(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 October 14, 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.
The five practitioners in this report had their homes ransacked numerous times and most of them were arrested and persecuted. The brutal persecution has directly or indirectly caused some of the practitioner's relatives to pass away as they could not withstand the tremendous pressure by the Chinese Communist regime.
One practitioner, Ms. Jia Rongjuan, in particular, lost several of her family members. Previously, there were twelve people spanning four generations that practiced Falun Gong. The persecution caused eight of her relatives to die, one after another.
Profession: NurseHometown: Shantou City, Guangdong ProvinceDate filed: August, 2015
Key FactsMs. Chen was arrested on February 23, 2013. Her home was ransacked and many of her personal belongings were confiscated. She was tortured during interrogation at the police station. Police hit, kicked and threatened to shock her with electric batons. They whipped her soles 25 times with a belt when she refused to answer a question.
Ms. Chen was transferred to a detention center two days later, where she was monitored around the clock, even when she took a bath or used the restroom. She was also forced into 17 straight hours of manual labor.
A trial was set on October 24, 2013 and Ms. Chen hired a lawyer. The trial was postponed and police forced her to fire her lawyer. Then, she was sentenced to three years imprisonment and taken to a brainwashing center.
Current CircumstancesMs. Chen is presently at home. She and her relatives have suffered tremendously since the onset of the persecution in 1999. Her grandmother took her persecution very hard and passed away without seeing her granddaughter. Her younger sister blames her for their grandmother's death.
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Details of complaint in Chinese language
Profession: Former Business OwnerHometown: Dazhou City, Sichuan ProvinceDate filed: August 25, 2015
Key FactsMs. Gao's home was ransacked twice, and she was held in a detention center twice since the beginning of the persecution, 16 years ago. Her latest arrest happened on February 8, 2001. She was sentenced to a nine-year prison term.
She was forced to work for more than 10 hours daily, making wigs. The guards forced her to stand for long periods. In addition, her hands were forced into a posture called “carrying a sword on the back.” The pain was unbearable.
To resist the persecution, Ms. Gao refused to wear a prison uniform. The guards demanded that the inmates drag her by her hair while running. She was tied with ropes because she refused to wear the inmate's insignia.
Current CircumstancesMs. Gao's relatives also suffered because of this persecution. Her husband was arrested, as well as her younger brothers, who were also detained. Her father passed away not long after she was released.
Details of complaint in Chinese language
Profession: Retired doctorHometown: Nanchong City, Sichuan ProvinceDate filed: July 7, 2015
Key FactsMs. Zhang was arrested and detained at least four times at detention centers and police stations. Her house was ransacked several times and personal items such as books and materials related to Falun Gong were confiscated.
Ms. Zhang heard that her husband, also a practitioner, would be tried on December 23, 2002, so she went to the courthouse to support him. She was arrested for shouting in court that her husband is the best person in the world when the judge sentenced him to three years of imprisonment. Her husband was tortured to death about two months later.
Ms. Zhang was not told of her husband's death during her detention. She was later sentenced to four years of imprisonment. A few months before her release in 2006, she was informed that her younger son had committed suicide about four months after her husband died.
Current CircumstancesMs. Zhang was denied her retirement pension and pay increases. Though Ms. Zhang was released on August 23, 2006, she was still harassed and monitored by police.
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Details of complaint in Chinese language
Profession: Former restaurant ownerHometown: Shijiazhuang City, Hebei ProvinceDate filed: July 29, 2015
Key FactsMs. Jia was arrested four times between 1999 to 2000, with her last arrest leading to a three-year term in a labor camp. She suffered tremendously in the labor camp. When she refused to perform hard labor, she was tortured, tied with ropes and shocked with electric batons. She was often locked in a small cell for refusing to give up Falun Gong.
She was taken to a soundproof room on July 31, 2003, where her face was slapped numerous times. Then she was pushed to the floor and her feet and private areas were shocked with six electric batons because she refused to write guarantee statements to renounce Falun Gong.
Twelve people spanning four generations in Ms. Jia's family practiced Falun Gong. Eight of Ms. Jia's family members, including her husband, siblings, mother and parents-in-laws, have died one after another due to the persecution.
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Details of complaint in Chinese language
Profession: UnknownHometown: Yongqing County, Hebei ProvinceDate filed: July, 2015
Key FactsMs. Peng is suing Jiang for persecuting her husband, Mr. Han, to death. Mr. Han was arrested several times for his steadfast belief in Falun Gong. He was tortured and had to perform hard labor in the labor camp. To resist the persecution, he went on a hunger strike many times.
A guard called Mr. Han to the toilet, grabbed his neck and tried to suffocate him on April 29, 2004. He developed irregular breathing when he returned to the cell. He died while on the way to the hospital.
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Details of complaint in Chinese language
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.