Cult leader Li Hongzhi becomes anti-China tool

On April 13, more than 100 "Falun Gong" activists held an illegal gathering on Tian'anmen Square in the center of Beijing, but they were immediately stopped by people and police on the spot. The evil scheme by the Falun Gong cult to make chaos in the Chinese capital ended in failure.

Shortly afterwards, however, the overseas media reported the event based on exaggerated reports faxed by the so-called "Information Center for Human Rights and Democratic Movement in China" in Hong Kong, which claimed that more than 200 "Falun Gong" practitioners protested and were arrested in Beijing's Tian'anmen Square, and linked it to the issue of human rights.

Since April 25, 1999, when "Falun Gong" followers held a large-scale gathering in Beijing, the Li Hongzhi-led cult group has never halted their confrontation with the government and law, consistently organizing and agitating "Falun Gong" believers to hold illegal gatherings around China.

Last Thursday's illegal gathering was nothing new, and is but another law-defying and anti-government activity, though it was better organized and planned this time.

However, what was unusual this time was the speed with which the foreign media exaggerated their reports of the event. Now, some "Falun Gong"-sponsored overseas websites have exposed the secret: Now that the United Nations Commission on Human Rights is planning to vote on a US-raised proposal to condemn China, the Falun Gong cult needs to co-operate with the the US' actions step by step.

These people have forgotten Li Hongzhi's pledge that Falun Gong organizations will "never be involved in politics, never oppose the government, and never throw in their lot with any domestic or foreign political force."

These days, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights has been holding its 56th session in Geneva, Switzerland. Some Americans who are making irresponsible remarks on the pretext of "human rights" have made Falun Gong an important part of their anti-China proposal, and tried to interfere in China's internal affairs.

Anti-China forces in the United States are paying much "attention" to the Falun Gong cult and they have valued lies such as, the Chinese government has suppressed "civilians" and "persecuted Falun Gong practitioners on a large scale," all fabricated by the cult leader and his followers.

However, they have not paid the least "attention" to the fact that many Falun Gong practitioners have suffered from the cult, with over 1,500 losing their lives and over 600 developing serious mental illnesses.

This is not because the anti-China elements in the United States love cults, but because the Falun Gong cult still is somewhat capable of raising the devil in China.

In this year's anti-China proposal to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Li Hongzhi and his cult have become a new tool for anti-China elements in the United States.

This tool has been used by anti-China forces in the United States on several occasions.

On March 2, a Chinese-American Falun Gong follower spread rumors at a hearing on "Human Rights Issues in China and Tibet" held by the US Congress Foreign Relations Committee. The speaker, who claimed he was detained for eight days in Beijing a month before for "protecting Falun Gong," won the appreciation of some members of the committee.

On March 16, Zhang Erping, a close aide to Li Hongzhi, and Wei Jingsheng attended a hearing on "Religious Freedom in China and Tibet" held by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. In his speech, Wei urged foreign countries concerned to block China's entry into the World Trade Organization.

On March 20, when the 56th session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights was inaugurated, Li Hongzhi held a news conference in Geneva and publicized a "news announcement" claiming they were very happy to see that the US government was preparing to raise a proposal criticizing China's human rights record in 1999 at the session, and that human rights violations must not be regarded as an internal affair.