Continuous fight against cult

China's leading newspaper, the People's Daily, carried a commentary yesterday, titled "Exposing and fighting Falun Gong to the end," which called on the Chinese people to maintain a vigilant eye against the Falun Gong cult.

The commentary said that a number of facts unequivocally reveal that Falun Gong is not an organization of qigong practitioners, but an illegal organization with political motives which seriously undermine the Communist Party of China and the government.

These facts expose the true nature of Falun Gong: a cult opposed to science, humanity, society and the government.

From the very beginning, Falun Gong leaders have instigated and misled a number of practitioners into attacking the Party and government institutions as well as media units, all which seriously endanger Chinese society.

The commentary stressed that the fight against Falun Gong is a serious ideological and political struggle which is closely linked to the future and fate of China and the Party. Anyone underestimating the seriousness and complexity of the fight and struggle to contain and eliminate the cult will lead to historical mistakes and criminal offenses. The commentary said that the nationwide fight against Falun Gong has won a decisive victory after the cult was banned and the majority of its practitioners realized their errors.

However, the article admonishes the Chinese people to remain on the guard as there are still a handful of cult practitioners.

All evidence indicates that Li Hongzhi and his followers will not stop their illegal activities. The fight against Falun Gong is thus a long-term and arduous struggle.

Painstaking efforts must therefore be made to keep blind followers at bay from Falun Gong's pernicious influence. The cult also has anti-China forces overseas in an attempt to oppose the Chinese government, the commentary noted.

(Xinhua 1999/11/27)