Beijing - Two followers of the banned Falungong spiritual group in China have died attempting to escape police custody during the recent clampdown on its activities, the organisation said yesterday.
Ms Cheng Ying (18) died after jumping from a train while under police arrest, according to an official at Shuren Senior Middle School in Jiamusu city, where the woman lived. Another Falungong follower, Ms Zhao Dong (38), from Jixi city, Heilongjiang, also died after jumping from a train in a similar incident, Falungong's New York spokeswoman, Ms Gail Rachlin, said.