Sri Ram wants the community of Plainsboro to be aware of the persecution, attacks and hate crimes that he says have occurred against practitioners of Falun Dafa meditation.
Ram, a resident of Quail Ridge Drive, spoke during public comments at the June 27 Plainsboro Township Committee meeting, on the occasion of reports of harassment of Falun Dafa practitioners in San Francisco in June. Falun Dafa is also known as Falun Gong. More information is available at #b#falundafa.org#/b#
Ram distributed pamphlets to members of the township committee and spoke briefly about his meditation group’s meetings, held every Sunday morning from 7 to 9 a.m. in a field at the intersection of Clarksville Road and Route 571, across from High School South in West Windsor.
Ram, who has lived in Plainsboro for the past 10 months while working for Dow Jones, submitted reports and documents to the township committee and asked for its help in the form of a resolution condemning the persecution that has occurred against this group.
Deputy Mayor Neil Lewis, acting as mayor in the absence of Mayor Peter Cantu, accepted the materials from Ram and said he recalled a similar request by followers of Falun Dafa who attended a committee meeting two or three years ago. The committee did not taken any action on it at the time.
Ram told the township committee that people with connections to China’s Communist Party are the prime suspects in the San Francisco attack. He also brought up an incident that occurred in Flushing, Queens, last year. Another person who is involved with Falun Dafa meditation attended the meeting with Ram, but that person chose to remain anonymous.
