China Frees American Falun Gong Member
From Times Wire Reports
An American follower of the Falun Gong sect who was detained in Beijing returned to Detroit, saying he had been questioned and threatened before he was deported.
Jason Pomerleau, 25, said it was only because he is American that he and his Canadian girlfriend, Christine Loftus, 22, were freed.
China outlawed Falun Gong in 1999, calling it an “evil cult.”
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