5 Falun Gong die in custody

Beijing - Five more adherents of the Falun Gong spiritual movement have died in Chinese custody following severe abuse, the group…

Beijing - Five more adherents of the Falun Gong spiritual movement have died in Chinese custody following severe abuse, the group's US-based information centre said yesterday.

The five, all women, died in detention centres or police custody around China and there were some witness reports of beating and torture, the Falun Dafa Information Centre said in a statement.