By Xin Yu
At noon on December 8, 2006, Falun Gong practitioners in Australia held a press Falun Gong practitioners serve papers to Chen Shaoji
conference in front of the Hilton Hotel in downtown Sydney and announced that
Falun Gong practitioners Xie Yan and Li Fuying had filed a petition to New South
Wales Provincial High Court. They were suing Chen Shaoji, Vice Secretary of
the Guangdong Communist Party Committee and Chairman of the Political Consultation
Committee, who led a delegation to Sydney, for his crimes of illegal imprisonment
and torture Falun Gong practitioners. The court papers were delivered successfully.
Reporters from 2GB TV, NTDTV, and The Epoch Times attended the press
conference and covered the event.
Press conference in front of Hilton Hotel
John Deller, spokesperson of the Falun Dafa Association Australia, said at
the press conference that Guangdong Province is one of the most severe provinces
in China in persecuting Falun Gong. Since July 20, 1999, Chen Shaoji actively
participated in the persecution when he was Secretary of Guangdong Political and
Judicial Committee and Director of the Provincial Bureau of Public Safety. He
instigated, planned, ordered and motivated judicial staff and the public to hate
Falun Gong. He also ordered, manipulated, assisted and instigated police to
enhance the brainwashing and persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. As a
result, practitioners in Guangdong suffered severe persecution. As of October
2005, the documented deaths of practitioners due to the persecution were 64. The
torture means were extremely cruel. Chen led the 610 Office and
ordered the persecution of Falun Gong. He must be held responsible for crimes
against humanity in Guangdong.
One of the practitioners who filed the petition, Li Fuying, 78 years old, was
illegally imprisoned in Guangzhou twice for persisting in the practice of Falun
Gong. Her daughter Haiyu Yan was sent to Chatou Women's Forced Labor Camp for a
two-year term without any legal procedures. She was tortured and forced to work
12 hours per day. After the term ended, she was forcefully transferred to the
Chatou brainwashing center and detained in a small room less than 15 square
meters together with 30 other practitioners. They were allowed to go out of the
small room once every day. She was tortured physically and mentally. Ms. Li
said, “Chen Shaoji was head of '610 Office'. Now he comes to visit
Australia. It is time to bring him to justice.”
Plaintiff Li Fuying
The other plaintiff, Xie Yan, said that she was imprisoned for two years and
three months in a labor camp for distributing truth-clarification materials. She
was tortured many times. A practitioner who was three months pregnant and
imprisoned together with her was tortured to death. She is one of tens of
thousands Falun Gong practitioners who have been persecuted. She was rescued and
has escaped overseas. There are still many practitioners in Guangdong being
tortured. Thus she would like to adopt legal means to sue Chen Shaoji and bring
the CCP officials who are active in the persecution of Falun Gong to justice.
Plaintiff Xie Yan
Besides these two plaintiffs, many Australian residents and their family
members in Guangdong Province were persecuted. The husband of Australian citizen
Zhizhen Dai was tortured to death in 2001. Australian citizen Cuiying Zhang was
illegally imprisoned for eight months in 2000. Yiwen Tang, sister of Australian
citizen Lisa Tang, was tortured for two years in labor camps and her legs were
broken. Alian Zhang, sister of Australian citizen Xiaogang Zhang, was illegally
imprisoned and tortured in the Nanzhou Detention Center and Chatou Woman's Labor
Camp.
Chen Shaoji is the third high level official of Guangdong Province, after
Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua and Secretary of Guangdong Communist Party
Committee Zhang Dejiang, to be sued overseas for their participation in the
persecution of Falun Gong.
Posting date: 12/Dec/2006
Original article date: 11/Dec/2006
Category: Australian News