Li Guanglian: I want to tell those still being obsessed by Falun Gong the lessons I had learned and the stories on how Falun Gong cult ruined my family so as to give a warning to all practitioners.
Ten years after China banned the Falun Gong, traumatic memories left by the illegal cult still linger in the minds of former practitioners and their relatives, as the self-proclaimed spiritual movement continues to wage a battle against China's presence, especially in Western countries.
The seven-year experience is a nightmare for me, for I have done a lot of illegal and immoral things harmful to the country, to my family, and to me as well. I used to have a happy family, but now I've got nothing but a broken marriage and a broken family.
Li Xiangchun was born in February 1965 in Jiangsu Province. In October 2002, he boarded a plane from San Francisco to Shanghai, carrying with him an illegal scheme to cut in the local CATV network of Yangzhou to put on some Falun Gong programs. Then, he was spotted by the local police.
At about 19:00 on March 5, 2002, many families in Changchun City, Jilin Province were watching CCTV news program as usual. At 19:19, to their surprise, the signal was interrupted, and after a few seconds, the programs of the cult Falun Gong appeared dimly on the TV...
I am Tang Liangyou, male, aged 40, finished primary school education only, I live in Haian County of Jiangsu Province with a living of barber. As a victim of Falun Gong, the memory of "4.25 Incident" in 1999 is unforgettable, every detail of the day flashes back vividly.
The founder of Falun Gong, Li Hongzhi, was once employed as a trumpeter in a police band. Journalists who have interviewed Li describe him as 'peaceful and baby-faced', his followers know him as the physical embodiment of Buddha whilst the Chinese Communist Party have labelled him a malicious cult l...
On June 15, 2006, the People's Court of Fengxian County in Jiangsu Province put defendants Li Guangmin and Li Xingkui on trial as suspects of being involved in a gang rape.
A small skirmish erupted at last weekend's Asian festival, pitting festival organizers against Falun Gong practitioners. Festival spokesman Michael Kwan said the problem was simply a matter of the group not following the rules and pleasing the sponsors.
Slovak authorities have banned a demonstration by six human rights organisations planned during Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit in Bratislava Thursday, including Falun Gong Association.
Dai Hongjin who used to be a Falun Gong practitioner in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, has suffered too much to have such a lovely angel, and the woeful past recurred slowly to her.
About 100 Falun Gong supporters were blocked midway through their march on Queen St of Auckland, New Zealand by the police and told to march on the footpath.
This is a true story of Falun Gong practitioner in Beijing Li Xiuzhu, who started practicing Falun Gong in 1994. Since they were living a vagrant life without any income, they had to spend money buying paper and printing ink to "popularize the Fa."
Mediachannel.org reported on June 3 that, just last month CBS, on the entertainment side, referenced Falun Gong as terrorists in an episode of The UNIT, an international cop and intrigue show.
The expert Patsy Rahn comments on if Falun Gong is a cult from three characteristics that centralized control by a charismatic leader; an us-versus-them mentality that isolates; and a lack of toleration of dissent which are based on material found in the Zhuan Falun.