The Falun Dafa Association of New South Wales says a Chinese
couple who are being deported from Australia will certainly suffer persecution
when they return to their homeland.
Falun Gong practitioners 66-year-old Wang Jun Tao and 62-year-old Wang Liluan
have failed to gain refugee status and the Department of Immigration says they
must return to China.
John Deller from the Falun Dafa Association says a misunderstanding meant the
couple missed out on the opportunity of applying to the Refugees Review
Tribunal and that opportunity should be given to them again.
"So we ask Mr Ruddock to please use his discretion under section 48B of
the migration act to show clemency in this case at least ot allow them somehow
to come before the RRT so their case can be heard," he said.