Media Reports

An Australian Falun Gong member has arrived in Hong Kong after being
detained in Chengdu for a week.

A SYDNEY woman and her daughter will be sent back to Australia after being released by Chinese officials. Australian Falun Gong activists said yesterday.

Ms Chen’s husband, Herbert Lu, says he’s very worried about his wife as he hasn’t been able to make contact with her.

Mr Lu says she hasn’t done anything wrong.

Two Australian diplomats flew from
Beijing to southwest China Wednesday to seek access to one of their
detained nationals, believed to be a member of the banned Falun Gong
spiritual movement, the embassy said.

BEIJING.- Australia’s embassy in China is trying to contact one of its
nationals who has apparently been kidnapped by Chinese agents because of
her
membership of the Falun Gong spiritual group.

The Australian embassy has confirmed with Chinese authorities that Ms Chen is being detained but no reason was given.

Two embassy officials from Beijing are attempting to fly to Chengdu today.

Chen’s parents have been contacted by officials from the National Security Bureau who threatened them if the husband made the incident public in Australia or on the internet, it said.

The Australian embassy in Beijing is trying to locate Sydney Falun Gong practitioner Nancy Chen, who disappeared in the city of Yibin, Sichuan province, last Wednesday.

The Department of Foreign Affairs is seeking urgent confirmation of reports
that an Australian woman has been detained in China.

The Australian embassy in Beijing said Friday it was
investigating claims that one of its nationals has been kidnapped in China’s
southwestern Chengdu province.