On August 6, three Americans entered Tiananmen Square to speak out against the Chinese Communist Party’s on-going, large-scale persecutions especially that of Falun Gong practitioners.
According to a news report by New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV), the three Americans were Christians holding a press conference near Mao Zedong Memorial Hall. They were praying when the undercover officers suddenly appeared and snatched away their microphone.
To prevent the possibility of any part the event from being photographed, the police did everything they could to block the view from spectators including opening an umbrella to create an obstruction.
Patrick Mahoney, Chairman of the Christian Defense Coalition, told a group of foreign reporters, “We have come here today to be a voice, for those who have no voice of their own. We are a voice for those of the Falun Gong practitioners”.
Although visitors can still pose to have pictures taken on Tiananmen Square, the atomosphere remains tense. Police search anyone entering the sqare carrying a bag creating lines of people being searched one after another.
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