Breaking News - Mass arrests of Falun Gong Practitioners as Olympics approach
According to reports from the website Clearwisdom, a major website covering the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Over the last month, in Guangzhou city of Guangdong Province, it has been confirmed that local police or those of the Gestapo-like 610 office have arrested at least 11 practitioners. Local police also searched practitioners’ homes and confiscated their computers and other personal belongings at the time of arrest.
Under the name of the Olympics, the state security police and local police in Songyuan city of Jilin Province and 610 Office deployed a full-scale operation to harass and arrest Falun Gong practitioners in the city. The objective was to force practitioners to give up their beliefs in truth, compassion and tolerance, the principles of Falun Gong. Nearly one hundred practitioners were harassed, more than ten were arrested and many were forced into homelessness, in addition to the nearly 30 practitioners in that area who are under detention already.
It is understood that Songyuan is one of the cities on the route of the Olympic torch relay. In order to prevent Falun Gong practitioners from protesting, the local Communist Party authorities and municipal government held a meeting recently where the party leader of the city Lan Jun, and the deputy mayor Wu Xinghong announced the local police would have a 100-day strict crackdown of Falun Gong Practitioners.
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