Insiders: Falun Gong against government

WITH the official ban of Falun Gong on July 22, sect officials have discarded Falun Gong and come to recognize the true nature and motives of this illegal organization.

Duan Rongxin, former head of the Falun Gong general training centre in Shijiazhuang, capital of North China's Hebei Province, exposed the sect as an anti-governmental organization under the absolute control of Li Hongzhi, founder of the Falun Gong.

''Li has advocated truthfulness, benevolence and tolerance among his followers. But actually he was only using these banners to disguise his ulterior political motives," said Duan, who has broken away from the Falun Gong sect and discarded the Falun Gong practice since the government ban on the sect.

Duan, a 39-year-old official with a real estate company, was appointed by Li in 1994 as the head of the general training centre in Shijiazhuang and was responsible for operating four subordinate centres in the province.

Duan said the seemingly loosely controlled Falun Gong sect is actually a highly organized sect under absolute control of the supreme leader Li, who sends his orders through the Research Society of Falun Dafa to the general training centres, thereby to subordinate branches.

"Any Falun Gong official who did not follow Li's orders was immediately dismissed and widely condemned inside the organization," Duan said.

Li had incited his followers to the opposite side of the government in a step-by-step manner, Duan said. He also said Li took advantage of his followers' wishes to achieve success by practising Falun Gong and instigated anti-governmental sentiments by fabricating rumours.

Xinhua
08/09/99