Friday, March 9, 2001; 11:56 a.m. EST
BEIJING Six people accused of giving out leaflets promoting the banned Falun Gong spiritual [group] have been arrested in northeastern China, a state news agency said Friday.
Chinese leaders meeting this month at the annual session of the national legislature in Beijing have referred to crushing the Falun Gong as a key government goal. Beijing contends [Chinese government's slanderous words].
The six who were arrested printed 68,000 copies of 30 pamphlets in secret in the city of Shenyang, the China News Service said on its Web site.
The report added to evidence of the tenacity of the group despite an often brutal 19-month-old campaign of arrests and public vilification aimed at eliminating the spiritual movement.
The followers arrested in Shenyang had planned to submit a letter to the legislature and "[Chinese government's slanderous words]" the China News Service said.
It gave no details of the letter's content.
Police closed in on the group after Falun Gong handbills appeared on Shenyang power poles, the report said.
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