””””BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhuanet) -- Angered by its attack on China's
telecommunications satellite Sinosat, people across China have again expressed
their strong indignation against the Falun Gong cult.
””””"The attack constitutes a serious violation of international
telecommunications regulations, world order and public morality," said Chen
Ruming, a researcher with the China Institute of Telecommunications.
””””"If such behavior is not checked, it could cause a catastrophe to global
telecommunications satellites, and civilization," he added.
””””Between June 23 and 30, the cult illegally launched radio signals to jam
the transmission of China's Sinosat satellite. As a result, nine channels of
China's Central Television Station and 10 provincial television stations were
seriously affected.
””””Yang Guiming, senior engineer with the Chinese Central Meteorological
Station, said that jamming the satellite transmission posed a threat to the
gathering of weather data.
””””"This is very dangerous in the current flood season", he said.
””””"While we were going all out to fight floods, the Falun Gong cult attacked
our satellite. They are very mean," said Liang Fei, who lives in the recently
flooded Yudu County of Jiangxi.
””””Television viewers were angry over the interruption to TV programs. "Look
how many lives they've destroyed. And they are still so unscrupulous. We must
deal them a heavy blow," said a television viewer in Baotou, the Inner Mongolia
Autonomous Region.
””””"Modern communications must not stop for a minute because they are as
important to society as vital nerves are to a person's life.By interfering with
communications facilities, the Falun Gong cultis committing crimes," said Zhang
Chu, a professor at the Beijing Post and Telecommunications University.
””””"Such acts cannot be tolerated in a modern law-abiding society," he said.
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