China's Falun Gong is "one of the world's most dangerous doomsday
cults," said an article with the title: "Falun Gong, Buddhism,
Suicide," which was carried in the Spanish magazine, Interview.
The article was written by Interview's journalist Anderes Sanchez,
who recently visited China. In his article, Sanchez cited living
examples of how believers have become enthralled by the Falun Gong
and often commit suicide as directed by the doomsday cult.
The article said the cult is notorious for its habit of seeking
death. Li Hongzhi, the leader of the Falun Gong, always encourages
his believers to "leave the dustbin-like world" by killing
themselves by hanging, jumping from precipices, lying on the rails,
cutting their arteries or taking poison.
The article claims the view that behind the suicide and murder
cases hides the disciple's blind believe in Lin Hongzhi, the
ringleader of the doomsday cult "Falun Gong". The article relates
how Li Hongzhi made his career as the founder of the cult, and
points out that "Li Hongzhi is not a prophet, nor disciplinarian,
to say nothing of being a Buddhist monk." Behind the promise of Li
to his followers lies his evil intention to amass wealth. Some
followers cut their bellies with sharp tools to search for the so
called "Fa Lun" which leads only to unfortunate deaths.
The Falungong cult is a "deceitful" organization preaching
Doomsday, and more and more relatives of Falungong followers are
charging it with wrecking its believers, the article said, adding
that the fanaticism of Falungong has dropped sharply in China since
the Chinese government declared the doomsday cult an illegal
organization and issued an arrest warrant for Li Hongzhi.
(Xinhua News
Agency December 11, 2001)