A WOMAN allegedly imprisoned and tortured for eight months in China is suing the country’s former president Jiang Zemin in the NSW Supreme Court.
Bankstown artist Zhang Cuiying, 42, yesterday formally began her lawsuit against Mr Jiang’s and his “610 Office”, alleging they were responsible for her “brutal torture” at a Chinese detention centre.
Ms Zhang said she was arrested in March 2000 for speaking out against persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, and spent eight months in prison before the Federal government intervened to have her freed.
The case is one of 46 lawsuits currently filed against Mr Jiang in 26 countries, according to Ms Zhang’s solicitor, Shanny Su, who said: “It’s part of the biggest human rights case in the world since World War I.”
December 11, 2004 Saturday
Posting date: 14/Dec/2004
Original article date: 11/Dec/2004
Category: Media Report
