Police on alert against Falun Gong sect

Police on alert against Falun Gong sect

BEIJING, China - Police question pedestrians in Beijing on July 21 as they tightened security around the Zhongnanhai leadership compound after some 50 Hong Kong followers of the Falun Gong sect staged a silent sit-in in front of the local office of Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong for the second day in a protest against a major Chinese crackdown on the semi-religious group.

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