Switzerland: People are Shocked by the Atrocities in Sujiatun Concentration Camp

On March the 18th 2006, Swiss Falun Gong practitioners held an activity at the Paradeplatz located on the Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich. Practitioners exposed to passers-by the crimes that the Chinese communist regime committed in a secret Nazi-type concentration camp established in Sujiatun District, Shenyang City. At least six thousand Falun Gong practitioners have been illegally imprisoned there. Their organs were harvested for extravagant profits. The bodies of the murdered Falun Gong practitioners were incinerated to destroy the evidence.

The photos exhibited in the activity were shocking. A huge banner, which read “Condemn the Chinese Communist Regime for Harvesting Organs from Imprisoned Falun Gong Practitioners in a Secret Concentration Camp and Selling the Organs for Profits” drew attention from many people. They stopped to look and read the information boards. Some asked practitioners what Falun Gong was all about and why it was persecuted by the Chinese communist regime. Referring to the exercises being demonstrated nearby, practitioners explained to them Falun Gong is a traditional Chinese cultivation method with slow, smooth moving exercises. Practitioners added that Falun Gong requires practitioners to become good people by following the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance. However, this could not be tolerated by the Chinese communist regime, which roots in falsehood, evil and violence. The regime wants to control people’s thoughts and they are not allowed to have their own judgement. Therefore, the regime instigated bloody persecution. Upon knowing the truth, many people expressed their willingness to sign their names on a petition to support Falun Gong.

A lady came towards the information booth after listening to the practitioners’ explanations. She signed her name on all of the four petition letters, including one denouncing the organ-harvesting at the Sujiatun Concentration Camp, one for rescuing illegally imprisoned Falun Gong practitioners in China, one for rescuing persecuted Falun Gong children, and one for stopping the persecution.

Shocking photos of persecution	People stop to watch the exercise demonstration

Upon seeing the photos that depict the organ-stealing of the Chinese communist regime, two young ladies cried out, “It is so horrible.” They said they went to Shanghai not long ago and purchased some things for low prices. Practitioners told them many Falun Gong practitioners are illegally imprisoned in labour camps and forced to provide slave labour. The products they make are exported to foreign countries. The two young ladies said they felt very guilty that the products they bought might have been made by those Falun Gong practitioners who were in forced labour camps, and that the low price is made possible at the expense of Falun Gong practitioners’ suffering. They planned not to buy any products from China and they hoped people in other countries would boycott China’s products too.

How could something like this happen?	A practitioner holds a banner to raise the public’s attention

An Austrian tourist said his hometown used to be a site of a concentration camp in the Nazi era. People imprisoned there suffered lots of torture, ranging from beating and electric shocks to being buried alive or poisoned to death in gas chambers. The situations were too ghastly to imagine. Practitioners told him about the concentration camps set up by the Chinese communist regime and the ongoing persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in China. He said that more people need to know the truth and we should do our best to let as many people as possible to understand what has been going on in China.

Two young men asked detailed questions about Falun Gong after they understood why the Chinese communist regime persecuted Falun Gong. Upon their departure, they explained to an old gentleman that Falun Gong practitioners were doing very special things, and what they did was right.

An old gentleman, who refused to sign his name in the beginning, changed his mind after Falun Gong practitioners explained to him the nature of the Chinese communist regime and its brutality in persecuting good people. Practitioners told him that the reason why they set up the information booth was to expose the lies and raise awareness. He said he would read the Falun Gong leaflets carefully and he might write a letter to the Swiss government. In the end, he signed his name on the petition letter addressed to the Swiss government and the United Nations, urging for an immediate investigation of the Sujiatun Concentration Camp.

An old gentleman, who refused to provide signature originally, changed his mind after listening to what’s happening in Sujiatun

Just as the practitioners wrapped up and was about to leave, a lady arrived at the site and identified herself as a member of Amnesty International. She said they had some understanding about issues like the Sujiatun event, and she was willing to provide help to Falun Gong practitioners. In various forms, Falun Gong practitioners will continue to expose the crimes that the Chinese communist regime committed in Sujiatun.