(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 tremendous suffering during the past 16 years. This new wave of lawsuits against the former Chinese dictator has been rapidly gaining momentum.
The Minghui website receives copies of criminal complaints against Jiang from many practitioners daily. In this report, we present a snapshot of three of the practitioners whose copies of lawsuits were received by Minghui on July 29, 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.
Different Backgrounds, Similar Experiences
The three Falun Gong practitioners came from different backgrounds, but experienced similar abuse. One of them, Ms. Cui Huifang, was a labor camp guard who was moved by imprisoned practitioners' kindness and started learning Falun Gong. For attending a practitioner's trial, she is now detained and being charged with “disclosing state secrets.”
Ms. Wang Fan, a Russian language translator, was detained numerous times with her husband. The police again arrested her at home with her eight-month-old baby. The baby was sent to a relative's home while Ms. Wang remains detained.
1. Ms. Cui Huifang (崔会芳)
Profession: Retired guard at Jiamusi City Forced Labor CampHometown: Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang ProvinceDate filed: recently, date not specified
Key FactsMs. Cui was previously a labor camp guard and participated actively in the torture of practitioners. However, she was moved by the practitioners' kindness and eventually started learning Falun Gong herself. Because of her job, it was easy for her to obtain a copy of Zhuan Falun, as many Falun Gong books had been confiscated by police.
One month before her retirement in January 2015, she was arrested for trying to attend a practitioner's trial. She was released on the same day but placed under surveillance. She was again arrested on February 22, 2015.
Current CircumstancesMs. Cui is currently detained at Jiamusi City detention center, charged with “disclosing state secrets.” Her family has hired a lawyer from Beijing. Her son has also written a letter to the prosecutor to appeal for Ms. Cui's release.
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Details of complaint in Chinese language
2. Mr. Yu Yang (于洋)
Profession: Former sales managerHometown: Shenyang City, Liaoning ProvinceDate filed: June 21, 2015
Key FactsMr. Yu was arrested many times and forced to leave home for seven years to avoid further persecution. Once, he was arrested in 2004 for making materials to raise awareness of the persecution. He was tortured and later forced-fed after he went on a hunger strike to oppose the persecution. The brutal force-feeding caused him to go into shock, and he was sent to the hospital. He was released after 13 days.
In 2008, when the authorities found that he assisted in contacting ten lawyers to defend a practitioner in court, he was again arrested and sent to a forced labor camp for one year and nine months.
Mr. Yu's family was also persecuted. His wife and father-in-law tortured and sent to two years in a forced labor camp. His mother tried to protect him but was beaten by police.
Current CircumstancesOn May 17, 2013, Mr. Yu and his mother were driving when police blocked their car and smashed their windows after they refused to exit the vehicle. They managed to escape and are currently overseas. However, his father is paralyzed and hospitalized, with no one to take care of him.
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Details of complaint in Chinese language
3. Ms. Wang Fan (王凡)
Profession: Russian language translatorHometown: Dongying City, Shandong ProvinceDate filed: recently, date not specified
Key FactsMs. Wang and her husband Mr. Du Jianxin were arrested, detained, and tortured multiple times. In 2000, she was held in a cold, abandoned shack despite being pregnant.
She was again arrested in February 2001 with her eight-month-old baby. Her child was sent to his grandparents' home.
Current CircumstancesMs. Wang is currently free. However, her husband is serving a ten-year prison term after being sentenced in January 2011.
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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.
Category: Prosecuting Jiang Zemin
