The Facts of the Persecution of Falun Gong -- January 4, 2009

Issued by Clearwisdom Net

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  • Mr. Zhen Zhanbo and Mr. Chen Xinye Illegally Tried by Court in Shenyang City
    • The CCP court in Huanggu District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province tried Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Zhao Zhanbo and Mr. Chen Xinye, using the "evidence" of blank CDs.

    Mr. Zhen Zhanbo and Mr. Chen Xinye Illegally Tried by Court in Shenyang City

    On December 22, 2008, Huanggu District Court in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province illegally tried Falun Gong practitioners Mr. Zhao Zhanbo and Mr. Chen Xinye. A judgment was not announced at the trial, which ended at 4:30 p.m. Attorney Jiang Tianyong was the defense lawyer for these practitioners.

    Both Mr. Zhao Zhanbo and Mr. Chen Xinye were very thin at the trial. The court consisted of  prosecutor Du Lan, judge Lin Fenglei and other two judges, a jury member from the local Chinese Communist Party School and a number of police officers.

    The relatives of the two practitioners hired three lawyers from Beijing and the local area. After interviewing the two practitioners and reviewing all of their files, the lawyers came to the conclusion that Mr. Zhao Zhanbo and Mr. Chen Xinye broke no laws and therefore decided to argue for "not guilty."

    During the six-hour trial, Judge Lin Fenglei limited the time for the defense. The arguments were intense. The court was forced to adjourn twice. The debates were so intense that the jury member from the CCP school commented to the judge, "This is giving us a lecture."

    Mr. Zhao Zhanbo and Mr. Chen Xinye stated during the trial that the city's police tortured them during interrogation at Gaodeng Hotel in Shenyang City. The prosecutor's evidence was about a thousand blank CDs. Defense lawyer Jiang Tianyong asked the procuratorate to investigate the issue.

    The Huanggu District Court only allowed two relatives and designated defense lawyers to be present, and refused the entry of all other relatives and lawyers.

    On the same day, five other cases were on trial. The court lied to the relatives of other accused defendants by claiming that too many Falun Gong practitioners had showed up and taken up all of the space, so they only allowed one member of each family to attend. This deception caused people to be resentful of Falun Gong practitioners.