Chinese citizen Lin Wenrong has lived in Düsseldorf since April 2002. She studied German at a language school there. In January 2003, she returned to China to visit her family for the Chinese New Year, and until now, she has not returned to Germany as originally scheduled.

According to her friends' investigation, Lin Wenrong was detained by the 610 office[1] in Wuhan City just because she practises Falun Gong. As the parliamentary President of the Green Party in Hamburg, Germany, I urgently request you to release Lin Wenrong and allow her to return to Germany to continue her studies.

Kind wishes,
Christa Nickels

Parliamentary President of the Green Party and MP, Hamburg

March 6 2003

[1] 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