(Clearwisdom.net) On April 23 2004, the VOA reported that Falun Gong practitioners sued Chinese Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai, who is visiting the US, for genocide, murder and crimes against humanity.

The report stated that attorneys for Falun Gong had filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court of the District of Columbia, and that legal papers had been served to Bo Xilai. It was pointed out that during Bo Xilai's administration in Liaoning Province, Liaoning authorities brutally persecuted Falun Gong practitioners. Falun Gong has filed lawsuits in the US and several European countries against visiting Chinese officials. The news from Falun Gong did not mention the amount of money involved in the lawsuits, but stated the intent of the lawsuits were to establish the basic facts of these crimes through legal procedures and to lay a foundation for further legal actions. The Chinese government media has never report such news.

The report also stated that the Jiang regime's brutal persecution has brought strong criticism from the international community.

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