Where is this woman? "Falun Gong Activist Defiant After Arrest"

[NVMojo]

Saturday, April 22, 2006; Page A05


The protester who disrupted a White House ceremony for Chinese President Hu Jintao remained defiant yesterday, even after prosecutors charged her with a federal crime punishable by up to six months in jail.

"It's not a crime but an act of civil disobedience," Wenyi Wang declared after she emerged from a hearing in U.S. District Court in Washington, drawing cheers from nearly three dozen fellow activists from Falun Gong, a religious sect that is suppressed in China.



Wenyi Wang, right, leaves U.S. District Court. She disrupted Thursday's White House ceremony for Chinese President Hu Jintao. (By Gerald Martineau -- The Washington Post)


Wang, 47, a doctor who lives in New York, got onto the White House lawn Thursday morning as a credentialed journalist for a newspaper associated with Falun Gong. She was arrested by the Secret Service after she began yelling from a media platform. The outburst interrupted Hu's remarks at the ceremony, attended by President Bush and other leaders, and created an embarrassing situation for the White House.

A judge released Wang on personal recognizance yesterday and, at the prosecution's request, ordered her to stay away from the White House while awaiting trial.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/21/AR2006042101429.html

[NVMojo]

1. Chinese Consulate Denies Doctor’s Passport

I did find this story from May ...

http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-5-29/29116.html

[demosincebirth]

2. What is Falun Gong? Is it some kind of cult?

Just wondering.

[Virginia Dare]

4. Some people consider it a cult...

I would equate it to Sceientology here. There are alot of highly educated Chinese people who subscribe to it. It's rather a complicated set of beliefs, but I'm sure you could wiki it, The bottom line is I think it's a product of living in a totalitarian state that drives these people to it.

[MADem]

6. I guess it depends on who you ask

One man's (or woman's) cult is another's faith-based organization.

http://www.falundafa.org/

http://www.falundafa.org/book/eng/flg.htm

[MADem]

3. She is still writing stories about her favorite subject--organs 4 sale

http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-8-7/44678.html

She is a medical doctor and a Falun Gong activist. This is her schtick.


More ABOUT her: http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-8-7/44668.html

http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/16854/

http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/6-7-23/44179.html This article says that the US Gov't "stayed" the charges against her, whatever that is supposed to mean....

[Virginia Dare]

5. I still think it was a set up....

there is no way in hell that was an accident. Every single person who is given admittance to these things is very carefully screened.

[MADem]

7. Oh, sure--it was Monkey's way of saying he's tough on these guys who

hold ALL OUR DEBT here at home, but in a way that the entire incident could be scrubbed from Chinese TV....without anyone noticing, thanks to that lovely five minute delay they have going on....

Her paper, for which she writes and for which she was accredited, is a FALUN GONG organ (they deny it, but it's like saying the WASHINGTON TIMES has no connection with REV MOON). http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=6ce9872ebb88b3aaa3ff48b6c1ffc19a

SAN FRANCISCO--Until a Falun Gong protester used press access issued to the Epoch Times to shout over Chinese President Hu Jintao at the White House last month, few outside the Chinese community were aware of the newspaper's connection to the spiritual group.

"President Bush, stop Hu Jintao's persecution of Falun Gong! Stop the killings!" Wang yelled before being escorted away.

In interviews after the incident, Wang told the international press that her outburst stemmed from her concern about organ harvesting in China, an issue that the newspaper has covered for months. The Epoch Times has run stories reporting that the Chinese Communist Party is harvesting organs from living Falun Gong practitioners.

Religious groups and political movements have historically turned to the media as a way to express their opinions. But the New York-based Epoch Times, with its vast distribution and access to the Chinese community, presents a unique and influential way to bring solidarity to an embattled religious group that aims to have its voice heard. Along the way, some critics have called the newspaper's credibility into question.....Some in the overseas Chinese community see the Epoch Times as one of the few newspapers not controlled by the Chinese government. But others see it primarily as a mouthpiece for Falun Gong.

The newspaper frequently runs editorials critical of China and is heavy on stories of human rights abuses, particularly against Falun Gong practitioners. Coverage often includes pictures of Falun Gong practitioners the paper describes as scarred by electrodes or bruised by severe beating.

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[NVMojo]

8. thanks, all, for the posts!

[JohMunich99]

9. I"m sure there will be a story about it in the Epoch Times