Dow Jones Newswires: HK Police Expelled Over 90 Taiwan Falun Gong Practitioners

TAIPEI (AP)--Hong Kong police have expelled more than 90 Taiwanese practitioners of the Falun Gong meditation group who had planned to protest in the Chinese territory, a practitioner said Tuesday.

Also expelled from Hong Kong's airport Monday were about 30 other Taiwanese tourists who were mistaken for Falun Gong members because they had the same names as those on a black list, said Chang Ching-hsi, [a spokesperson] of the group's Taiwan branch.

Still, dozens of other Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioners entered Hong Kong last weekend without being detected and participated in a [peaceful] protest to denounce China's crackdown on the group, Chang said.

"We really question whether Hong Kong is a democratic place that respects human rights," Chang said.

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The Liberty Times, a mass-market Taiwanese newspaper, quoted Falun Gong practitioner Tsai Ching-chuang as saying several practitioners who refused to be expelled were put in bags with their hands and feet bound with ropes.