By Korean Falun Dafa Practitioners
On the morning of December 26, 2003, the Korean Falun Dafa Association held
a press conference in the Plaza Hotel of Seoul and announced that the Seoul
Local Court had formally accepted the Genocide Lawsuit against Jiang Zemin and
Luo Gan.
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| Press conference in the Plaza Hotel | The lawsuit document to be submitted to the court | Reporters taking notes during the press conference |
In the opening remarks, Korean Falun
Dafa Association Spokesman Mr. Wu said: “We welcome friends from all circles
to attend this press conference. We also welcome officials from the Chinese
Embassy and hope that you will take this opportunity to learn the truth
about Falun Gong.”
At 11am, the media and others in the audience watched “False Fire,” a documentary
film produced by New Tang Dynasty TV. This film analyzed the “Falun Gong Tiananmen
Square Self-immolation” incident and highlighted its questionable points. From
this analysis, this “Self-immolation” evidently was a staged event, fabricated
by the Jiang regime to frame Falun Gong. On November 18, this film won a Certificate
of Honorable Mention at the 51st Columbus International Film & Video
Festival.
After this program, Mr. Wu gave an introduction of Falun Gong's spread
since 1992 and the Jiang regime's persecution of Falun Gong since 1999.
He also talked about the worldwide joint effort “Global Committee to Bring Jiang
Zemin to Justice.” To date, Jiang and his accomplices have been sued in many
countries of North America, Europe, Australia and Asia.
This lawsuit is based on the UN “Convention on the Prevention and Punishment
of the Crime of Genocide” which the Korean government approved on December 22
1951. Although the lawsuit against Jiang and Luo was just launched recently,
it has won broad support in legal circles, with over187 lawyers signing to support
it in less than 3 days. Mr. Wu said: “No matter how difficult it is, Falun Gong
practitioners will work with all kind-hearted people to bring Jiang Zemin and
his accomplices to justice. We are convinced that Justice will prevail and evil
will be defeated.”
At the end of this press conference, on behalf of all Falun Gong practitioners
in Korea, the head of the Korean Falun Dafa Association Mr. Quan Hongda announced
the filing of a lawsuit against Jiang Zemin and head of “610 Office” Luo Gan
on charges of genocide. The first step of the lawsuit had been fulfilled. He
also showed the audience a lawsuit acceptance document issued by the court.
He and one of the plaintiff, Ms. Shu Zhang, as well as related personnel working
in legal circles then answered questions from reporters.
Many media such as the Korean Herald, Seoul Economics, World Daily, Korean
Daily News, Religious News and Net News, as well as personnel from the legal
field, plaintiffs and witnesses, attended the press conference. Two officials
from the Chinese Embassy also attended.
Posting date: 30/Dec/2003
Original article date: 29/Dec/2003
Category: World News
