Beijing - Chanting members of the banned Falun Gong movement were wrestled to the ground by scores of police after unfurling banners in a series of protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square yesterday. Eyewitnesses said they saw police quash five separate Falun Gong protests in 90 minutes, as delegates poured into Beijing ahead of tomorrow's annual meeting of parliament, the National People's Congress.
One source said two middle-aged women unfurled a banner in the centre of the vast square at about 10 a.m. and chanted "Falun Dafa, Falun Dafa" ("the great wheel of law"). Another witness said he saw five separate Falun Gong protests involving around 10 people in about 90 minutes on the square, where thousands of Falun Gong members have carried out protests since the group was banned in July last year.