Eric Campbell and Hagar Cohen - The power of Falun Gong

They’re a familiar sight exercising and meditating in suburban parks. A joint Foreign Correspondent-Background Briefing investigation delves into the world of Falun Gong and its mysterious leader.

ABC looks into the Falun Gong, a group that disproves of both interrace marriage and homosexuality. Anna was brought up as a mixed race child in the Falun Gong, who later discovered that she was gay. She says her experience in the organisation caused her to suffer long lasting mental problems.

The leader of Falun Gong claims that race mixing in humans is part of an alien plot to drive humanity further from the gods,” says Anna. “He says that when a child is born from an interracial marriage, that child does not have a heavenly kingdom to go to. 

Shani, another young woman, believed that Falun Gong was indirectly responsible for the death of her mother, as they discourage the use of medication, which her mother needed. Shani worries that thousands of other people are having their lives ruined by this organisation.

ABC also looks into Falun Gong's links to right-wing organisations and the American Republican Party.


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The power of Falun Gong




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reign Correspondent-Background Briefing investigation delves into the world of Falun Gong and its mysterious leader.