Magazine Article: Weekender-Noosa – Petals of Peace
Peregian Beach will come alive with the colour and sound of traditional Chinese dance and culture this Sunday thanks to the incredible story of a three-year-old girl.
Peregian Beach will come alive with the colour and sound of traditional Chinese dance and culture this Sunday thanks to the incredible story of a three-year-old girl.
On December 1, 2003, Ms. Foo Yeong-Ching, the fiance’ of Falun Dafa practitioner Charles Li, an American citizen, learned additional news after a telephone conversation with a U.S. consular official in Shanghai. She learned that Jiang Zemin and the state terror organization known officially as the “610 Office,” have stepped up their efforts to brainwash Charles Li.
On Sunday morning, in a grove at Sydney’s Darling Harbor, Falun Gong practitioners held a large group practice. The peaceful exercise music attracted many passersby and tourists, who stopped to watch. Some even learned the movements and joined in.
On the morning of November 29, 2003, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Li Ying, who had been illegally imprisoned in a Chinese forced labor camp for two years, finally arrived at the Sydney International Airport
132 deaths of Falun Gong practitioners in Heilongjiang Province have been verified since the spiritual practice was ordered “eradicated” by former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin in 1999.
On 1 December 2003, the day when the Australian Senate was passing a motion on Australian Family Members Rescue, some 200 Falun Gong practitioners and supporters gathered in front of the Australian Parliament House in Canberra. It was a day of mixed feelings of happiness and sadness among those present.
Petals of Peace was recently launched outside the Chinese Embassy in Irving Rd. The campaign aims to reveal the persecution suffered by followers of Falun Gong and gather support in the fight to stop the suffering.
Last December, Mr Lee arrived in the Illawarra on a bicycle trip from Sydney to Canberra to highlight the plight of his fiancée who was then in a labour camp for handing out Falun Gong leaflets.
Mr Lee received his best Christmas gift with joy is that his fiancée, Ms Li Ying, just arrived in Sydney after two years illegal imprisonment for practising Falun Gong in a labour camp in Shanghai.
The anti-discrimination claim by the Falun Dafa Association of Victoria (FDA) against the Melbourne City Council (MCC) was heard in the Victorian Civil & Administrative Tribunal yesterday.