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The case centred on “one decision” by the festival hosts, their
legal responsibilities and their preparedness to accept the consequences
that could arise from allowing Falun Dafa a stall at the event, Dr Vout
said.
Concern for crowd safety, not politics, was the reason the spiritual
group
Falun Dafa was excluded from last year’s Chinese New Year Festival in
Melbourne, a tribunal heard today.
The “long arm” of Beijing prevented Australian Falun Gong practitioners
from
joining last year’s Chinese New Year Festival in the southern city of
Melbourne, lawyers for the spiritual movement said Tuesday.
FALUN Dafa, a group espousing truth, tolerance and forbearance was
silenced
by Ashfield Council last week in line with the Chinese Government’s ban
on
the organisation.
MANLY Falun Dafa practitioners will be coming together to celebrate
truth,
compassion and tolerance from February 17-24.
The “long arm of Beijing” prevented spiritual group Falun Dafa from joining
last year’s Melbourne Chinese New Year festival, a Melbourne tribunal was
told yesterday.
The Falun Dafa are an exercise and meditation group who had performed at the
three previous Penrith Australia Day celebrations.
AUSTRALIAN consular officials were today searching for a Sydney woman
reported missing in China.
Tears stream down 74-year-ole Fuyin Li’s face as she recalls her daughter’s plight.
The new year officially starts on February 1, but followers joined with Tongsong Music and Culture Promotions to jump the gun with a January 4 gala spectacular attended by about 1000 people at Hurstville Entertainment Centre.
