Falun Gong Practitioners Filed a Lawsuit in France against Wang Yunkun, Secretary of the CCP’s Jilin Provincial Party Committee

On June the 9th 2005, Wang Yunkun, Secretary of the CCP’s Jilin Provincial Party Committee, led a group of Chinese automobile workers to attend the International Automotive Industry meetings held at the National Centre of Industry & Technology (CNIT) in La Défense, Paris, France.

Jilin has been one of the most notable provinces in China where Falun Gong practitioners were persecuted. By June the 9th 2005, the number of documented deaths in Jilin had reached 301, ranking fourth worst among China’s thirty one municipalities, provinces and autonomous regions. After an incident where Changchun Falun Gong practitioners successfully tapped into cable TV to show a video revealing the truth about Falun Gong on March 3rd 2002, more than eight practitioners have been verified dead in relation to this matter due to direct persecution. The persecution against Falun Gong in Jilin province was handled by the Secretary of CCP’s Jilin Provincial Party Committee. During this period of time, Wang was the CCP’s Jilin provincial secretary and a member of the CCP’s central committee. He promoted the persecution against Falun Gong practitioners in various ways, including the news media manipulated by the CCP. Therefore, he should be responsible for the human rights abuses against Falun Gong in Jilin.

In the afternoon of June the 8th 2005, the French Falun Gong Association, acting on behalf of Zhao Ming, a Falun Gong practitioner who is living in Ireland at present, filed a lawsuit in the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris. The lawsuit described the brutal persecution that Zhao Ming had suffered in Jilin and other areas of China because he practises Falun Gong. Other documents submitted together with the lawsuit explained the degree of cruelty of the persecution. The lawsuit was accepted by the procurator’s office immediately.

The prosecutor indicated that the investigation of this case would take place in the afternoon of June the 9th 2005. On June 9th, 2005, Falun Gong practitioners held a peaceful appeal in the square outside the CNIT to expose China’s merciless persecution against Falun Gong practitioners. They also called for Wang Yunkun to be brought to justice for his crimes against humanity.