On the weekend of Jan. 17, Falun Gong practitioners gathered in Hong Kong to share with one another their experiences with the spiritual discipline and to hold a parade to educate the public about how individuals who share their beliefs are persecuted in mainland China.
For the first time a member of a band of agitators, who have operated for years in Hong Kong on behalf of a branch of the Chinese secret police, has been handed a criminal sentence for her conduct.
At a massive protest on Aug. 4 a primary school teacher became the focus of Hong Kongers’ desire to protect their civil liberties against the encroachments of the Chinese Communist Party.
After being besieged by a Communist Party front group for ten months, Hong Kong Falun Gong practitioners thought they had prevailed over an attempt to silence them. Then the Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department entered the picture.