Dow Jones: Falun Gong Asks HK To Explain Why [Practitioners] Were Barred

July 2, 2002

HONG KONG (AP)--After 120 Falun Gong practitioners were allegedly barred from visiting Hong Kong to demonstrate during the handover anniversary,

[practitioners] demanded Wednesday that the government give an explanation.

Taipei Times Editorial: The disappearance of freedom

7/03/2002

Forcibly stuffing people into sacks, with their hands and feet bound, and then tossing them onto a vessel may sound like something right out of the Dark Ages, but that is the treatment Hong Kong gave to a number of Falun Gong [practitioners] just three days ago. Falun Gong [practitioners] who were barred from entering the territory but who refused to voluntarily board airplanes to be departed were forced into sacks and put aboard planes.

Taipei Times: Falun Gong says 90 on blacklist

TAIPEI (AP) July 3 --- Hong Kong police have expelled more than 90 Taiwanese [practitioners] of the Falun Gong meditation group, who planned to protest in the Chinese territory, a [practitioner] said yesterday.

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