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Chinese submit anti-cult to Swiss authorities (03/16/2001)
A group of Chinese in Switzerland submitted letters against Falun
Gong religious cult to the Swiss authorities on Thursday morning.
In the letters to the Swiss parliament and the Swiss foreign ministry
in the Swiss capital of Bern, they urge the Swiss authorities not
to provide any direct or indirect support or encouragement to the
evil cult.
The letters were signed by some 500 Chinese students and residents
in Switzerland and people of Swiss and other nationalities within
the country.
They also called on the Swiss federal government to be on alert
against the Falun Gong cult and not to let it disturb social order
in Switzerland and harm the Swiss citizens themselves.
According to the letters, the Falun Gong cult, headed by Li Hongzhi,
has caused deaths of more than 1,600 followers and innocent people.
Li Hongzhi also plotted the recent Tia nanmen Square self-immolation
incident.
As the United Nations Human Rights Commission will start its 57th
session here next week, the group of Chinese also submitted a similar
letter Thursday afternoon to the UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights in Geneva.
(Xinhua)
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