(Clearwisdom.net) The Huanggu District Court of Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, planned to hold a "trial" of Falun Gong practitioners Ms. Wu Yufeng, Mr. Zheng Yi, Mr. Lin Huaiyu, Mr. Zhao Guoliang, Mr. Cai Zongbin, and Ms. Liu Guifeng on February 6, 2009. Before the court convened, all ten attorneys involved in the case received phone calls from the city judicial bureau and the district judicial office. The judicial authorities threatened the attorneys, telling them not to defend their clients' claims of innocence, or to challenge court decisions in the case.
It was said that the court also called Beijing to verify the identification of the Beijing attorneys, asking for their ID numbers and home addresses. The Beijing Attorney Center did not cooperate with the request. The attorneys involved asked the judicial bureau to present their demands in writing, but since their demands are illegal, they refused. The attorneys decided to carry on in the practitioners' defense. Hence, the authorities' plot to pressure the attorneys came to nothing.
The community also called the practitioners' families, saying only one relative per family was allowed to attend the session. Many family members questioned this policy, saying, "You said it is a public session, didn't you? The law states that any person above 18 years old with an identification card can audit a public session as long as the case does not involve state and personal secrets. Aren't you breaking the law if you do not allow us to attend?"
The CCP's tactics show that they, in actuality, were aware of their guilt.
Before the Beijing Olympic Games, about 100 Falun Gong practitioners from Shenyang City were illegally arrested, including the above six practitioners.
Huanggu District Court:
Address: 172 Zhujiang Street, Huanggu District, Zip code: 110031
Jin Jun (about 40 years old), Judge in charge: 86-24-26219567
