Snapshot of Falun Gong Practitioners Whose Copies of Lawsuits Against Jiang Zemin Were Received by Minghui on August 18 and 19, 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 new wave of lawsuits against the former Chinese dictator is on the rise.

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 August 18 and 19, 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.

Imprisonment, Torture Caused Many Deaths

Many Falun Gong practitioners and their family members have died since the persecution started. They were harassed frequently and tortured by police and officers from 610 Office. One practitioner in particular, Ms. Cao Xueqin (曹雪琴), suffered greatly. Four of her family members–her father, brother, husband and son have all died from the persecution.

Other practitioners underwent brutal torture, including but not limited to shocking with electric batons, force-feeding, and tying up with thin ropes. Two of the practitioners' husbands filed for divorce after the practitioners' release as they could not withstand the tremendous pressure exerted on them by the persecution.

Case 1: Mr. Liu Ruping (刘如平) and Ms. Zhang Chenglan (张承兰)

Profession: Mr. Liu is a lawyer. His wife, Ms. Zhang is an engineer.Hometown: Jinan City, Shandong ProvinceDate filed: July 22, 2015

Key FactsThe police had been waiting outside the couple's house on August 12, 2008 to catch Ms. Zhang just as she returned home. The police took Ms. Zhang's house keys and ransacked their home, confiscating many personal items and cash. The couple was later arrested.

Ms. Zhang was sent to one and a half years in a labor camp, where she was subjected to brutal torture techniques which include sitting on a small stool (a torture technique which cut off blood flow to a person's limbs), deprivation of bathroom privileges for long periods of time, and forced silence. Ms. Zhang returned home on February 12, 2010 to learn that her husband had also been arrested.

Mr. Liu was arrested and detained many times. He was held in a forced labor camp where he was also forced to sit on a small stool for a long period of time. He was beaten and shocked with electric batons for two to three hours on his thighs and lips. The torture stopped only after the electric batons' batteries were depleted.

Current CircumstancesMs. Zhang is currently free, while Mr. Liu is serving seven years (starting in 2010) at the Shandong Provincial Prison.

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Details of complaint in Chinese language

Case 2: Ms. Zhong Yanhong (钟艳红)

Profession: High school music teacherHometown: Foshan City, Guangdong ProvinceDate filed: recently, date not specified

Key FactsMs. Zhong was arrested and sent to forced labor camps three times, where she endured torture and sexual harassment.

After her first arrest, she was forced-fed twice and almost suffocated when she went on a hunger strike to oppose the persecution. She was sent to two years of forced labor.

Upon her release, she returned to the school where she worked and was put under surveillance and barred from leaving during weekends. To prevent any further harassment, she resigned in October 2005.

In 2008, Ms. Zhong was arrested and sent to one year of forced labor. Ms. Zhong refused to wear the labor camp uniform and had to stand in her underwear as a form of punishment. She was sexually harassed by the male prisoners and police officers who ridiculed her.

She was last arrested on June 10, 2011. Upon her release, her husband divorced her.

Current CircumstancesMs. Zhong is currently free.

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Details of complaint in Chinese language

Case 3: Ms. Cao Xueqin (曹雪琴)

Profession: UnknownHometown: Linshui County, Sichuan ProvinceDate filed: July 22, 2015

Key FactsMs. Cao's family of six have all been confined in either prisons or labor camps in the past 16 years. Ms. Cao was arrested, tortured, and underwent a full body examination of her internal organs while detained in the labor camp.

The persecution resulted in the deaths of four of her family members–her father, husband, brother, and son.

Ms. Cao's father was beaten at a detention center and was sent for emergency treatment when he fell into critical condition. He was later sentenced to three years of imprisonment and placed under house arrest. The police kept harassing him at home–the resulting mental stress added to his already fragile health, and he died in 2012.

Ms. Cao has two younger brothers. The elder brother was persecuted to death after four years of imprisonment, while the other brother was sentenced and tortured.

Ms. Cao's husband and her son also died from the persecution. Her husband was injected with unknown psychotic drugs that made him unstable. He was often harassed after his release in 2004 and died in 2008. Their son died at the age of 21 due to frequent harassment by police.

Current CircumstancesMs. Cao is currently free, while her mother has been held at the detention center for a year.

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Details of complaint in Chinese language

Case 4: Ms. Chen Xingguang (陈星光)

Profession: Former bank executive at Ningde City Industrial and Commercial BankHometown: Ningde City, Fujian ProvinceDate filed: recently, date not specified

Key FactsMs. Chen was detained at a brainwashing center once, a detention center five times, and had her home ransacked five times. In addition, she was twice given forced labor for a total of three years and ten months, and spent an additional of five years in a prison. At one time, she was forced to leave home for more than one month to avoid the persecution.

Ms. Chen was arrested and locked in a metal cage many times. Once, she was locked in the cage for five days and five nights and deprived of sleep. She was also forced to sit on an “iron chair” for a night at the police department.

Ms. Chen was injected with unknown substances, which made her extremely fatigued for two days. Police shocked her with electric batons until the battery died.

In these years of persecution, her father passed away from worrying about her. Her husband divorced her.

Current CircumstancesMs. Chen is currently free.

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Details of complaint in Chinese language

Case 5: Mr. Wang Yuzhu (王玉柱)

Profession: Electrical EngineerHometown: Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous RegionDate filed: July 16, 2015

Key FactsMr. Wang has been arrested and detained at least four times. He was often forced-fed and handcuffed during detention. He was forced to do manual labor in late July of 2001 and was punished every day, on top of the hard labor.

One of the punishments included forcing Mr. Wang to bend his body down with the top of his head touching the wall. It resulted in a swollen head and hair loss after being in the painful position for an extended period of time.

Mr. Wang was also tied with thin ropes that cut into his arms. Once, he was taken to the top of a kiln on a hot afternoon, handcuffed behind his back, and hung up, with his toes touching the top of the kiln. He was released only after his arms became numb forty minutes later.

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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.