Copenhagen Post: Chinese Procurator-General Risks Investigation (Excerpt)

On Sunday August 28th 2005, renowned Denmark lawyer Tyge Trier filed a lawsuit on behalf of Falun Gong practitioners against Jia Chunwang, procurator general of CCP Supreme People's Procuratorate and one of the central figures in China's Gestapo-like 610 Office -- for crimes contravening the UN Convention Against Torture. Jia Chunwang was sued the same day he arrived in Denmark to partake in an international conference for prosecutors being held in Copenhagen.

Copenhagen Post reported on August 29th that Denmark has been asked to investigate allegations against China's procurator-general of torture and human rights breaches against thousands of Falun Gong members.

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Jia will be in Denmark to attend and speak at an international conference of prosecutors in Copenhagen. The Danish chapter of meditation group Falun Gong is taking advantage of his trip here to request Danish authorities to investigate his alleged persecution of the group in China, national daily Berlingske Tidende reported.

According to the report, Falun Gong reported Jia to police on Sunday. Their request to investigate Jia will be handled by the Public Prosecutor for Special International Crimes.

The group claims that Jia, as the former minister of public security, is responsible for persecution of the movement in China.

"Jia Chunwang had the overall responsibility for the so-called 610 office, which is created with the sole purpose of wiping out Falun Gong. Therefore, he is responsible for what has happened, and he should therefore be prosecuted," Falun Gong chairman Marco Hsu said.

He said the United Nations estimated that more than 3000 Falun Gong members had been tortured to death in the last six years, while more than 6000 had received sentences of more than 18 years in prison. Thousands had been tortured and persecuted since China's 1999 decision to ban Falun Gong, which claims to count 70 to 100 million Chinese in its ranks.

Legal consultant for the group, Tyge Trier, said to national daily Berlingske Tidende that Denmark, according to the UN torture convention, had an obligation to conduct an investigation.