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"Clarify the truth thoroughly, eliminate the evil with righteous thoughts, save all beings, and safeguard the Fa with determination" (Dafa is Indestructible) AFP: Falun Gong Denies Four Jailed by China Over Suicide Were Followers [Excerpt] BEIJING, Aug 17, 2001 -- (Agence France Presse) A Falun Gong spokesman
denied Friday four people jailed by a Chinese court for organizing a mass
suicide attempt were group members and rejected the trial as another plot to
destroy the movement. "All along this has been an ugly performance created by (Chinese President)
Jiang Zemin. It's purpose is to slander and frame Falun Gong and to create
an excuse to destroy Falun Gong," said Hong Kong spokesman Kan Hung-cheung. "We believe these people are not Falun Gong members because Falun Gong has
all along opposed killings, including suicide. Real Falun Gong students
wouldn't participate in a self-immolation," Kan said. "The people involved are not real Falun Gong students. They are victims.
This reveals Jiang's evil. It has exposed that his suppression of Falun Gong
is cruel and he will stop at nothing." [...] http://www.europeaninternet.com/china/news.php3?id=600348§ion=default
Posting date: 8/18/2001 |