Taiwan: CIPFG Presents the Public's Opinion in Opposing Persecution in China to the Legislative Body

On the morning of August 11th, 2008, Chang Ching-His, president of the Falun Dafa Association in Taiwan, Ming Chu-Cheng, president of the Global Mission to Rescue Persecuted Falun Gong Practitioners in Taiwan, and Theresa Chu, chief of the CIPFG Global Million-signature Campaign Against Persecution, met with Chester W. L. Chou, Deputy Secretary of the Legislative Yuan. The three hoped that the legislature will pay attention to voices of justice among people in Taiwan and express its support of Falun Gong's stand against the persecution.

Chou accepted the signature petition from CIPFG for the head of the Legislative Yuan Wang Jin-Pyng, who was on an overseas trip. During the legislative session, Theresa Chu provided the legislature with pictures of Taiwanese people signing the petition and explained how the CIPFG has collected over 640,000 signatures in only six months. Taiwan accounted for the most number of signatures among them. Those who signed the petition include over 320 legislators, county magistrates, mayors, and members of city and county councils.

Chu also explained how countries in Europe, Asia, and America supported the CIPFG's petition. She hopes that Wang will respect the voices of justice from people in Taiwan and show his support by signing a letter to the UN Human Rights Council.

Chang Ching-Hsi asked Chou to give Wang a copy of the Falun Gong Human Rights Report and a report from independent Canadian investigators about organ removals from living Falun Gong practitioners in China. Chang hoped to visit Wang after he returned from his trip.

Ming said the only way to stop the persecution is for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to collapse. He hopes that the government organizations in Taiwan will have a clear understanding of the current situation in China. Chou said that he will pass on all the information and materials to Wang upon his return.

Chu stated that the CIPFG ended the million-signature collection campaign on July 20th, 2008. The petition collected over 1.35 million signatures from 133 countries, urging China to stop persecuting Falun Gong. Before the Olympics started, the CIPFG had been actively communicating the results of this global petition to various government organisations and Olympic committees.

On August 6th, CIPFG offices in twelve countries and areas, including Hong Kong, called press conferences and held rallies to announce the success in the million-signature petition and announced the publication of "Torture Outside the Olympic Village: A Guide to China's Labour Camps," a publication calling on thirty thousand Olympic reporters in China to visit forced labour camps in China, and describing how the inhumane torture has been conducted inside the camps.