Candlelight Vigil Remembers Victims of CCP’s Persecution of Falun Gong
WASHINGTON—As the night fell on July 20, over 1,500 Falun Gong adherents sat on the National Mall, carrying candles to commemorate those who have died as a result of the Chinese regime’s repression.
Liang Guiyu, 53, a resident of New York’s Flushing, originally from northeast China’s Shandong Province, was one of them.
July 20 is a somber day for him. That’s the date the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the persecution of Falun Gong 24 years ago. Mr. Liang personally knows at least ten Falun Gong adherents who died for not giving up their beliefs. He was also detained and tortured himself….