Personal Account: Information From Hong Kong, 10 August

Yesterday morning, three of us went to clarify the truth at a police station and at the government buildings. It was different from the US, where they accept it when we show up at their doors with no appointment. Instead, we were not even allowed to go up to speak to the secretaries. However, we clarified the truth to several people in the lobby and made a solemn request for an appointment.

At the police station, a high-ranking, plain clothed police officer did not want to speak with us at first, but finally sat down and spoke with us. He expressed that they follow the law, and that the background information about Dafa or the persecution does not interest him. We conveyed to him that we know there is pressure from China, for different levels of the Hong Kong society to follow China's lead. I felt that there was a righteous moment when we said to him that policemen in China also say they follow the law, but it is not a righteous law, and there comes a point when one has to evaluate what is righteous and what is not. This reminded me of the tone shared in the article "On the Dignity of Dafa" that Teacher Li
commented on. It seemed to affect the policeman somehow.

On Thursday I went to speak with people at the Liaison office. Almost the entire footpath has been dug up and there is plenty of workers, drilling and noise. I went as a reporter in an attempt to be able to sit down and talk to some people. However, there was something not completely righteous about this approach. Also, after I got in the Liaison building, I was later kicked out and was relegated to speaking to the policemen outside.

Everybody there was really scared at the mention of the issue, they could not give a decent explanation for what happened, and cracked embarrassed smiles. One security guard tried to explain that the area in front of the Liaison office is private property. After I asked him to show me where they sat I said "but this is part of the sidewalk, no? Is the sidewalk also part of their private property?" He really didn't know what to say.

Afterwards, I went to the Western Police Station to ask them questions about the incident. I was referred to someone. After I asked the policeman at the reception what he thought he concluded that "we will wait for the judgement to see who was right".

Yesterday afternoon there was a teleconference with several overseas practitioners. Afterwards, we shared our thoughts and experiences for a long time. The practitioners here are realizing more and more that they are key players in this act, and they need to take more initiative to clarify the truth about this using their wisdom. Some ideas were shared: such as carrying photo display boards as was once done in Canada, or having monitors set up showing the arrest and other info. It has also been suggested to go deliver information in person: they can clarify the truth in person, which has its advantages over faxes and e-mails.

We are looking for more ideas on how the practitioners here can take advantage of this extra time to clarify the truth of the situation.