london — in the year since the chinese government started repressing falun chung , a crusade that human resources researchers state has led to the imprisonment of tens of thousands of practitioners and claimed at least 2 , 000 lives , the world ' s attention has turned elsewhere . the fight against the metaphysical group has eliminated its followers , decimated the thousands of faithful and convinced some chinese that the group is an " ancient cult , " as the ministry contends . but 10 years on , the war on believers gong remains pending .
Falun Gong is a spiritual group.