A Chinese official expressed hope Saturday that relevant
departments of Taiwan will take effective measures to put an end to
the transmitting of illegal TV signals by the Falun Gong cult,
which attacked China's Sino Satellite (SINOSAT).
In
response to questions, the official from the Taiwan Affairs Office
of the State Council said that the crime committed by Falun Gong
followers violated public moral norms and basic civil
communications regulations.
The crime has seriously infringed on the rights and interests of
the people on the Chinese mainland and has greatly hurt the
feelings of the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, he said.
Telecommunication engineers have traced the source of the illegal
signals to the Taipei City area, said the official, adding that the
exact location of the source was made public on Thursday.
The relevant departments of Taiwan have expressed willingness to
maintain the normal order of radio waves and to make efforts to ban
any illegal use, said the official.
However, the official said that the source of the illegal signals
has not been done away with thus far.
The raising of any issue apart from the illegal TV signals by the
Taiwan's relevant departments are unwise, said the official.
Experts confirmed that the 2A, 3A, and 6A transmitters of the
SINOSAT were disturbed by illegal signals sent out by the Falun
Gong cult. These signals cut into transmissions using the SINOSAT
system, which covers the entire territory of China.
(Xinhua News
Agency September 29, 2002)