Who Says That Practicing "Falun Gong"
Doesn't Disturb Others?

By Xiao Yan

Some people, believing that Li Hongzhi and his ``Falun Gong" followers simply wish to be left alone to practice their beliefs, wonder why the Chinese Government has gone to all that trouble to ban the cult.

Such people are completely deluded. The cult practitioners do often exercise alone or in private, but they often hold collective activities too, upon instructions from the leadership, with Li Hongzhi at the head. If any practitioner holds a different opinion from the "Falun Gong" orthodoxy, other followers, under Li's orders, will jointly attack or threaten him or her, organize illegal sit-in and demonstration sessions, and harass and besiege government organs disturbing their normal functions. Can anyone then still insist that "Falun Gong" doesn't disturb other people's normal lives? Obviously, mesmerized by Li Hongzhi, the cult believers are well organized. In this organization prompt action will be taken against any remarks not authorized by Li. This not only infringes upon human rights, but undermines public order.

Li preaches that he can place a ``wheel of law" in practitioners' bodies, which can cure diseases and improve their health. Nevertheless, Li's "Falun" ("wheel of law") has caused the deaths of more than 1,400 people, as well as making many others mentally deranged.

Moreover, cult founder Li deceives the common people by preaching "truthfulness, benevolence and tolerance." But he also claims that those who do not have the utmost faith in him will perish in the "doomsday" that is coming for the world. Li set up his overwhelming authority by taking advantage of people's fears and psychological weaknesses in the present reshaping era in China. He binds his followers to a dependence on the group, so that they lose the power of independent will and thought, so that he can achieve the goal of turning individuals into willing tools that he can make use of. This finally led to the illegal demonstration on April 25. "Falun Gong" believers have become tools used by Li Hongzhi to exert pressure on the Chinese Government.

In conclusion, "Falun Gong" is a cult harming both society and ordinary people. Who can still insist that "Falun Gong" doesn't disturb or hurt people? This cult must be banned and destroyed!

(Compiled by New Star Publishers, Dec., 1999)