Monaco is a beautiful coastal country with a population of over 29,000. Seawards, it faces the Mediterranean, whilst its three landward sides are surrounded by France. People in Monaco have not been told much about Falun Gong and the brutal persecution it suffers in China.
On December 2 –3 2002, BIE (Bureau International des Expositions) held a conference to choose a sponsor city for the 2010 World Expo from a list of five candidates. China’s Shanghai was one of these five cities, and the head of the Chinese delegate Li Lanqing is the head of the “610 Office” and actively persecutes Dafa and Dafa practitioners. [The "610 Office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.]
Upon learning this news, French Dafa practitioners regarded this as a good opportunity to let the Monaco government and people learn the beauty of Falun Dafa, and to expose the Jiang regime’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong. Falun Gong practitioners do not get involved in politics and do not oppose the Chinese government. We have no opposition towards Shanghai’s bid for the World Expo, but we firmly oppose the persecution of Falun Gong.
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Dafa practitioners delivered over 40 letters to the Monaco governmental departments, extensively contacted local media and met with government officials, informing them that Falun Gong is an ancient Chinese cultivation practice based on the principle of Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance that teaches people to be good and brings benefit to people’s health both physically and mentally. They told the officials how Falun Gong has been warmly received and supported by governments and people in over 60 countries but in China it is brutally persecuted by the Jiang regime. The practitioners also emphasized on Falun Gong practitioners’ peaceful and courageous resistance in the face of Jiang regime’s terrorist acts.Former member of the Politburo and the first Vice-Premier of the State Council Li Lanqing is the person in charge of the major organization “610 Office.” He should be held accountable for this bloody persecution.
As a result of our introduction of Falun Gong beforehand, many people including royal family members, government officials, the media, and police officers have gained a deeper understanding of Falun Gong and the persecution it suffers in China. During the days of November 28-29 when the head of the “610 Office” was in Paris, local Falun Gong practitioners introduced Falun Dafa and peacefully appealed near the Chinese Embassy.
On the afternoon of November 30, Dafa practitioners from Switzerland, Italy, Germany and France assembled in Monte Carlo central harbour to practise the exercises, inform people about the benefits of Falun Dafa, and peacefully appeal against the persecution. Passers-by stopped and requested to learn more information about us; some of them were attracted by our peaceful and gentle exercises and expressed their wishes to learn. Police officers on duty said to the practitioners, “Our superior has learned about your situation, you are peaceful and you can feel free to do your activity.”
A foreign official’s wife who can speak fluent Chinese passed by and told the practitioners that she had learned about Falun Gong in Hong Kong, and she knew that Falun Gong is good but it is subject to brutal persecution. Before leaving, she took all Dafa information in Chinese including VCDs.
Two teenage boys walked around our Falun Gong booth several times, and then they asked a practitioner, “Are these people who are practising the exercises suffering persecution and torture in China? Why? They pose no harm to anyone.” The practitioner told them, “The persecutor is a narrow-minded person who wants to dominate all people, and wants to make every one like him not to tolerate any one who is independent and has his/her own faith.” The boys said, “ He is no different from Hitler.” They wished Falun Gong practitioners can display their courage in the face of persecution.
It is said that to obtain the sponsor right, China sent out an art performance group of several hundred people. Some members of the group passing by and some Chinese guests in the nearby restaurants happily accepted our Dafa truth-clarification materials. They have all seen the peace and beauty of Falun Dafa.
The largest local newspaper and other media outlets came to interview us. The following day, the largest newspaper in Monaco published a positive report on Falun Gong with photos of practitioners’ doing the exercises.
In addition, the Jiang regime also sent out many special agents to take photos of us, trying to collect information for further persecution of Falun Gong. We hereby expose them and sincerely hope that they will not help the evildoers to do bad deeds in the future.
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On the morning of December 1, Dafa practitioners went to Nice Airport in France to peacefully appeal against the head of “610 Office.” There were many Chinese security staff at the passenger’s arrival gate. Practitioners saw Li Lanqing get off the plane and leave in haste from another exit.
On the contrary, Korean welcome group including French girls and Korean people in their beautiful traditional clothes erected two big posters at the arrival gate to welcome their delegate of high government officials. Falun Gong practitioners handed out Dafa truth-clarifying materials to the head of the Korean delegate and its members; they all happily accepted and carefully read the material. We are sure that Falun Gong in France has left deep impression on the Korean delegation.
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Translated on December 7, 2002
Chinese version is available at
http://www.yuanming.net/articles/200212/14885.html
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