AFP:Taiwan Falungong group march to protest Chinese "genocide"
TAIPEI, July 20 (AFP) - At least 1,000 Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioners
marched Sunday in the southern city of Kaohsiung in protest at what they said
was Beijing's "genocide" against their Chinese counterparts. The group marched through Kaohsiung, Taiwan's second largest city, while
holding photos of Falun Gong practitioners killed by [Jiang's regime] and
carrying banners accusing former Chinese president [Jiang] of a harsh crackdown
on followers. "We want to tell the world the crimes committed by Jiang Zemin,"
Chang Tsing-hsi, head of the Taiwan Falun Gong group, told AFP from Kaohsiung. "It's our hope their suppression of religion, particularly against Falun
Gong, will become better known to the world.... We felt they would somewhat
restrain themselves once their evils are made public," Chang said. The Taiwan Falun Gong group filed a lawsuit against Jiang in a court in
Illinois in October 2002 over the alleged offenses of "genocide,"
"crime against humanity" and "torture." Separately in Taipei, a memorial service is to be held in the evening for the
hundreds of Chinese Falun Gong practitioners allegedly falling victim to
Beijing's suppression. It is not clear how many Falun Gong followers there are on the island, but
organizers said the group has been expanding at a rapid pace and now numbers at
an estimated 200,000 people. [...] http://www.ptd.net/webnews/wed/ca/Qtaiwan-china-sect.Ruwe_DlK.html
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