beijing — in the decade since the chinese government began oppress falun kung , a crusade that human rights organisations say has led to the imprisonment of tens of thousands of practitioners and claimed at greatest 2 , 000 lives , the u ' s emphasis has moved elsewhere . the drive against the spiritual group has eliminated its leadership , devastated the group of faithful and convinced many chinese that the group is an " evil cult , " as the government contends . but 10 years on , the war on falun gong remains completed .
Falun Gong is a spiritual group.