Ontario Mayor Decries Chinese Consulate Interference After Pressure to Not Raise Falun Dafa Flag

Michael Prue, mayor of Amherstburg, Ont., attends a Falun Dafa flag-raising ceremony outside the Amherstburg municipal building on April 30, 2026. Evan Ning/The Epoch TimesAmherstburg, Ont., Mayor Michael Prue says the Chinese Consulate has interfered with his town supporting Falun Dafa, saying it’s the first instance of a foreign power attempting to stop him from saying “what I believe is true.”The town held a flag-raising ceremony outside its municipal building on April 30 to commemorate the 34th anniversary of the introduction of the Chinese spiritual practice to the public.