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| | Li Hongzhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Li's real birth date is disputed; while he has said that he was born on May 13, 1951, Chinese authorities allege that he was actually born on July 7, 1952, and that he lied about his birth date so that it would be the same as Buddhism's founder Sakyamuni. |
 | | In China, Li Hongzhi's name remains blacklisted by the Great Firewall of China, and Falun Gong practitioners held in prisons or Laogai (forced labor camps) are pressured to denounce him as part of their "re-education" process. |
 | | Li claimed to have supernatural abilities in some of his lectures, and that he advocated his students not to take medicine when they're sick, which, according to Xinhua News Agency, caused some 1,400 Falun Gong practitioners to die. |
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