Among the 40 western Falun Gong practitioners was 1 Dutch person. His name is Egon Knapen, born 6 September 1973 in Breda, Software Engineer for Siemens in Munich, Germany. He has been practicing Falun Gong for about 2 years. He was arrested separately from the rest of the group of Falun Gong practitioners. His whereabouts and situation are unknown.