Published by: THE WORLD UYGHUR NETWORK NEWS, June 17, 1997

CND-Global, 6/13/97

[CND, 06/12/97] China defends itself on Monday against charges of religious persecution, according to AFP. Director of the state religious affairs bureau YE Xiaowen said that the two cases involving WU Yangmin and XU Yongze were of legitimate crackdown of _evil, illegal organizations."

Ye said that western media's misrepresentation of the cases has fueled

criticism of China's religious policies, which is unjustified and is