Courtroom Presentation Against Jiang Zemin Shocks the Chinese Government - Officials Are Trying to Find Ways Out for Themselves

Jiang wants to prevent the lawsuit at any expense and uses diplomatic means in attempts to stop it

Noon January 13 2003: The plaintiffs' attorney of the genocide lawsuit, lodged by the persecuted Falun Gong practitioners and their relatives, against Jiang Zemin had the first courtroom discussion about the agenda for the next step in the U.S. District Court in Illinois. Photo: The plaintiffs' attorney, Terry Marsh, enters the court.

Translation of a Chinese-language Epoch Times report from April 13 2003 in Washington, D.C.:

At a little past 2 p.m. local time in Chicago on April 14 2003, plaintiff's attorney Terri Marsh, representing Falun Gong practitioners in the lawsuit against Jiang Zemin and the "610 Office", arrived at the U.S. District Court of Northern Illinois in downtown Chicago. She delivered documents citing evidence of crimes by Jiang and the "610 Office" and other documents required by the legal procedure, successfully concluding this step of the judicial process.

Meanwhile, some practitioners from Chicago and surrounding areas held a large-scale activity in the square in front of the U.S. District Court, exposing the inhuman crimes committed by Jiang and the "610 Office" against Falun Gong practitioners and raising the public's awareness of the tragedy happening in China. Dafa practitioners have sent forth righteous thoughts [using upright thoughts to purify oneself and one’s surroundings] as a group continuously in front of Chicago's Chinese Consulate for three days, to support the lawsuit against Jiang.

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 Beijing’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 CCP 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 the "June 4" Tiananmen Massacre, some major economic crimes appearing in China and some incidents related to the Sino-U.S. relationship. Moreover, many things in Jiang's résumé that are related to his history in the CCP are fabricated and these are now being thoroughly investigated. 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 organised 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 organisation 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 mobilise 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. According to an AP report on October 24, a spokesman of the 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 website Clearwisdom.net on April 6, Dafa practitioners living outside of China collected a package of 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 can learn about Jiang Zemin's vicious nature and his crimes in the 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.

Articles on Dafa websites 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 their evil deeds. It's not only for Dafa practitioners, but 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 on a large-scale. The crime he has committed is against 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, if we just let it go, then we are indulging the evil people and their crimes."

Ms. Xue Hong emphasised 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 material for this lawsuit. Falun Gong practitioners outside of China are extensively revealing 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."

The Chinese dictator absolutely does not represent China or the Chinese people, and he most definitely does not represent the Chinese civilisation. On the contrary, this cruel dictator is destroying China, persecuting the kindest group of Chinese people, undermining the Chinese civilisation's morality, and threatening the future and interests of the world's people. Bringing a lawsuit against the Chinese dictator is not at all targeting China or the Chinese people, but targeting the person whose hands are stained with the blood of innocent people and his accomplices.

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