Experts from China and abroad have refuted claims made by the Falungong cult that the nation harvests organs from its practitioners.
Three Falun Gong cult followers have been imprisoned by a court in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, according to local authorities.
A memorial service was held at a major subway station in Tokyo on Sunday to commemorate the lives lost 21 years ago in the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin gas attack that took the lives of 13 people and left thousands injured.
Five cult members stand trial Thursday morning on murder charges in Yantai Intermediate People's Court in east China's Shandong Province.
Chinese police have arrested nearly 1,000 suspected members of the illegal quannengshen (almighty god) cult, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
Police in two northern Chinese regions Tuesday said they have arrested some 1,500 cult members over the past two years.
The Chinese public are outraged at the slaughter of an innocent woman, beaten to death by six suspected cult members last week.
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