(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 21, 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.
Summary of the three cases
Mr. Wei Anyue and his wife spent many years in prison for refusing to give up their belief. Mr Wei was fired from his job and his child was forced to quit school.
Ms. Lin Huawen was arrested in March this year for distributing Shen Yun DVDs. She is still in detention. A friend has filed a complaint on her behalf.
Ms. Kai Li, a college student, spent most of her childhood without her mother, who was arrested and imprisoned for practicing Falun Gong. She was threatened by police and bullied due to her mother's belief. She is suing Jiang for the suffering brought to her family.
Mr. Wei Anyue (魏安月) and Wife Ms. He Bingying (何炳英)
Profession: Mr. Wei was a train driver at the Transportation Department in Jinchuan Company. Ms. He's profession is unknown.Hometown: Jinchang City, Gansu ProvinceDate filed: Date not specified
Key Facts
Mr. Wei was repeatedly detained from July 1999 to October 2000. He was illegally detained for 15 days, tortured at a brainwashing facility more than 270 days, and forced to do hard labor for seven months.
His employer at Jinchuan Company fired him when he refused to give up the practice.
In April 2004 Mr. Wei was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
Ms. He was imprisoned at Ping'antai Forced Labor Camp for two years at the end of 2000.
She was arrested again in 2003 and sentenced to seven years in prison in 2005 after being detained for 16 months.
Ms. He returned home on February 9, 2009 at the end of her term.
Related Report(s)Persecution Suffered by Mr. Wei Anyue, His Wife and Mother-in-Law (Photos)
Details of complaint in Chinese language
Ms. Lin Huawen (林华文)
Profession: HousewifeHometown: Daqing City, Heilongjiang ProvinceDate filed: August 2, 2015
Key Facts
Ms. Lin was arrested on March 5, 2015 for handing out Shen Yun DVDs and has been detained since then. Her husband, who is ill, went to the police station to seek her release on many occasions but was told she had committed a crime. Her family has hired a lawyer.
Related Report(s)Daqing City Court to Sentence Ms. Lin Huawen
Details of complaint in Chinese language
Ms. Qiu Ping (邱萍)Profession: UnknownHometown: Not knownDate filed: Not specified
Key Facts
Ms. Qiu Ping was frequently arrested and tortured for continuing to practice Falun Gong. Her family was often harassed and watched by police. She was sentenced to four years imprisonment on July 25, 2002.
After her arrest, her daughter Kai Li, six years old at the time, was sent to live with relatives. Kai Li was subsequently driven out of her uncle's home and left to fend for herself.
Police officers went to Kai Li's school and asked who her mother came into contact with. When she refused to say anything, they threatened to kick her out of school. Her teachers often struck and scolded her when they knew her mother was a Falun Gong practitioner.
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.
