All eight were detained on 10 February by around 10 plainclothes police officers, for participating in an illegal gathering at the home of Liang Wenjian and Lin Zhiyong. The police also searched their home, and confiscated Falun Gong literature and their computer.
On March 24, 2007, people from all walks of life held grand activities on Union Square downtown and on Garden Corner square in Chinatown to support twenty million people quitting the CCP and its affiliated organizations. The participants said, “The evil Chinese Communist Party has been uprooted. Heaven will destroy the CCP.” They called on Chinese people to quit the CCP for a safe future.
Following the successful conclusion of two performances in Brisbane, on March 18, 2007,the Divine Performing Arts Troupe once again touched the hearts of more than one thousand audience members with its exquisite and unique performance staged at Conrad Jupiter’s Theatre in Gold Coast, the second largest city in Queensland, Australia.
After nearly six months of continuous investigation, Canadian investigators Mr. David Matas and Mr. David Kilgour have more evidence to support the allegation of the Chinese Communist Party’s organ harvesting from living Falun Gong practitioners.
On March 21, 2007, the Divine Performing Arts Troupe presented the second performance of the 2007 Chinese New Year Spectacular in Canberra, the capital of Australia. The Spectacular was supported by many Parliament Members, businesses, and the media. More than 10 media outlets reported about the Spectacular.
Following the overwhelming success of the Spectacular, NTDTV is launching a global Chinese dance contest to promote cultural exchanges and to spread authentic Chinese culture. This is also an opportunity to bring Chinese dance into the world arena, as well as an important step to have Chinese dance included as one of the main art forms in the international dance culture.
From May 20 to May 27, New Tang Dynasty TV (NTDTV) will host the first Global Classical Chinese Dance Competition, which will be broadcast live by NTDTV. Lei Yin, spokesman for the competition’s organizing committee, said that they hope that the appreciation and study of classical Chinese dance will continue to spread throughout the world.
On March 17, Divine Performing Arts presented the 2007 Chinese New Year Spectacular at the Conservatorium Theatre, South Bank, Brisbane. Nearly one thousand audience members from Brisbane watched the Spectacular. At the conclusion of the show, the audience gave lengthy warm applause and were reluctant to leave.
PARIS – March 13th, 2007. He was supposed to take part in a managers’ meeting of the French company PCM on March 14th, in Angers, France but Ma Jian, manager in charge of the PCM Beijing office, selling oil pumps, was arrested on February 28th in Beijing as he was working.
The persecution against Falun Gong not only includes physical torture, but also includes manipulating the law so that lawyers cannot defend Falun Gong practitioners.
