A SYDNEY woman has been snatched off the street by police while visiting
relatives in China, with friends believing she has been arrested because of
her spiritual beliefs.
Nancy Chen, 34, last contacted her family on Wednesday, telling them she had
been “kidnapped” in Chengdu city in central China.
Ms Chen, of Canterbury, is a practitioner of falun gong meditation which is
outlawed in China.
Her family in Australia confirmed that she was detained by the Chinese
national security department.
But the Australian Government is yet to get a response from Beijing to its
inquiries.
Ms Chen arrived in China with her six-year-old daughter for a visit to her
parents on January 17.
According to friends in Australia, Ms Chen left her daughter with her mother
while she visited friends on Monday.
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Posting date: 25/Jan/2003
Original article date: 25/Jan/2003
Category: Media Reports
