(Minghui.org) Many Falun Gong practitioners are now exercising their legal rights to sue Jiang Zemin for launching the persecution of their spiritual belief and causing them tremendous suffering in the past 16 years. This new wave of lawsuits against the former Chinese dictator is gaining strength by the day.
The Minghui website receives copies of criminal complaints against Jiang from many practitioners every day. In this report, we present a snapshot of some of the practitioners whose copies of lawsuits were received by Minghui on June 11, 2015.
Case 1: Mr. Li Zhiqiang (李志强)
Profession: Former worker at gear factoryHometown: Dezhou City, Shandong Province
Key FactsMr. Li was most recently arrested on March 13, 2014.He was sentenced to 4 years on April 1 this year after a secret trial.
Current CircumstancesMr. Li is still detained and is appealing his sentence.
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Details of Mr. Li's criminal complaint in Chinese language
Case 2: Mr. Wang Yanping (王艳平)
Hometown: Chifeng City, Inner MongoliaDate filed: June 4, 2015
Key FactsMr. Wang was arrested numerous times, put in brainwashing centers three times, and held in a forced labor camp for two years.Torture he suffered during his incarceration include beating, drowning, suffocation, choking, smashed toe nails, beatings, and electric shocks.
Current CircumstancesMr. Wang has been released, but he remains disabled due to past torture.His wife Ms. Wang Fenghua is unable to care for him, as she is serving seven years for practicing Falun Gong at Inner Mongolia Women's Prison.
Details of Mr. Wang's criminal complaint in Chinese language
Case 3: Ms. Zhang Yufen (张玉芬)
Profession: Former lecturer at Changchun University of Science and TechnologyHometown: Changchun City, Jilin ProvinceDate filed: June 2, 2015
Key Facts
Ms. Zhang was arrested twice, sentenced to prison once for eight years, put in a brainwashing center for two months, and fired from the university.
Current CircumstancesMs. Zhang is now free.
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Case 4: Ms. Ge Yanwen (葛彦文)
Hometown: Shijiazhuang City, Hebei ProvinceDate filed: June 7, 2015
Key Facts
Ms. Ge was arrested and tortured in a brainwashing center once.She was fired from work as a result.Her husband, also a practitioner, died in the persecution, leaving her with a young child.
Current CircumstancesMs. Ge is unable to work as a result of injuries sustained from torture.
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Details of Ms. Ge's criminal complaint in Chinese language
Case 5: Ms. Zhang Junying (张俊英)
Profession: Retired staff member of the Vehicle Parts Plant in Jiangbei DistrictHometown: Jilin City, Jilin ProvinceDate filed: May 3, 2015
Key FactsMs. Zhang was illegally arrested five times and spent a total of five and a half years in forced labor camps.During the persecution she was subjected to brainwashing, forced labor, solitary confinement, illegal searches of her home, and extortion of money.
Current CircumstancesMs. Zhang has been released from prison.
Details of Ms. Zhang's criminal 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.
