ZHENGZHOU, May
19 (Xinhua) -- "I want to shout at Li Hongzhi
that he is a shark and should
stop tricking and deceiving people
now," said Wang Jindong, a former Falun
Gong follower.
Wang played a leading role in the suicidal
burnings carried out
by a group of Falun Gong followers in Beijing's
Tian'anmen Square
on January 23, 2001. The incident left two dead and three
badly
burnt. On May 17, 2001, Wang was sentenced to 15 years in jail
for
premeditated murder.
In a Xinhua interview, Wang recalled
that after he became a
Falun Gong follower in 1996, he was obsessed with the
cult and
caused harm to his family and others.
According to Wang, the government and medical staff tried hard
to heal his
burns even though he had remained a stubborn cult
believer until the end of
last year.
He said the prison staff had been considerate
and caring and
tried hard to help him, providing him with nutritious food
and
fruit juicy, although he refused medical treatment at the
time.
Wang's wife He Haihua and daughter Wang Juan, who are also
former Falun Gong followers and stayed sometime in the
change-
through-work institution, also helped persuade him to come to
himself.
Gradually Wang became aware of his guilt and
repented the
suicidal burning in Tian'anmen Square. In his diary, Wang began
to
write about the regret he felt about what he did and his
resentment
against Li Hongzhi, the cult leader.
"Why did I once pursue so
strenuously things that resulted in
suicide and murder?" he questioned in
his diary, "If this is the '
Nirvana' that Falun Gong followers are looking
for, then I would
rather stop doing so."
On December 26,
last year, Wang declared his decision to break
from the cult in writing.
Later, he further condemned the cult
leader in articles and speeches.
Wang told Xinhua that he is writing a book entitled "The Cult
of Falun Gong", to expose Li Hongzhi's true nature.
Wang
Juan, his daughter, made a speech exposing the crimes of
Falun Gong at the
UN human rights conference in Geneva on April 9
this year.
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