Falun Gong Activists Arrested

A local procuratorate in Haikou, capital of the southernmost province of Hainan, announced on Monday that Song Yuesheng and six other key members and activists of the illegal Falun Gong cult were arrested.

On August 8, the group called a gathering of Falun Gong practitioners, defying an earlier Public Security Ministry ban on the cult.

This was the most serious incident in the province, according to the procuratorate. Song is a member of the Hainan General Training Station of Falun Gong and head of a local training station in Haikou.

Song and his wife were arrested and detained for 15 days for taking part in a siege of the provincial government by Falun Gong activists on July 22.

(China daily 1999/10/20)