The Chinese authorities raised a protest Wednesday over the
adoption of a bill by the US House of Representatives asking China
to stop "persecution" of Falun Gong practioners.
Leaders of the National People's Congress (NPC) Foreign Affairs
Office and of the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference (CPPCC) Foreign Affairs Office as well as Foreign
Ministry spokesman Kong Quan expressed their indignation over the
bill, which ignores the crimes committed by the cult and openly
supports the cult.
The bill says that the ban of Falun Gong by the Chinese Government
violates the Chinese Constitution.
Remarks by the NPC Foreign Affairs Office and the CPPCC Foreign
Affairs Office and the Foreign Ministry spokesman refuted the bill
as being drafted with ulterior motives and malicious intent.
Falun Gong stipulates that its members cannot go to doctors when
they fall ill, and as a result 1,700 practioners have died.
Facts explicitly show that Falun Gong is a cult, and a ban of a
cult by the Chinese Government is not only in line with the Chinese
Constitution, but also in line with the international convention on
citizens' rights and political rights.
The Chinese authorities said that the double standard applied by
the US House of Representatives toward the cult will certainly be
opposed by people across the world who want to see justice served
against the cult.
(Xinhua News
Agency July 26, 2002)