Major Newspapers in Japan Report the Arrest of Japanese Falun Gong Practitioners in Beijing (Excerpts)
June 3, 2002
(Clearwisdom.net)
- Nikkei: Chinese authorities expelled two Japanese women on May 25, 2002.
This is the third time this year that Japanese citizens have been expelled
from China.
- Asahi Shimbun: Two Japanese Falun Gong practitioners were expelled by the
Beijing Police Department on May 25, 2002. These two 31-year-old women were
arrested because they went to Beijing to appeal for the release of all
arrested Falun Gong practitioners in China. Another 37-year-old Chinese
woman who lives in Niigata was detained at the same time.
- Sankei: Japanese Falun Gong practitioners Yoko Horie (31 years old) and
Ayumi Abe (31 years old) who live in Niitsu City of Niigata County were
expelled by Chinese authorities. A 36-year-old Chinese woman who lives in
Niigata went to Beijing with them, and she is still being detained.
- The Chugoku Shimbun: Two Japanese Falun Gong practitioners, Yoko Horie and
Ayumi Abe (both 31 years old) were expelled by Chinese authorities. Horie
arrived in Beijing on May 20 with a Japanese travel agency but she lost
contact with them on the evening of May 24. Before she went to Beijing, she
sent an announcement about "Appealing in Tiananmen Square for the
legalization of Falun Gong in China" to the media. A Niigata County
resident, the 36-year-old Chinese woman who went to Beijing with them, is
still being detained.
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