Snapshot of Falun Gong Practitioners Whose Copies of Lawsuits Against Jiang Zemin Were Received by Minghui on July 24, 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 wave of lawsuits against the former Chinese dictator is on the rise.

The Minghui website receives copies of these criminal complaints daily. In this report, we present a snapshot of three of the practitioners whose copies of lawsuits were received on July 24, 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.

Employers Pressured to Dismiss Practitioners

For practicing Falun Gong, these practitioners were not only detained and imprisoned, but incurred financial losses after being demoted or dismissed by their employers. They are seeking compensation for mental harm to their families and financial losses.

Mr. Feng Zhijuan, 73, a retired director of the Zhoukou City Procuratorate, was detained, imprisoned, and fired from his job. He receives only a 400 yuan monthly allowance, not enough to live on.

A deputy director of Dalian Oil Refinery's No. 7 Plant, Mr. Sun Wenxiang was arrested many times, demoted, and had his benefits reduced.

Ms. Li Yan, a physics teacher honored as a "Ten-Merit Teacher in the Subject," was arrested multiple times and demoted. Her father could not bear the stress and had a mental collapse.

1: Mr. Feng Zhijun (冯志俊)

Profession: Retired deputy director of Procuratorate supervision departmentHometown: Zhoukou City, Henan ProvinceDate filed: July 8, 2015

Key Facts: Mr. Feng was detained three times and sentenced to forced labor and prison. He was demoted at work and eventually terminated.

He was first arrested in July 2001 and held in a brainwashing center for one month.

Mr. Feng was given two years of forced labor on January 9, 2003, following his second arrest in December 2002. Rejected by the labor camp due to his health condition and old age, he was held in a detention center until January 21, 2003, when he was released on bail.

He was sentenced to four years in January 2010, a year after his third arrest. In prison, he was subjected to brainwashing and strict surveillance, and was not allowed to see or call his family. When he was released on June 3, 2012, his discovered that he had been fired and would get no pension.

After 19 months of repeated requests, he began to receive a monthly allowance of 400 yuan.

Details of complaint in Chinese

2: Mr. Sun Wenxiang (孙文祥)

Profession: Deputy director of the No. 7 Plant, Dalian Oil RefineryHometown: Dalian City, Liaoning ProvinceDate filed: July 2015

Key Facts: Shortly after the persecution began, Dalian Oil Refinery falsely advertised on the radio that its employee Mr. Sun “had stopped practicing Falun Gong.” The company also began to closely monitor his and his daughter's whereabouts.

In the years that followed, Mr. Sun was arrested numerous times and had his home ransacked. He was forced to attend brainwashing sessions, but refused to renounce his belief. His employer kept harassing him and his daughter, expelled him from the Chinese Communist Party, demoted him, and reduced his benefits.

His daughter was detained for over 20 days in April 2000 for practicing Falun Gong.

To avoid further arrests, Mr. Sun had to live away from home on and off for almost a decade.

Details of complaint in Chinese

3: Ms. Li Yan (李妍)

Profession: Physics teacherHometown: Changchun City, Jilin ProvinceDate filed: July 9, 2015

Key Facts: Ms. Li has been arrested numerous times and had her home ransacked. She was held in a detention center and brainwashing center and was put under long-term surveillance. She was also demoted at work and given a substantial pay cut.

Her parents, worried about her safety, lived in fear and panic for over ten years. As a result, her father fell ill and had a mental collapse.

Details of complaint in Chinese

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 during 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.