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Hong Kong Falungong practitioners picket anti-cult show

AFP, Sep. 3, 2001
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Falungong practitioners staging a sit-in protest at an anti-cult exhibition here Monday urged the event's China-backed organisers to stop its "smear campaign" against the spiritual group.

"We want the organisers to put a stop to the smear campaign," said Lu Jie, who organised the protest. "There is no truth in the exhibition."

She demanded an apology from the organisers of the three-day exhibition, which is backed by groups including Beijing newspaper Wen Wei Po.

"We want the organisers to apologize," said Lu, adding that the Falungong was registered in Hong Kong and was considering legal action.

Falungong practitioners have been protesting at the three-day exhibition since it opened on Sunday and are calling on its organisers to stop being used as "tools" of Beijing. Members plan to hand in a petition and confirmed their protest will continue until the event closes on Tuesday.

The three-day anti-cult exhibition, in the China Resources Building in business district Wanchai, is Hong Kong's second in less than six months. Organisers hope to draw attention to what they describe as the threat of Falungong.
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