(Clearwisdom.net) Recently, 113 Legislative Members in Taiwan proposed a resolution condemning the Hong Kong Government's violent deportation of more than 800 Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioners in July of 2007. The Legislative Members (LM) also requested the Hong Kong Government to apologize for its actions.
On October 1, 2007, Luo Chiming, Huang Chaoshun, Wang Tufa, Shen Chihui and other LMs held a press conference. Hsie Chiwei, the chief of the Government Information Office, Tong Chenyuan, the vice chair of the Mainland Affairs Council of Executive Yuan, and officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of State Security and Immigration Bureau were in attendance. Prof. Chang Jinhua, a representative of the Falun Dafa Association in Taiwan, was invited to give a speech. LM Liao Benyan and Hseng Shandeng also came to offer support.
113 Legislative Members propose a resolution to condemn the Hong Kong Government's actions.
Hsie Chiwei, the chief of the Government Information Office and spokesman of the Executive Yuan, condemns the Hong Kong Government's behavior.
LM Luo Chiming (standing) supports Falun Gong practitioners.
Tong Chenyuan, the vice chair of the Mainland Affairs Council, expressed that the Mainland Affairs Council will offer aid to Falun Gong practitioners who wish to file lawsuits in Hong Kong.
Legislative Members from different parties propose a resolution
113 LMs from four different political parties proposed a resolution to condemn the Hong Kong Government's violent deportation of Falun Gong practitioners.
LM Luo Chiming said that Falun Gong practitioners have had a hearing in the U.S. Congress and obtained support. He pointed out that the Taiwanese Government should also support the practitioners.
He pointed out that practitioners should appeal to the Human Rights Committee in the United Nations. He also urged the government to protect citizens' personal information.
Chief of Government Information Office: Government protects human rights
Hsie Chiwei, the chief of the Government Information Office and spokesman of the Executive Yuan, said that the Taiwanese people have the responsibility to stand up and condemn human rights violations. On behalf of the government, he expressed support for Falun Gong practitioners. He called upon Taiwanese society to support Falun Gong. He also called upon the Chinese Communist Party members to support human rights and say "No" to dictatorial power.
Tong Chenyuan, the vice chair of the Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan, pointed out that the "one country, two systems" system is a lie. He promised that the office of Mainland Affairs Council in Hong Kong will offer aid to practitioners who file lawsuits in Hong Kong.
The vice chief of the Department of State Security expressed that the department will keep paying attention to the CCP's collecting Taiwanese citizens' personal information.
The violent deportation has caught the attention of the international community
Chu Wanchi, a human rights lawyer, said that the violent deportations have caught the attention of people in Taiwan, Hong Kong, the European Parliament and the U.S. Congress. She said the Hong Kong Government has not responded or apologized yet.
She said that Falun Gong practitioners have already filed a lawsuit in Hong Kong against the Hong Kong Government. She estimated that the court in Hong Kong will start the legal proceedings in one or two months.
She emphasized that U.S. Congressional Human Rights Caucus held a round table on August 2, 2007, on the violent deportation of Falun Gong practitioners in Hong Kong, and Falun Gong practitioners will appeal to the Human Rights Committee of the UN this December.
Background:
In July, 2007, before the 10th Anniversary of Transfer of the Sovereignty of Hong Kong, Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioners planned to go to Hong Kong to call for an end of the persecution and support the lawsuit that Hong Kong Falun Gong practitioners filed against Jiang Zemin. But during June 24 to July 1, many Taiwanese practitioners who had lawful traveling documents were violently deported by the Hong Kong Government.
According to the Falun Dafa Association in Taiwan, from June 24 to July 1, 2007, almost 500 Taiwanese practitioners were deported, 22 practitioners were not allowed to board their flights by the Hong Kong airline, and 262 practitioners' applications for visas to Hong Kong were rejected.
