A Major of the Armed Police Appealed on the Tiananmen Square

January 12, 2000

Yu Feng-lai, a major of the armed police in Shan-dong Province, came to Beijing to appeal to the authorities for Falun Gong, after successfully escaping the intense surveillance by the local armed police officers. After many failed attempts, he finally came to the Tiananmen Square on January 2 and practiced Falun Dafa exercises to show the world that Falun Dafa is the righteous practice. After about 20 seconds, he was taken away by the plain police officers. Now his whereabouts is unknown.

Professor Yu Chang-xin of the Institute of Air Command Was given a sentence of 17 years in prison in a secret trial

January 13, 2000

According to reliable sources, Falun Gong practitioner, Professor Yu Chang-xin of the China Institute of Air Command was secretly given a sentence of 17 years in prison on last Thursday by the Air Military Court under the accusation of "supporting Falun Gong". Many retired generals in air force are very unhappy about the unfair sentence.

74-year-old Yu Chang-xin started to practice Falun Gong in 1992. His family members said that the Court accused him of helping expand Falun Gong organization and help the founder of Falun Gong to publish his writings. He has already appealed to the Advanced Military Court of People's Liberation Army.

It was reported that Yu Chang-xin was an outstanding test pilot in 1970s. His research has tremendously reduced the occurrence of air accidents.

Courageous Practitioners Continued to Appeal in Beijing

Beijing, January 10, 2000

Ten practitioners from a remote suburban area in Cheng-hua District of Cheng-du City arrived Beijing today. They made a statement to the international media that they would protest the local government's escalating persecutions against Falun Gong practitioners and appeal to the United Nations Human Rights Organizations, International Human Rights Organizations, all governments and kind-hearted people for support.

These ten practitioners came to Beijing to appeal because an official named He Wei-yuan had used vicious slanders to humiliate Falun Gong practitioners for many times in the "forced education class".

Beijing, January 12, 2000

On the morning of January 12, it was cloudy. There was full of snow on the ground of the Tiananmen Square. At about 10:55am, seven to eight practitioners held up a flag with Falun Emblem and the four Chinese characters of Falun Dafa. After only 5 seconds, a plain-clothes police officer rushed over and pulled it down. Later, all practitioners were pushed into the police van.

After about 10 minutes, a female practitioner wearing an army coat held up a red banner reading "Falun Dafa" in both Chinese and English and was taken into the police van afterwards.

Category: Accounts of Persecution