Hong Kong protesters kept away from chinese leaders
Chinese President Jiang Zemin flew to Hong Kong today to mingle with corporate bosses at a forum shadowed by controversy when their former British colony apparently tried to mute Falun Gong protests by barring more than 100 overseas members from entering.
Falun Gong spokeswoman Sharon Xu attacked the ‘‘pure discrimination against Falun Gong practitioners’’ kept away from demonstrations where the meditation sect accused Beijing of the torture-killings of 202 followers in mainland Chinese custody.