(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 growing.
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 July 2, 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.
“They soaked a towel in boiling water then held it to my feet. Blisters erupted all over my feet and I couldn't walk at all. Then they dragged me back and forth on the ground until the blisters on my feet broke.”
“Because I refused to give up my belief, they locked me in a small cell for five months.”
The above are part of a criminal complaint submitted by Ms. Han Shuhua.
Mr. Qiao Fangtian was happy to see his son Mr. Qiao Jianjun change from a bad tempered person to a nice and caring one after practicing Falun Gong. He couldn't understand why his son was sentenced to four years in prison simply because he distributed DVDs with information about the persecution of Falun Gong.
Mr. Li Xiaobai was sentenced to prison twice and detained four times. To protest his illegal detention, he went on a hunger strike for 15 months. His cell phone is still monitored. His wife Ms. Tang Guilin was detained twice.
Case 1: Mr. Han Shuhua (韩淑华)
Profession: UnknownHometown: Dalian City, Liaoning ProvinceDate filed: June 23, 2015
Key FactsMs. Han was sent to a forced labor camp for two years for doing exercises in a public park in 2001.
She was kept in a metal cage and her limbs were tightly tied to metal bars with her legs spread apart. A prisoner put a towel into boiling water then covered her feet and legs with it. Soon her legs were covered with blisters.
Then she was dragged back and forth until the blisters broke open. Her legs became infected later and the prison nurse removed whole chunks of skin without local anesthesia.
In order to try to force her to give up her belief, she was sent to a brainwashing facility in January 2003. Ms. Han was deprived of sleep and forced to watch videos and listen to audios slandering Falun Dafa.
The brainwashing failed, and she was locked in a small cell for five months. In the winter she was forced to sleep on cold and wet ground with a window opened widely.
She was sent to a brainwashing center again in 2011 for 50 days. Constant mental torture ruined her health. She developed high blood pressure, suffered hair loss, and had problems with her eyesight.
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Details of complaint in Chinese language
Profession: Designer for the China Petrochemical CorporationHometown: Qingdao City, Shandong ProvinceDate filed: June 18, 2015
Key FactsMr. Qiao Jianjun's father, Mr. Qiao Fangtian, filed a lawsuit against Jiang on Jianjun's behalf for his illegal imprisonment.
Mr. Qiao Jianjun was arrested on July 15, 2012 in Wenshui County, Shanxi Province after being spotted passing out Shen Yun DVDs to locals. He was driving through the province on a trip, and his family never expected that he'd remain detained since then.
The 36-year-old was later given four years and sent to Jinzhong Prison in Shanxi Province, where he was forced to work at a clothing factory and tortured.
His baby boy was born two months after his arrest, and he hasn't seen his baby even once yet.
Current CircumstancesMr. Qiao Jianjun's cell phone is monitored.
Related reports:Mr. Qiao Jianjun from Wenshui County, Shanxi Province, Sentenced to Four-Year Prison Term—Family Sues the Police and Court
Details of complaint in Chinese language
Case 3: Husband Mr. Li Xiaobai (李小柏) and Wife Ms. Tang Guilin (唐桂林)
Profession: UnknownHometown: BeijingDate filed: June 26, 2015
Key FactsLi Xiaobai was sentenced to three years in prison twice, and was detained four times. He was sent to brainwashing centers twice.
The latest arrest happened in December 2011; he went on a hunger strike for 15 months to protest the illegal detention.
His wife Ms. Tang Guilin was arrested in March 2008 and detained at Hunan Province Women's Prison for four years. The second arrest took place in December 2011. She was sent to a forced labor center for two years.
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Details of complaint in Chinese language
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.