The Real Face of Li Hongzhi

By Xiao Yan

Li Hongzhi claims to be superior to Sakyamuni Buddha, Lao Zi and Jesus, and to be the only savior on the earth, with the power to dominate the cosmos. The cult founder, who boasts about being capable of delivering people with incurable illnesses to a "Beautiful World," has been forced to reveal his true features. Li has escaped to the United States, and is as scared as a stray cur.

He has fabricated heretical fallacies to cheat innocent people. As shocking facts are revealed one after the other, people see through Li Hongzhi. Master Li, God in some people's eyes, is a swindler!

He got into a fight with his neighbors just over a piece of land. Does he have any "truthfulness, benevolence or tolerance"? He revised the date of his birthday, claiming to be the reincarnation of Sakyamuni Buddha. He fabricated the heretical theory of "Zhuan Falun," which is full of superstition. In this theory, he says that human fate is destined by Heaven, and only through practicing ``Falun Gong" can one change his fate. Actually, he wants to control other people. He preaches "truthfulness, benevolence and tolerance" to mislead innocent people. He incites practitioners to ignore the law, and to harass and besiege news agencies and even the seat of the Chinese government.

Li's fraud has been exposed. More and more Chinese have seen through his true face. Li assumes that he can continue to disseminate his heretical theory abroad, but his dream has also been sheltered by people overseas.

He uses money swindled from "Falun Gong" practitioners to buy luxurious houses, green cards, and automobiles, enjoying the life of a playboy. He seeks reputation through deception. Li incited his followers abroad to gain titles like "honorary citizen" and stage "Falun Gong Week" through fraud in Baltimore, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and Seattle in the US, but those honors were cancelled in the long run.

Neither swindlers nor cults can cheat people forever. More people abroad have seen clearly the true faces of Li Hongzhi and his "Falun Gong." Li has lost his false reputation and become a standing joke.

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