BBC Monitoring: Falun Gong in Hong Kong Protest Ahead of Crackdown Anniversary

July 18, 2004

More than 200 Falun Gong followers here [in Hong Kong] have staged a protest, two days ahead of the fifth anniversary of Beijing's crackdown on the group. They marched from Wanchai to Beijing's Liaison Office in Sheung Wan. A spokesman for the group, Kan Hung-cheung, maintained the Falun Gong teaches healthy exercises and poses no threat to the mainland government. He accused former president Jiang Zemin of ordering the group's suppression in 1999 [...].

Source: RTHK Radio 3 audio web site, Hong Kong, in English 0800 gmt 18 Jul 04