‘Growing Threats’ in Hong Kong Against Spiritual Practice ‘Deeply Concerning’: Benedict Rogers
The recent media campaign against a spiritual practice and the harassment of its followers in Hong Kong is “deeply concerning,” Benedict Rogers, co-founder and chief executive of the NGO Hong Kong Watch, said on Tuesday.
Since April 20, Ta Kung Pao, a Hong Kong media outlet widely regarded as a mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), has published a series of slanderous articles attacking Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, a Buddha-school spiritual discipline that has been suppressed in China for 22 years.
The media campaign is reminiscent of a similar campaign in mainland China in 1999 when the Chinese regime started its persecution of Falun Gong.
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China s national legislature on Thursday approved a controversial resolution to overhaul Hong Kong s electoral system to allow only so-called patriots to hold office in the former British colony.
Beijing Adopts Plan to Control Hong Kong Elections
China’s rubber-stamp legislature has approved a draft decision to change Hong Kong’s electoral system, making it virtually impossible for the opposition to affect the outcome of elections.
On March 11, the final day of the annual plenum of the National People’s Congress (NPC), 2,895 delegates voted in favor of the electoral overhaul with zero against and one abstention.
The electoral changes will further reduce democratic representation in the former British colony and introduce a mechanism to vet politicians’ loyalty to the Chinese regime and make sure that only “patriots” are allowed to rule Hong Kong.