November 21, 2002
(Clearwisdom.net)
HONG KONG (AP)--A Hong Kong man arrested for carrying Falun Gong
materials into mainland China faces trial there Friday, according to fellow
members of the spiritual group who worry authorities will make an example of
him.
"They've already decided he's guilty. They're deferring to the wishes of
senior Chinese leaders," said Kan Hung-cheung, a Hong Kong-based spokesman for
Falun Gong. [...]
Suen Chung-man was detained while trying to cross from Hong Kong into the
border city of Shenzhen on May 14, when the Chinese authorities found in his
luggage 100 video compact discs showing Falun Gong activities, said his wife,
Wong Am.
Mainland police then raided a home Suen keeps in Shenzhen and seized 1,000
more Falun Gong VCDs, Wong said.
The Falun Gong remains legal in Hong Kong and frequently protests against
Beijing's often-deadly crackdown in the mainland.
Suen, 47, is scheduled to face trial Friday in Shenzhen, Wong said, adding her
lawyer predicted Suen's case would take less than a day and end with a prison
sentence of at least five years.
[...]
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