1. But today he is in a labor camp, accused of organizing illegal assemblies and inciting unrest in this depressed industrial city. 2. Falun Gong remains legal in Macao and Hong Kong, but just as Macao was returned to China, its members were accused of illegal assembly. 3. Police initially charged Clarno with illegal assembly and attacking police. 4. A Taiping police spokesman said the demonstrators were probably being questioned because they participated in what authorities considered was an illegal assembly. 5. All were under investigation for rioting, participating in illegal assemblies and possession of weapons. 6. Authorities initially said they would be tried for illegal assembly and the U.S. State Department had said a trial was to have been held Monday. 7. But city Police Chief Kamaruddin Ali was quoted as saying by the Star newspaper Sunday that nine people were arrested Saturday for illegal assembly, including one Indonesian. 8. Falun Gong leaders often are prosecuted on fraud, illegal assembly and other charges, rather than for association with the movement. 9. Guan Eng and three other party members were arrested for holding an illegal assembly and obstructing police in the discharge of their duties. 10. Jonathan Oata, general secretary of the PNG Watch Council, was arrested during the raid and charged with organizing illegal assemblies. |
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