Falun Gong Practitioner Turned into Chicken RaiserChinese officials have successfully turned a former Falun Gong practitioner away from the cult and he now raises chickens, providing the latest example that people can turn away from the lure of the cult.Li Huiyin, 66, a farmer in north China's Hebei province, became a Falun Gong follower two years ago. He spent all his days reciting the instructions of Li Hongzhi, ringleader of the cult, and neglected his farmland and hog pens. As a result, he became one of the poorest people in the village. County officials and village heads approached Li and told him that Falun Gong was absurd and suggested that a business tycoon deserves more respect. His wife also persuaded him to split with Li Hongzhi and conform to Communism. Since he was a wise man, Li quickly recognized that making money was more useful than reciting Falun Gong scriptures. Currently he is rasing 11,000 chickens and earns thousands of yuan a year, showing no interest at all in trying to be an immortal through the cult's meditation. |
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