On November 4th, 2004, a civil suit was filed on behalf of Falun Gong practitioners in China who were killed, tortured and harassed during Su's tenure as head of "610 Office" in Jilin Province, China. On November 13th, Zambian police issued an arrest warrant for Su Rong for contempt of court, after he missed two court dates on November 8th and 13th. The plaintiffs, including Mr Zhao Ming, are Falun Dafa practitioners from Jilin Province and Gansu Province.
Su Rong, (male, born October 1948, native of Taonan City in Jilin Province) is currently Party Secretary of Gansu Province. He was served with a summons when visiting Zambia with a Chinese delegation led by the Chairman of the People's Congress, Wu Bangguo. Su Rong is the only one from that delegation being sued. According to a cover story in the Zambia Times newspaper, there were more than 100 members in this delegation.
Su Rong was Party Deputy Secretary of Jilin Province from April 1998 to October 2001, Party Secretary of Qinghai Province from October 2001 to August 2003 and the Chairman of Qinghai Provincial People's Congress from January 2002 to August 2003. He has been the Party Secretary of Gansu Province since August 2003. During his tenure in Jilin Province, he was the group head of "Jilin Province Leading Group on the Falun Gong Issue," ("610 Office"), charged with "handling the Falun Gong issue".
According to evidence collected by Falun Dafa practitioners, during Su's tenure in Jilin Province, he actively supported the brainwashing of Falun Dafa practitioners and dismissed them from Party and public positions since the beginning of the persecution. The death toll of Falun Gong practitioners in Jilin Province is the second highest in China. Of the 4 verified death cases in Qinghai Province, 3 died under his watch.
Data from the Minghui/Clearwisdom website shows brainwashing is the main method Jiang and his regime used in this genocide of Falun Dafa practitioners. This led to severe damage to tens of millions of Falun Dafa practitioners, mental as well as physical. According to conservative statistics on the Minghui website (a Chinese-language Falun Dafa website), at least 1113 Falun Dafa practitioners have been confirmed murdered while in police custody, often as a result of torture that is almost always a component of the brainwashing.
Su was served with a summons by a Marshal of the Court on November 4th, 2004.
In Zambia on November 5th, the Superior Court ordered Su not to leave the country until the matter is settled. All Zambian customs and immigration posts received the court order.
Su failed to appear at Court on November 8th. On November 12th, the Zambia Superior Court decided to hold a hearing on November 13th regarding Su's "contempt of court". He failed to appear again. Contempt of court is a criminal offence, so the police issued an arrest warrant, and dispatched personnel to conduct a manhunt.
The whereabouts of offender is still unknown, but there was no record of his yet having left the country.
This is the first Chinese high-ranking official to be issued an arrest warrant overseas.
In early August, former Education Minister Chen Zhili was sued in Tanzania when visiting with a delegation. Using her position, during her tenure as Education Minister Chen Zhili forced all teachers, employees and students to support the persecution of Falun Gong. She forced them to sign petitions, to slander Falun Gong in tests, in essays, and in college entrance exams. She also directed the education system to include slander of Falun Gong in textbooks.
Su Rong is the second Chinese high-ranking official being sued in Africa.
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