overseas media on Falun Gong

All of the 35 foreign nationals who staged a demonstration in Tian'anmen Square Tuesday afternoon proclaiming their adherence to Falun Gong had left China by 19:00 Wednesday.

According to local police sources, at about 14:00 Tuesday, the foreigners unfurled banners bearing Falun Gong slogans in the square and then held a sit-in, while practicing Falun Gong and shouting Falun Gong phrases.

The police warned them that their behavior violated Chinese laws governing parades and demonstrations and cults.

They were ordered to leave within a set time, and treated with humanitarian concern, the sources said.