediately deport human rights scoundrel Bo Xilai," "Bring Jiang to justice globally," "Falun Dafa is great," and banners in English reading, "China stop the persecution of Falun Gong," "Dismiss 610 Office," and "Bring Bo Xilai to justice."