OPERATORS at a paging firm yesterday appeared to be ignoring an order from their bosses to relay messages referring to the Falun Gong.
Pager calls placed by the Sunday Morning Post naming Falun Gong were still not being relayed by CM Telecom International yesterday afternoon.
Repeated messages arranging meetings to discuss the religious sect in Hong Kong were not sent even though they were taken by operators, who are based in Shenzhen.
Speaking from the company's Shenzhen office, Supervisor Yoki Tsang blamed the relocation of signal transformers for the failures.
But non-Falun Gong messages sent immediately afterwards were transmitted.
'We have written a letter to the [Office of the Telecommunications Authority] and assured them that we will amend our old practices with immediate effect. We will send out all messages regardless of whether it is Falun Gong or not today,' said Ms Tsang.