("South China Morning Post", November 24, 2000)

Falun Gong activists have started distributing newsletters containing personal attacks on President Jiang Zemin to households around Beijing. It is probably the first time in a decade an underground organisation has dared to print and circulate anti-government propaganda in the capital, a crime which can carry the death penalty. Calling itself Periodical Number One and dated October 21, the one-page bulletin was distributed on Tuesday to all households in at least one large residential complex in Beijing.

An editorial asked readers to consider what they knew about the Falun Gong, and then urged them not to believe government propaganda. It gave details of the persecution suffered by the movement's followers, as well as listing the names of some of those who had died in prison.

It accused state media of distorting the truth about what had happened to those who died in detention, and promised to provide further updates in the future. "We will help you to know the truth about Falun Gong," it said.

Most of the newsletter is devoted to attacking Mr Jiang, accusing him of being a tyrant whose public statements are at odds with his internal instructions. Copyright (c) 2000. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd.

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