People With Suspected Ties to Beijing Vandalize Falun Gong Adherents’ Booths in Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, the safety of Falun Gong practitioners is again being called into question after several roadside information booths run by practitioners were vandalized by people believed to have ties to the Chinese regime.
Whether the local practitioners could continue to freely practice their beliefs became a concern when Beijing imposed a draconian national security law on Hong Kong in late June. The law punishes vaguely defined crimes such as “subversion” and “collusion” with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a practice centered around meditation exercises and moral teachings based on truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. Amid Falun Gong’s growing popularity in mainland China, the Chinese regime, fearing the practice would threaten its rule, began a sweeping suppression campaign in July 1999.