Times Journal (St. Thomas, Ontario):

FALUN GONG BRINGS PROTEST HERE

September 8, 2006 Friday

Falun Gong practitioners brought stunning accusations against the Chinese
government to the steps of St. Thomas city hall Thursday.

A group of believers is touring southwestern Ontario to expose their charge
that China's Communist government is harvesting and selling organs from
jailed Falun Gong followers.

It's a "new form of evil on the planet," says believer Pixing Zhang, who
notes the tour is a call for help from all Canadians.

Ottawa's Chinese Embassy called the accusations "groundless and biased" when
they first received attention here in July.

But MP David Kilgour, former Secretary of State for Asia Pacific, and rights
activist David Matas have published a report they say confirms the Falun
Gong claims. The report is available online at www.organharvestinvestigat
ion.net.

"We believe that there has been and continues to be large-scale organ
seizures from unwilling Falun Gong practitioners," the report says. "Each
piece of evidence we have considered is, in itself, verifiable and in most
cases, incontestable. Put together, they have painted a whole damning
picture."

"It's so horrific," Clement Sun, 32, a four-year Falun Gong follower who got
Canadian citizenship this summer, told Sun Media at a stop earlier this
week. "They not only want to kill you, they want to take your organs, they
want to steal your life."

Sun describes Falun Gong as a "spiritual teaching" typified by a handful of
meditation exercises.

First popularized in 1992, Falun Gong attracted 70 million followers in
China within seven years.

It was banned in 1999 in a move Sun and his colleagues say was prompted by
Communist party fears of losing power to the growing movement.

The core beliefs of Falun Gong are truthfulness, compassion and tolerance.