81-Year-Old Indicted for Suing Jiang Zemin

(Minghui.org) Falun Gong practitioner Mr. Zhu Jiaxian, a physician who specializes in traditional Chinese medicine from Shandong Province, was indicted on June 16 for suing Jiang Zemin, the former head of the communist regime.

The Xintai City Procuratorate interrogated Mr. Zhu Jiaxian on May 16, 2016 and told him that he was charged with maligning Jiang, undermining law enforcement and disturbing social order, a generic accusation used by the communist regime against Falun Gong practitioners.

There is no existing Chinese law that criminalizes Falun Gong, which makes the indictment illegal. Mr. Zhu was merely exercising his rights to seek justice against Jiang for infringing upon his freedom of belief.

Mr. Zhu was indicted in mid-June. He questioned the official who interrogated him and was told that he was following orders from upper-level authorities.

The court notified him that the trial would be in the afternoon of July 4, 2016. The chief judge was Liu Pingling and the secretary Zhuang Guosheng.

Summary of Persecution

Between July 1999 and May 2015, police officers from the Xintai City 610 Office, Domestic Security Division and Wennan Town Police Station ransacked Mr. Zhu's home three times, arrested him eight times, detained him at the brainwashing center twice, and extorted money three times.

July 20, 1999: Taken to Brainwashing Center

Officials from the Wennan Town Judicial and Legal Committee, and police officers from the local police station ransacked Mr. Zhu's home on July 20, 1999. They confiscated all of his Falun Gong materials, including books, photos of the Falun Gong founder, and banners.

They took him to the brainwashing center in the Xintai City Chinese Communist Party (CCP) school, where he was detained for seven days. The official demanded that he write a statement giving up Falun Gong.

December 18, 2000: Detention and Extortion

Mr. Zhu Jiaxian went to Beijing to peacefully appeal for the right to practice Falun Gong on December 18, 2000.

He was arrested at Tiananmen Square and taken back to Xintai City. He was detained at the local detention center for nine days, and officials forced him to pay 600 yuan.

August 2000: Detention and Torture

Five police officers broke into Mr. Zhu's home in August 2000 without showing any identification, ransacked his home and arrested him.

He was taken to the Wennan Town Police Bureau and detained for one night.

He was transferred to the Zibo City Brainwashing Center the next day. He was bombarded with falsehoods about Falun Gong and monitored, even when going to the restroom. He was detained for one month, during which time he was forced to sit motionless on a tiny stool for long stretches and denied sleep.

Police also deducted 3,000 yuan from his youngest son's salary and claimed it was a detention fee by the brainwashing center.

April 28, 2015: Extortion and Family Harassed

A police officer with the surname Li, from the Domestic Security Division, Xintai City Police Bureau; police officers from the Wennan Town Police Station: and Han Shanghua, the Liujiazhuang CCP secretary, broke into Mr. Zhu's home and ransacked it on April 28, 2015. They confiscated 46 Falun Gong books, an MP3 recorder, MP5 recorder, two notebooks, one printer, two DVD burners and other personal belongings.

They demanded he sign the arrest warrant, which he refused to do. They arrested him and took him to the Wennan Police Station.

Mr. Zhu's family was notified to pick him up that night, and officers from the local domestic security division tried to force him to pay them 10,000 yuan.

The homes of his second son was also ransacked, but police officers could not find any Falun Gong related materials there.

The officers also ransacked his eldest daughter's home. They found a Falun Gong flyer and demanded that she tell them who gave it to her.

November 10, 2015: Exercising Constitutional Rights

Mr. Zhu filed criminal complaints against Jiang Zemin and mailed the materials to the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on August 13, 2015.

He received a summons from the Xintai City Police Bureau on November 10, 2015. Feng Dayong interrogated him and accused him of having broken the law because of suing Jiang Zemin. Mr. Zhu replied, “I was just exercising my Constitutional right.”

February 1, 2016: Summoned by Police

On February 1, 2016, he received a second summons from the Xintai City Police Bureau. Feng Dayong called and asked if he was still practicing Falun Gong. Feng pretended to be a practitioner and said that he wanted to share his cultivation experience. Mr. Zhu did not believe him and refused to meet with him. Feng threatened that he would be detained if he did not answer the summons.

April 28, 2016: Police Deception

The Xintai City Police Bureau summoned Mr. Zhu again on April 28, 2016. He and his eldest son went to the police bureau. Feng Dayong said that his previously paid 20,000 yuan deposit would be refunded.

When Mr. Zhu went to the police bureau again on April 30 to get his refund, a police officer took him to Qingyun Police Station for interrogation.

After the interrogation, officer Lei told him that his case had been transferred to the procuratorate. Mr. Zhu saw his criminal complaint against Jiang in the interrogation folder, and realized what was going on.

The Xintai City Procuratorate interrogated him on May 16, 2016 about his suing Jiang and indicted him in mid-June.

Partial list of participants in the persecution of Mr. Zhu

Xintai City Domestic Security Division: Office: [phone], [phone]Feng Dayong, captain, [phone] (Cell), [phone] (Office)

Wennan Town Police Station, Xintai City:Su Baoqun, superintendent: 86+13583838792 (Cell), [phone] (Office) ,[phone] (Home)

Xintai City Procuratorate:
Huang Jianmin, president: [phone] (Cell), [phone] (Office)Gao Feng, Wang Hongjing, officers in charge of Mr. Zhu's case: [phone], [phone]

Xintai City Court:
Lü Hua, president: [phone] (Office), 86-538-7258800 (Home), [phone]Criminal Tribunal: [phone]Liu Pingling, judge in charge of Mr. Zhu's caseZhuang Guosheng, secretary

Xintai City Judicial and Legal Committee:Han Xuefeng, secretary: [phone] (Cell), [phone] (Office)Zhang Xinde, director of 610 Office: [phone] (Cell), [phone] (Office), [phone] (Home)Zhao Wei, deputy director of 610 Office: [phone] (Office)

Xintai City Police Bureau:Wu Zhenji, president: [phone]Chen Hongguang, vice president: [phone] (Office), [phone] (Cell)Li Tiangong, vice president: [phone] (Office), [phone] (Cell)

Background

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.