by: MIN LEE, Associated Press Writer
A Hong Kong man arrested for carrying Falun Gong materials into mainland
China faces trial there Friday, according to fellow members of the spiritual
group who worry authorities will make an example of him.
“They’ve already decided he’s guilty. They’re deferring to the wishes of
senior Chinese leaders,” said Kan Hung-cheung, a Hong Kong-based spokesman
for Falun Gong, a spiritual movement outlawed in the mainland.
Suen Chung-man was detained while trying to cross from Hong Kong into the
border city of Shenzhen on May 14, when the Chinese authorities found in his
luggage 100 video compact discs showing Falun Gong activities, said his
wife, Wong Am.
Mainland police then raided a home Suen keeps in Shenzhen and seized 1,000
more Falun Gong VCDs, Wong said.
The Falun Gong remains legal in Hong Kong and frequently protests against
Beijing’s often-deadly crackdown in the mainland.
Suen, 47, was scheduled to face trial Friday in Shenzhen, Wong said, adding
that her lawyer predicted Suen’s case would take less than a day and end
with a prison sentence of at least five years.
The Falun Gong released what it called an official letter from Shenzhen
police, saying that Suen was arrested for allegedly “obstructing law
enforcement through evil cult activities.”
A telephone call to Shenzhen police’s Longgang branch, which issued the
letter, went unanswered Thursday afternoon.
Posting date: 22/Nov/2002
Original article date: 22/Nov/2002
Category: Media Reports
