(Clearwisdom.net) On the morning of March 12, Friday, Canadian attorneys Mr. David Matas and Lawrence Greenspon represented their client, Canadian citizen and Professor of Art, Zhang Kunlun to formally file a criminal lawsuit against Jiang Zemin and those who participated in the persecution of Falun Gong to the Canadian Justice Minister, Mr. Irwin Cotler. In the press conference that afternoon, Mr. Zhang and his attorneys publicized the attorneys' letter to the Justice Minister. Canadian MP Scott Reid wrote to Minister of Justice Irwin Cotler to encourage Canada to say "Yes" in the prosecution of those individuals, including former Chinese chairman Jiang Zemin, who inflicted torture on Professor Zhang in China. Below is the letter to Minister Cotler.
March 16th 2004
Hon. Irwin Cotler
Room 900, Justice Building
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Dear Minister,
I am writing to you in the hopes that this may encourage Canada to say "Yes" in the prosecution of those individuals, including former Chinese chairman Jiang Zemin, who inflicted torture on Canadian citizen and art Professor, Kunlun Zhang in China.
In China in 2000-2001, Kunlun Zhang, who has been illegally arrested four times for practicing Falun Gong, suffered both mental and physical torture including repeated electric shocks, isolation and loss of all freedom, continuous and severe brainwashing, and deceitful manipulation.
With the help of many Canadians and NGOs such as Amnesty International, Professor Zhang was released and was safely returned to Canada on January 16th, 2001.
The persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and the suppression of their moral and spiritual belief of "Truth-Compassion-Forbearance" ordered by Jiang Zemin has escalated for over four and a half years. This systematic eradication of Falun Gong through hate incitement, economic devastation, torture and killing constitutes serious crimes against humanity and conscience.
In China the judiciary is not able to provide legal redress to Falun Gong practitioners; instead the judicial system is itself an integral instrument in the campaign to eradicate Falun Gong.
Your consent would be an important contribution in demonstrating Canada's commitment to human rights and would facilitate the successful prosecution of the torturers of a Canadian citizen according to the rule of law in Canada. Your support would help get the message across that there is a price to pay for committing such atrocious crimes against humanity.
Yours sincerely,
Scott Reid, MP
