(Clearwisdom.net, September 16, 2003) On the September 11, Radio Free Asia reported that one of the heads of China's "610 Office," Luo Gan, who is primarily responsible for the persecution of Falun Gong, would be prosecuted in Finland. On the same day, local Falun Gong practitioners filed a lawsuit with the police department and the Prosecutor's Office accusing the "610 Office," headed by Luo Gan, of persecuting Falun Gong.
The report pointed out that Finland is Luo Gan's second stop on his visit to Europe, and it is also the second time he has faced a lawsuit that was filed by Falun Gong practitioners during his current visit to Europe. Last Monday, Icelandic Falun Gong practitioners filed a lawsuit with an Icelandic court to sue Luo Gan for conducting the persecution of Falun Gong in China. Luo Gan arrived in Finland on Thursday, and the Finnish Falun Dafa Association submitted a lawsuit to the police department and the Prosecutor's Office in the morning of the same day. A Finnish Prosecutor, Ms. Raija Toidiainen, confirmed that competent authorities are in the process of dealing with the lawsuit.
According to a local Falun Gong practitioner, Ms. Wang, the Finnish Prosecutor's Office revealed that they are under pressure from Chinese authorities. She added that a renowned local human right lawyer Erkki Kannsto, who was entrusted by the Finnish Falun Dafa Association, filed the lawsuit. Two Australian Falun Gong practitioners are also participating in the campaign.
She added that Luo Gan, a member of the Chinese government's Politburo Standing Committee, is the real head of the "610 Office," an organization responsible for the persecution of Falun Gong in China. He should take legal responsibility for the death of more than seven hundred Falun Gong practitioners and the illegal imprisonment and cruel torture of tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners in China.
Luo Gan was scheduled to visit Finland for two days, and is to depart from Finland on Friday, heading for his next stop on his current European visit.
