Finland: 'We Should Speak Out and Say ‘No’ to the CCP'

On November 24th, 2007, Falun Gong practitioners from Finland introduced Falun Dafa and exposed the persecution of Falun Gong in China to the Finnish people in Helsinki city centre, close to the railway station.

In front of a banner reading ‘Falun Dafa’, two practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises. Banners and posters depicting the persecution attracted the attention of shoppers and passersby and they came to practitioners' desk to sign the petition and express their support for the campaign against the persecution. Many of them came to talk with practitioners to know more or to express their opinion.

Practitioner Sinikka said that when she chatting to a man about the persecution of Falun Gong in China, he told her that although Finland was a small country, it was advanced in many aspects and on this issue (the campaign against the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong) should also be advanced and should say ‘no’ to the CCP.

A lady told Sinikka that she had been to China before and she witnessed the Chinese police's persecution of the Chinese people. She was so terrified that after she came back she did not tell anyone about it, even her relatives. So when she saw practitioners exposing the truth about the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong today, she said, "You are doing very well.”

Practitioner Anija said she met a relative from Oluo and finally had a chance to give information about Falun Gong to her, which she had wanted to do for a long time but could not find a chance.

When a young practitioner Anna was telling the truth to an old Finnish gentleman, he refused to listen to her and said, ‘You are too young to know China; I know a lot about China’. Then pointing at the posters and banners, Anna asked him if he knew anything about the persecution of Falun Gong. That man became speechless and later he told Falun Gong practitioners that they were doing very well.

After reading posters revealing the CCP’s persecution of Falun gong, an elderly lady immediately took out her purse and wanted to donate twenty Euro to show her support for Falun Gong practitioners. Practitioner Ms Jiang said, ‘Thank you very much, but we do not take donations’. Ms Jiang gave her a Falun Gong leaflet so that she could read them at home.