The [practitioners], 11 Hong Kongers, four Swiss nationals and one New Zealander, were arrested in March during a protest outside a Chinese government office. They refused to pay their fines, arguing the charges were unfair.
The woman who paid the HK$29,300 ($3,760) fine in cash in August remains a mystery. Falun Gong [practitioners] say she may be a sympathiser, but some speculate that she is a government official sent to pay the fine and bring the case to a close. If the convicted members had continued to refuse to pay the fine they would have been jailed, which would have brought more publicity to the controversial case.
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http://www.economist.com/cities/briefing.cfm?city_id=HK
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