(Minghui.org) Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Lu Jingyun from Nanjing filed a criminal complaint against former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin for launching the persecution of Falun Gong.
The complaint alleges that Jiang Zemin, the former Chinese Communist Party leader, is responsible for launching the persecution of the spiritual belief Falun Gong in 1999, and causing tremendous suffering to him and his family.
Mr. Lu mailed his complaint to the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Supreme Court on May 25, 2015. He received a confirmation of receipt from both entities the next day.
Mr. Lu Jingyuan, 46, is a former employee of the Nanjing Coal Gasification Plant. He began practicing Falun Gong in July of 1998.
Key Facts Summary
Since the onset of the persecution in July 1999, Mr. Lu Jingyuan has been arrested and his home ransacked five times. He was held in a forced labor camp for nine months and detained in a police station, detention center and brainwashing center. Ms. Jiang Lijuan, Ms. Lu's wife, was arrested and detained twice.
The persecution of Mr. Lu Jingyuan began with police officers from the Gulou Police Station, formerly Guanqu Police Station, ransacking his home, and confiscating books, as well as audio and video tapes related to Falun Gong in 1999.
Mr. Lu went to Beijing to appeal for the right to practice Falun Gong in November 2000. He was arrested, held in Beijing's Chaoyang Detention Center and escorted back to Nanjing in January of 2001. His home was ransacked and he was sentenced to one year of forced labor, to be served at the Fangqiang Labor Camp, Jiangsu Province. He was released in August 2001, because he agreed to give up his belief in Falun Gong, with guards Wang Fei and Wei Honghui (王飞、魏红惠) responsible for coercing him to do so.
Both Mr. Lu and his wife Ms. Jiang were arrested when removing information that slandered Falun Gong and its founder from the community board in 2002. His home was ransacked and both were held in the Xiaguan Detention Center for one month. The main participant in the persecution of the couple was Liu Ansheng (刘安胜), an instructor from the Gulou District 610 Office.
Liu arrested Mr. Lu at home in 2003 and took him to the Xiaguan District Brainwashing Center. Chen Dongxiao (陈东晓), director of the Xiaoguan District 610 Office, and released him once he agreed to give up Falun Gong.
Ms. Jiang was arrested at her work place in 2013 for using currency with messages about Falun Gong. The couple's home was ransacked. She was taken to the Nanjing Detention Center. The participants in her persecution include Xiao Linjian (肖林建), Domestic Security Bureau, Sun (孙指导员) police officer from the Xiaoshi Police Station and Xu (胥警官), officers from the Xinjiekou Police Station.
After Ms. Jiang's arrest, Mr. Lu was also arrested and taken to the Xiaoshi Police Station, but released at 10 p.m. that night.
During the 2014 Beijing Olympic Games, Mr. Lu's home was ransacked by Li Jianhua (李建华) from the Xuanwu District 610 Office. A computer, Shen Yun DVDs and Falun Gong books were confiscated.
After Mr. Lu was released he visited a fellow practitioner. He was arrested and detained in the Hunan Road Police Station. On Liu's orders he was transferred to the Gulou Detention Center, where he was held for one month.
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.
