Canada border in contrast to that of Hong Kong
As Canadians celebrate the country’s birthday on July 1. A parade was held during the Annual Steveston Salmon Festival in Richmond of BC. Among the entries was a marching band with over 100 Chinese faces who received a warm reception from spectators. The band’s members are Falun Gong practitioners. After the parade, Ms. Chen Zhiping who came from Seattle to join the marching band said in an interview, “Thank you to Canada. We live in a landof freedom. When I was at the Border, the Customer officer asked me why I came to Canada, I told him that I am a Falun Gong practitioner and will join a marching band in a Vancouver parade. He let me in andwished me good luck. The reception here is in stark contrast to the status of Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioners who were barred entry to Hong Kong. Police officers violently removed Falun Gong practitioners at the Hong Kong airport, even using tarps to restrain them.” According to the Falun Dafa information center, more than 800 Falun Gongpractitioners were denied entry to Hong Kong from June 24 toJuly 1. They traveled there to take part in demonstrations during the ten-year anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to China. An email leaked by a Taiwanese travel agency details instructions from the Hong Kong Immigration Department to bar Falun Gong practitioners from boarding Hong Kong-bound planes in Taiwan. It is said that Falun Gong adherents in Hong Kong have filed ajudicial review with the High Court of Hong Kong SAR asking the court todeclare the actions of the Immigration Department illegal. A court date ispending. The Hong Kong government spokesman declined to comment on the incident. Meanwhile, in a written statement, the U. S. State Department called on the Hong Kong government to maintain high standards of personal and political freedom.Falun Gong is a spiritual practice including meditation. It was banned in mainland China in 1999 but it is legal to practice in Hong Kong.
加拿大海关与香港入境处的区别
7月1日加拿大人都在庆祝国庆日，大温哥华地区的列治文史蒂文斯顿三文鱼节游行是当地的庆祝活动之一。在众多参与游行的团体中,一支由100多名华人组成的军乐团受到观众欢迎, 其成员都是法轮功学员。游行结束后,法轮功军乐队的一名成员陈治平女士接受了记者的采访,（录音）据法轮大法资讯中心消息，从六月二十四日到七月一日， 800多名法轮功学员被拒绝入境香港，因为他们要在香港主权移交十周年时参与示威活动。从台湾旅行社得到的一份电子邮件显示，香港入境处要求在台湾的航空公司禁止法轮功学员登上飞往香港的飞机。法轮功学员已经向香港特区高等法院递交紧急司法复核案，控告香港政府非法遣返大批法轮功学员。法院审理日期尚未确定。香港政府的发言人拒绝评论有关事件。美国国务院以书面回答媒体相关问题时表示，美国期盼香港能够继续坚持高标准的个人自由以及政治自由。法轮功是一种包括打坐的修炼功法。1999年在中国大陆被禁止,但在香港是合法的。文章来源：【看中国报导】
