Assistant Director of Chinese Anti-Cult Association (CACA) Wang Yusheng Is Sued in Switzerland

On the afternoon of April the 16th 2004, the Transnational Radical Party, a permanent international non-governmental organization in the Geneva United Nations Office, held a special meeting on the subject of Genocide. During the meeting, a Swiss attorney representative Ms. Pun announced a lawsuit against the Assistant Director of the Chinese Anti-Cult Association, Wang Yusheng. This was the second lawsuit prepared by Swiss Falun Gong practitioners against a Chinese government official. The first one was initiated in 2003 against the former Chinese President Jiang.

Ms. Yoko Kaneko, a Falun Gong practitioner from Japan who was imprisoned in one of China's slave labour camps for 18 months, said that during her detention in the labour camp, she was once forced to watch a video programme about Wang Yusheng's philosophy and methods in brainwashing Falun Gong practitioners. In the programme, Wang specifically advocated the use of sleep deprivation to torture Falun Gong practitioners.

Several other Falun Gong practitioners who had suffered from persecution also confirmed that Wang Yusheng was a direct participant in persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. They decided to collectively file a lawsuit against Wang and they received a positive response from the Geneva legal community. Seven lawyers agreed to accept this lawsuit filed by seven Falun Gong practitioners against Wang Yusheng.

One of the plaintiffs' lawyers, Ms. Hyard

According to the lawyer Ms Hayat, the Geneva State procurator has accepted this suit, but if the legal process lasts too long the defendant could escape from the country upon becoming aware of the lawsuit against him, which could invalidate this lawsuit. Nevertheless, if the defendant enters Switzerland again, he will be the subject of the lawsuit again.

Lawyer Berthossa said, "Both China and Switzerland signed the United Nations' Anti-Torture Treaty. Any signatory country has the responsibility to arrest and detain the related criminals."