Thailand: An Open Letter to the Thai Government from Falun Gong Practitioners Now Held in the Immigration Detention Centre

December 20, 2005

Respected Thai Government,

Thailand is a virtuous nation, people all revere Buddha, and believe the relationship that good will be rewarded with good and evil will meet with due retribution.

Since July 20, 1999, when Jiang Zemin and Luo Gan's group took advantage of the power in their hands, and mobilised the whole nation's machinery (in mainland China) to initiate a full-scale persecution against Falun Gong, over the past six years, several hundred thousand people have been detained and sentenced to forced labour without trials, and more than 3,000 practitioners have died as a result of persecution. Countless people have been tortured to be wounded and disabled. In the face of this brutal persecution, Falun Gong practitioners have not been beaten down. Instead, we have firmly come through. Falun Dafa has flourished around the world and been well-received in nearly 80 countries, and more and more people have started practising Falun Gong. Jiang Zemin's goal to "eliminate Falun Gong in three months" at the initial stage of persecution has long become an impossible dream. They also have seen the end awaiting them, therefore, they have become even more rampant and ferocious in the persecution.

A violent incident recently occurred in Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province. A depraved policeman raped two Falun Gong practitioners in broad daylight. The practitioners are old enough to be his mother. We went to the Chinese embassy in Thailand to peacefully protest and condemn this act of violence, to ask that the rapist He Xuejian be brought to justice, and to call for an immediate end to the persecution of Falun Gong. This is a righteous and kind act. Every kind-hearted person would understand and support it. But the Thai police department was directed by the Chinese embassy to arrest us. We came from China and are United Nations refugees. The police who participated in this act of violence showed their deep sympathy after having learned about the inhuman persecution happening in China. They repeatedly expressed that they had not wanted to arrest us, but had to do so because of pressure from higher authorities. This incident has assisted the evil Chinese authorities to do even more evil deeds. This is totally against Buddha Sakyamuni's principle of advising people to do good. It is a heavenly principle that good will be rewarded and evil will meet retribution. We hope the Thai government will be cautious!

Jiang Zemin and Luo Gan's group has been persecuting Falun Gong for six years, and the majority of countries and people in the world have clearly recognised the persecution and made efforts to end the persecution. Jiang and Luo and others in the group have been sued in many countries for crimes against humanity and genocide. The end that awaits them can now be foreseen. This is righteous strength in the world. Righteousness will eventually triumph over evil. This is also a heavenly principle. For the long-term benefits of Thailand and Thai people's happiness and safety, we hope the Thai government will walk its own path righteously, and side with righteousness and conscience. We write this open letter to the Thai government. We sincerely hope that Thailand and the people understand Falun Gong, see clearly the Chinese Communist Party's evil nature, and that they not follow it to persecute human rights and cultivators, but join together with countries around the world to stop the persecution. Falun Dafa will definitely bring wonderfulness in future to the Thai people.

Best regards,

Falun Gong practitioners detained in Immigration Detention Centre in Thailand