Hong Kong Falun Gong chapter here to stay, says chief, refuting bogus post on exit from city

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A bogus post surfaced on a Facebook page called “The Hong Kong Association of Falun Dafa” and said the organisation had “decided to leave Hong Kong and initiated the relevant procedures”.

Several pro-establishment lawmakers subsequently shared the false reports on their own social media pages.the group did not operate any social media pages.Liang added that she believed the phoney Facebook page might have been created by pro-Beijing figures to spread fear.The Falun Gong movement was founded on the mainland in 1992, and promotes a mix of meditation, slow martial arts moves and breathing exercises.

Falun Gong followers protest outside the Legislative Council over “unlawful suppression” by the police. Photo: K. Y. Cheng The local chapter was registered in 1996, and since then it has set up street booths accusing Beijing of persecution and joined with other civil society groups to take part in the city’s annual march on July 1, a major demonstration that coincides with the anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China in 1997.

“External forces are making use of ‘religious groups’ and ‘media organisations’ and so on as a disguise for extending anti-China forces in the city,” lawmaker Elizabeth Quat said in July. Quat was among the pro-establishment figures to share Wednesday’s fake post on her Facebook page, but later deleted it.

 

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