Mercenaries of "Falun Gong"

By Xin Wen

As Li Hongzhi's political schemes and the evil nature of "Falun Gong" were exposed to the public, the vast majority of "Falun Gong" practitioners broke away from the cult of "Falun Gong," and Li Hongzhi couldn't find a market for himself or his "Falun Gong" in China. Outside China, "Falun Gong" has caused increasing alarm and aversion in many countries. As a result, Li Hongzhi and his followers' activities abroad have often been restricted and frustrated. At the 56th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights held in March this year, the UN Commission on Human Rights once again rejected the discussion of the anti-China motion proposed by the anti-China forces of the United States. This, undoubtedly, was another heavy blow to Li Hongzhi and his followers, who have sold themselves out to the international anti-China forces in order to continue the activities of the "Falun Gong" cult.

Faced with "Falun Gong's" decline day by day, Li Hongzhi and his followers did not take their defeat lying down. They stooped to all kinds of shameless tricks as usual, one of which was to organize people to stage sit-ins or demonstrations outside Chinese embassies and consulates abroad. However, when the few "Falun Gong" members still left were reluctant to waste their time on such antics, Li Hongzhi and his followers decided to employ some persons to "promote the Dafa" for them.

It is reported that those who recently staged sit-ins in front of the Chinese Consulate-General in Sydney, Australia, were paid ten Australian dollars each day by the "Falun Gong" organization. They had special cars to transport the equipment they needed, and asked for instructions from their superiors by mobile telephone - it looked as if they were there at work. The same was true of the demonstrations in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The sole difference was that their wages were paid in the Hong Kong dollar. Some unemployed people were thus given jobs for the time being.

Li Hongzhi is no longer what he was. Hiring a few people to make an empty show cannot change his fate of meeting a fiasco, but merely reflects the awkward situation of Li Hongzhi and his "Falun Gong": They have reached the end of their tether, with nothing much left up their sleeves.

(Excerpts from People's Daily, May 23, 2000)