Snapshot of Falun Gong Practitioners Whose Copies of Lawsuits Against Jiang Zemin Were Received by Minghui on October 5, 2015

(Minghui.org) Many Falun Gong practitioners are now exercising their legal right to sue Jiang Zemin for launching the persecution of Falun Gong and causing them great harm and tremendous suffering during the past 16 years. The momentum of this new wave of lawsuits against the former Chinese dictator is on the rise.

The Minghui website receives copies of criminal complaints against Jiang from many practitioners daily. In this report, we present a snapshot of some of the practitioners whose copies of lawsuits were received by Minghui on October 5, 2015.

These lawsuits are mailed to the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate, which are required to process all criminal complaints filed by citizens, as of a recent ruling by the Supreme People's Court.A victim of sexual assault documented the crime in her lawsuit of among more than ten Falun Gong practitioners at the Dalian Forced Labor Camp. An accountant and a physician recount torture during ten years of forced labor terms.

Case 1: Ms. Fu Shuying (付淑英)

Profession: UnknownHometown: Dalian City, Liaoning ProvinceDate filed: July 28, 2015

Key FactsMs. Fu Shuying was arrested in 2000 when she protested in Beijing against the persecution of Falun Gong. She was given two years in the Dalian Labor Camp. While on a hunger strike, she was brutally force-fed. The labor camp guards then electrocuted her until she foamed at the mouth while twitching uncontrollably.

Over ten female practitioners were sexually assaulted on March 19, 2001, including Ms. Fu. Guards pushed shoe brushes, soft drink bottles, toothbrushes, cucumbers, mop sticks, and their fists into the practitioners' vaginas. Many of the victims bled profusely and could not stand or walk. One later had a mental breakdown.

Ms. Fu, 57 at the time, was sexually tortured again in February 2002. After her arms and legs were pulled open and tied down, guards ordered inmates to push a long stick into her vagina. They also used toothbrushes and a chair to scrape and tear her vagina, causing an infection.

Her health deteriorated, and she was released on medical parole after a year and a half in detention. Two weeks later, she was arrested again and brought back to the labor camp.

Ms. Fu was arrested again on July 13, 2005. She was brutally beaten and force-fed when she went on a hunger strike. Her family was asked to bail her out 19 days later, when she was on verge of death.

Her husband's health worsened from the stress of his wife's abuse, and he passed away.

Current CircumstancesMs. Fu is bedridden and cared for by her relatives.

Details of complaint in Chinese language

Case 2: Ms. Wu Wanming (吴万明)

Profession: AccountantHometown: TianjinDate filed: June 30, 2015

Key FactsMs. Wu Wanming was arrested four times and detained for a total of 16 months.

She was fired from her job after her first arrest on July 29, 1999.

During her third detention on June 26, 2000, she was tied to an iron chair and brutally force-fed. Later, she was given 18 months of forced labor. She worked long hours and was made to attend brainwashing sessions. After 11 months in detention, she had a mental breakdown and was released.

Her daughter was in the first grade when the persecution began. The little girl grew up witnessing her mother's arrest, their home being ransacked by police, and harassment by the authorities.

On September 2, 2015, Ms. Wu was intercepted while on a bus to the Beijing International Airport to pick up her daughter. The police told her that Falun Gong practitioners were not allowed to go to Beijing because of a planned military parade, and escorted her to the airport in a police car.

Details of complaint in Chinese language

Case 3: Ms. Huang Pingping (黄萍萍)

Profession: ObstetricianHometown: Shan County, Shandong ProvinceDate filed: Not specified

Key FactsMs. Huang Pingping was arrested on March 31, 2008 at the hospital where she worked. Police ransacked her home and sent her to two years of forced labor. She worked long hours, made to sit for hours on a “small stool,” and deprived of sleep.After her release, she was not allowed to return to her original post as a clinical obstetrician. Instead, she was assigned to do service work.It was mental torture for her parents to see their only daughter suffering this way. Her father's health deteriorated and he became bed-ridden after her arrest. Her mother lost weight and became emaciated.Officials from the local 610 Office often came to her workplace and her home to harass her.

Details of complaint in Chinese language

Background

In 1999, Jiang Zemin, as head of the Chinese Communist Party, overrode other Politburo standing committee members and launched the violent suppression of Falun Gong.

The persecution has led to the deaths of many Falun Gong practitioners in the past 16 years. More have been tortured for their belief and even killed for their organs. Jiang Zemin is directly responsible for the inception and continuation of the brutal persecution.

Under his personal direction, the Chinese Communist Party established an extralegal security organ, the “610 Office,” on June 10, 1999. The organization overrides police forces and the judicial system in carrying out Jiang's directive regarding Falun Gong: to ruin their reputations, cut off their financial resources, and destroy them physically.

Chinese law allows for citizens to be plaintiffs in criminal cases, and many practitioners are now exercising that right to file criminal complaints against the former dictator.