Canada: Clarifying the Truth to the Japanese Community to Help Rescue Yoko Kaneko

When Japanese practitioner Yoko Kaneko was detained, and illegally sentenced in a Chinese labour camp, after going back China to appeal to the Chinese government, Canadian practitioners thought that it was not only the Japanese practitioners' responsibility to help rescue Yoko, but the responsibility of practitioners all over the world. We thus sought to help rescue her, and took the opportunity to clarify the truth to the Japanese community of Canada. We introduced Falun Dafa to them and informed them of the fact that Yoko Kaneko is being persecuted in China. Mr. G., after hearing the truth, was very willing to do something to rescue Yoko Kaneko. He kindly offered to write a letter to appeal, to his friends in the Japanese community, to call for her immediate release. He also pledged to help us get in touch with more Japanese communities, in order to let other people know about the truth. And not before long, Mr. G wrote a very touching letter!

We should make use of every opportunity to clarify the truth to the people of different segments of society, different nationalities, and backgrounds.

Below is the letter that Mr. G wrote to the Japanese community of Canada to call on more people to participate in helping rescue Yoko Kaneko.

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Hello everyone,

Very recently, I was informed by a friend of mine that a Falun Gong practitioner in Japan is currently suffering after being detained and tortured in China. I hereby would like to call for all my Japanese friends' attention; take action to help rescue her, in order to prevent her being possibly tortured to death.

Yoko Kaneko's Chinese name is Luo Rong. She was from China, and is now married to a Japanese [man], Atsushi Kaneko. She is a practitioner of Falun Gong, a.k.a., Falun Dafa. For some reason that I can't understand, the Jiang regime banned Falun Gong, and has been persecuting many Falun Gong practitioners. It was verified that the number of deaths has exceeded 400, while the actual death figure can be a few times more.

When Yoko Kaneko went, with another two Japanese practitioners, to China, the police arrested them. The two Japanese practitioners ended up being deported back to Japan, but they detained Yoko because she is a Chinese citizen. Later on, she was tortured physically and mentally. Very recently, through the help of Japanese congressmen, Atsushi Kaneko was able to meet Yoko at a Chinese forced labour camp. He said: "Yoko did not have a very clear consciousness, and she looked like a completely different person to me."

Through the following websites, you can locate more information on Falun Dafa and Yoko Kaneko. I request that you help rescue Yoko and other Falun Gong practitioners being detained in China. We suggest the following actions:

• Sign an on-line petition form from the Rescuing Yoko Commission. We plan to submit this petition to the Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister on his visit to China in September. This form is located at: http://www.falundafa-jp.net/features/jz_sign/jz_sign_form.htm
• Write a letter to the commission at this email address: [email protected]
• Write a letter to the Japanese Prime Minister: http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/forms/goiken.html
• Write a letter to the Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister: http://www2.mofa.go.jp:8080/mofaj/mail/qa.html (In Japanese) http://www.mofa.go.jp/feedback/note.html (In English)

I understand that we aren't supposed to always apply Japanese or Canadian benchmarks to other countries. However, no matter what standard we use, it is absolutely unacceptable the way the Jiang regime treats Yoko Kaneko and other thousands of Falun Dafa practitioners. If it doesn't change its policy towards Falun Gong, then as part of the international community, we must press them to stop the persecution. I hope that Yoko will be rescued in time, to prevent a greater tragedy from happening. I hope our efforts will also help other innocent Falun Gong practitioners in China.