Incident's truth now comes out

THE People's Daily, China's leading newspaper, carried a commentary on Friday, titled "The Truth Has Come Out," along with a full examination of Falun Gong leader Li Hongzhi's role in the April 25 illegal gathering at Zhongnanhai, in a further expose of the outlawed cult.

Evidence shows the illegal gathering was a well-prepared and well-organized major political incident aimed at exerting pressure on the Communist Party of China and the central government, and disrupting the country's stable political situation, the commentator says.

From this incident, people can gain a further glimpse of the true face of Li and the cult's ulterior political motives. His sophistry and denials will be to no avail, it says.

Li has said he knew nothing about the gathering, but there is evidence that he was its mastermind, organizer and director, the commentary points out.

Li has also said that he is not interested in politics. But the fact is that he often agitated practitioners to put pressure on the government and the media.

His fallacies reveal the cult's true nature as being anti-science, anti-human, anti-society, and anti-government, the commentator says. It concludes continuous efforts are needed to carry the struggle against the illegal Falun Gong cult through to the end.

Xinhua
1999/08/16