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Dow Jones: Falun Gong Suspicious Of Chinese Claims Of Tainted Letter October 19, 2001 BEIJING (AP)--The Falun Gong spiritual [group] said
Friday it suspected China was using fears of anthrax
to further a smear campaign against it. China's Foreign Ministry said a letter containing
"suspicious substances" and publicity materials about
Falun Gong, which is banned in China, was received
Tuesday by an employee of a U.S. firm in China. Health workers disinfected people who came into
contact with the letter, ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi
told reporters Thursday. Chinese police said the
substances were being tested. The reported discovery
came amid concerns worldwide of anthrax being sent
through the mail. But Sun and other government officials said they were
unable to name the company that received the letter or
even where in China it was based. Friday, the foreign
affairs and police ministries said they still had no
additional information. A U.S.-based spokesman for Falun Gong, Adam Montanaro,
said he found China's claims "highly suspicious." "If the Chinese regime is using the anthrax scare to
frame-up and attack Falun Gong, which it clearly looks
like, then this is disturbing," Montanaro said in a
statement. "Would someone who sends a package like
this include literature that identifies him? That's
absurd. But on the other hand, that's exactly how
someone might choose to frame Falun Gong." Montanaro also voiced suspicions that the announcement
of the letter's discovery may have been timed to
deflect attention from Chinese human rights abuses
ahead of a summit this weekend of Pacific rim leaders
in Shanghai. "Falun Gong is a peaceful spiritual practice that is
deeply against all acts of violence and hatred," the
group's statement said. "For nearly 2 1/2 years now,
China's [party's name omitted] regime has sought to discredit Falun
Gong with demonizing propaganda." [...] Thousands of practitioners have been jailed in the
crackdown. Falun Gong says many followers have been
abused and tortured and that 300 have died.
Posting date: 10/20/2001
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