The Falun Gong spiritual group claimed yesterday that 16 followers convicted of causing an obstruction during a protest are being treated unfairly -- after a Hong Kong court failed for a full year to rule on their appeals.
"Justice delayed is justice denied," Falun Gong spokeswoman Sharon Xu said in an interview. "It's not good for Hong Kong's image."
About 30 Falun Gong followers staged a sit-in demonstration yesterday outside Beijing's representative office in Hong Kong -- near the scene of a protest that led to Hong Kong's first criminal charges against members of the meditation group banned as an "evil cult" in mainland China.
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