71.   As the ambulances pulled away, some of young sect members stood by and wept.

72.   But Sharon Xu, a spokeswoman for Falun Gong in Hong Kong, said sect members were not immediately assuming the worst for Chu and Wang.

73.   Chamarette said she understood the sect members had brought hydrochloric acid and mining equipment into Western Australia when they arrived on a one-month tourist visa.

74.   China does not comment on individual cases, but denies abusing sect members sent to labor camps or to counseling centers for deprogramming.

75.   Coulson wrote that negotiations were being hurt by an inconsistent tactical strategy, including repeated punishment of sect members just when they appeared to be cooperating.

76.   Cult spokesmen also initially denied that the group had any involvement in the kidnapping of the relative of a sect member several weeks before the subway attack.

77.   Early Wednesday, police checkpoints ringed the square as officials weeded out sect members from the crowd.

78.   Falun Gong leaders have denied any political ambitions and said they did not organize protests that erupted last week after authorities reportedly arrested leading sect members.

79.   Eventually, sect members and the government reached a cease-fire.

80.   Federal officials maintain the sect members engineered their own deaths.