Jiang wants to prevent the lawsuit
at any expense and uses diplomatic means in attempts to stop it
Noon Jan. 13, 2003. The plaintiffs’ attorney |
Translation of a Chinese-language Epoch
Times report from April 13, 2003 in Washington, D.C.:
The Jiang Zemin genocide lawsuit brought
by Falun Gong practitioners has passed the courtroom discussion stage,
and it has been placed on the agenda in recent days. More legal proceedings
will unfold in about two weeks.
It is said that this court case has
brought a major shock to Zhongnanhai [the Chinese central government].
The Chinese government is currently using diplomatic channels to tell
the United States and other countries “Jiang Zemin is willing to pay any
price to prevent this case from being prosecuted.” The Chinese Communist
Party (CCP) requests that the United States use the clause of diplomatic
immunity for state leaders to stop the case. According to the government
officials of some countries, Chinese diplomats were “very nervous” when
they conveyed Beijing’s opinion on the U.S. lawsuit against Jiang.
They were worried about making any mistakes. They read the official documents
word by word to convey Bejing’s “position”. According to private
information from an official in the Chinese Embassy, orders have been
given for the Embassy to report all court proceedings and media coverage
related to the lawsuit against Jiang directly to Beijing, because the
standing committee members of the CCP need to “review” all such information
immediately.
Recently, some websites inside China
have published an investigative report regarding Jiang’s history
since the time he joined the CCP. It is extraordinary that this article
was allowed to be circulated on the Internet. It is said that an investigative
group in the upper hierarchy of the CPP has finished investigating Jiang’s
entire history. Investigation shows that Jiang played an important role
in some incidents throughout the history of the CCP in which the CCP fabricated
lies. In addition to the Falun Gong case, these incidents also include
“June 4” Tiananmen Massacre, some major economic crimes appearing in China
and some incidents related to the Sino-U.S. relationship. Moreover, many
places in Jiang’s resume that are related to his history in the CCP
are fabricated, which have been clearly investigated now. In upper levels
inside China, there is a group that is actively seeking to “overthrow
Jiang”.
News about the lawsuit against Jiang
has been spread among all levels of Chinese government officials. Some
officials have started “finding a way out” and have secretly organized
and collected “files” to prove themselves “innocent”, and that they were
forced to carry out “610 Office” orders. At present, the “610 Office”
is the most powerful organization in China. It is similar to the “Central
Committee Cultural Revolution Group” during the great Cultural Revolution
period. Its power supersedes the law and the state department system.
This group has the power to immediately mobilize the highest resources
from the country’s intelligence system, the treasury and the police.
Jiang directly commands its operations.
After the civil movement in 1989, Ceaucescu
of Romania was executed and the Yugoslavian dictator was charged with
genocide in an International Court. This news, too, brought major shocks
to Zhongnanhai.
Last October, Jiang received a subpoena
from the U.S. Federal Court in Chicago when he was visiting US, and that
was when the lawsuit got its first exposure. A spokesman of Chinese Diplomatic
Department immediately denied the existence of the lawsuit. According
to an AP report on October 24, a spokesman of Chinese Diplomatic department
denied the existence of the lawsuit, and claimed that Falun Gong was lying.
When the AP reporter questioned closely about the nature of the denial,
the spokesman flinched. When the reporter stated in detail that it was
in Chicago the lawsuit had been brought and legal documents had been filed,
the spokesman said the reporter’s “understanding was correct.”
According to reports on Falun Dafa
Clearwisdom.net on April 6, Dafa practitioners living outside of China
collected a package of truth clarification materials about the lawsuit
filed against Jiang Zemin and have sent it to presidents, foreign ministers,
foreign diplomats, government officials, legal professionals and people
from various walks of life in many countries, so they could learn about
Jiang Zemin’s vicious nature and a series of his crimes through his
persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China and abroad, and further
understand that this persecution is targeted against the conscience of
the world’s people. (see http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/4/6/34210.html)
Articles on Clearwisdom.net show that,
as the lawsuit against Jiang progresses, Falun Gong practitioners have
a deeper understanding of the significance of bringing the lawsuit against
him. Right now, the purpose is to uphold justice in the world and punish
the evil. It’s not only for Dafa practitioners, it’s also for
the world’s people.
Ms. Xue Hong, a practitioner from Washington,
D.C said, “Of course, cultivators don’t take personal loss or gain
too seriously because we do not judge the value of life based on how people
in the world treat us. Then why are we bringing the lawsuit against Jiang?
It is because Jiang has systematically persecuted Falun Gong practitioners
in a large-scale. The crime he has committed is against the heavenly principles
and has turned right into wrong. It is exterminating human conscience.”
She holds that, “Jiang is fundamentally
destroying the spiritual, moral, and social principles that human beings
depend upon to maintain and continue, and annihilating the basic standards
set by heaven for being human. Jiang and the “610 offices” are causing
reckless damage. Seeing this killing and arson and if we just let it go,
then we are indulging the evil to commit crimes in the human world.”
Ms. Xue Hong emphasized that bringing
Jiang Zemin to justice is a big matter, and will remind everyone to re-evaluate
right versus wrong, good versus bad.
Because of the brutal means of the
persecution against Falun Gong in China, Falun Gong practitioners in China
have risked their lives to provide a great deal of first-hand materials
for the lawsuit. Falun Gong practitioners outside China are extensively
clarifying the facts to every country, every level of government and people
in the society about Jiang’s crimes. Ms. Ge Min, a Falun Gong practitioner
in Washington D.C. who works in an American insurance company as a senior
economist, said, “We are laying dragnets that the evil Jiang has no way
to escape.”
Posting date: 16/Apr/2003
Original article date: 15/Apr/2003
Category: World News
