A Falun Gong practitioner claims that seven men, identifying themselves as policemen from China, removed her group’s exhibits near the Tugu Negara in Kuala Lumpur last Friday.
She said the exhibits had been placed on the walkway to the national monument.
The woman, who wanted to be known only as Yong, told FMT she had set up the booth there three months ago to educate the public about Falun Gong, a spiritual movement banned in China.
“I chased after them and asked for the items to be returned. One of them said, ‘We are policemen from China’. They ignored my pleas and drove off,” she added.
Yong claimed the men left in a van accompanied by a local tour guide and driver.
Video clips provided by Yong appear to show several men carrying the exhibits and placing them in the rear of the tour van.
FMT has not been able to verify the identities of those involved.
Yong said she felt threatened by the apparent involvement of a foreign element in the incident, asserting that it infringed upon her rights to free speech and expression.
She later lodged a police report at the Dang Wangi police station. FMT has sighted the report and reached out to the police for comment.
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual movement that combines meditation with qigong exercises.
Although banned in China since 1999, it is active in more than 100 countries and its main text, Zhuan Falun, has been translated into over 50 languages.
FMT has also reached out to the China embassy in Kuala Lumpur for comment.
