Chongqing City Politics and Law Committee Secretary Wan Fenghua Forces Mr. Jiang Xiqing's Family to Forfeit Legal Proceedings

In January 2009, guards in the Xishanping Forced Labour Camp in Chongqing City beat practitioner Mr. Jiang Xiqing until he was unconscious. While he was still alive, the guards cremated him. In the afternoon on May 13th, lawyers Mr. Zhang Kai, and Mr. Li Chunfu from Beijing were in the victim's home providing legal assistance and investigating the case when they were detained, beaten, and interrogated for over five hours. There were over twenty police officers at the scene. They were from the Jiangjin District Politics and Law Committee, the 610 Office¹, the Jiangjin District Police Department, and the Youxi Police Station. After the incident on May 13th when lawyers Mr. Zhang Kai and Mr. Li Chungfu were beaten, the Jiangjin District authorities ordered the 24-hour surveillance of Mr. Jiang's son, Mr. Jiang Hongbin, while forcing him to provide false evidence with threats. To force Mr. Jiang's family to abandon legal proceedings, Jiangjin District Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politics and Law Committee Secretary Wan Fenghua increased the threats and persecution against Mr. Jiang's family.

Recounting the "May 13th Incident"

At 2 p.m. on May 13th, 2009, Beijing lawyers Mr. Zhang Kai and Mr. Li Chunfu went to Mr. Jiang Xiqing's former home in the Jiangjin District. After 4 p.m., police officers Chen Wei and Zhou Kaijun went to the home and asked to see the lawyers' IDs. When they showed their lawyer credentials and passports, Chen Wei said, "We only recognize IDs." After unsuccessful explanations, the two lawyers said that they were going out to eat, but the officer said, "Wait. No one can leave." Soon, twenty to thirty people arrived. A person in red barged in and grabbed a lawyer by the hair. Soon after, some officers grabbed hair, while others grabbed limbs. They forced the two lawyers to the ground and stepped on them and kicked them. Afterwards, the lawyers were handcuffed behind their backs against a chair. Mr. Jiang Hongbin urged the police to act according to the law, but he was also handcuffed. The police kicked and trampled Mr. Jiang Hongbin, with officer Zou Xin and one with policeman ID# 202729 being the most brutal. In the confusion, the one with ID# 202729 confiscated a cellphone belonging to Mr. Jiang Hongbin's wife, Zou Xuqun. When she asked for it back, the person in red pushed her down. Her head hit the ground and swelled up immediately. Mr. Jiang Xiqing's daughter, Ms. Jiang Hong, protested the baseless arrest by the police. A tall, thin police officer pushed and tripped her, causing multiple injuries to her hands and legs.

In the incident, six people were seriously hurt. One lawyer became partially deaf from being hit on the ear. The Jiangjin District police handcuffed the two lawyers and Mr. Jiang Hongbin and took them away.

Jiangjin District police force Mr. Jiang Xiqing's son to provide false evidence

After the beating incident, Ms. Jiang Hong was forced to leave home to avoid further persecution. Mr. Jiang Hongbin has been monitored by the Jiangjin District police 24 hours a day. The police are now forcing Mr. Jiang to provide false evidence in an attempt to conceal their crimes and escape justice. The details of the false evidence include: 1. On the afternoon of May 13th, 2009, after the police inspected the lawyers' IDs, I did not see any beatings going on. Later, over ten people came to my home. At the time, I was in the kitchen checking on the rice. I did not see whether the police beat people. 2. Before I was arrested, I wasn't beaten. I was injured during the arrest. 3. Due to the loving care from the District Revenue Centre, I will focus on my work from now on, and I will disregard all issues related to this incident.

Jiangjin District Politics and Law Committee Secretary Wan Fenghua forces Mr. Jiang Xiqing's family to forfeit legal proceedings

To force the family members to waive legal proceedings, Wan Fenghua increased the intensity of threats and persecution against the family. Wan forced Mr. Jiang Xiqing's other daughter, Ms. Jiang Ping, to cancel the contract with the lawyers. Ms. Jiang Hong continues to seek legal means to protect their rights and cannot return home. To cut off all possibility of a lawsuit, Wan Fenghua continues to have people investigate Ms. Jiang Hong's whereabouts, and monitors the homes of the three siblings more secretively. On June 4th, 2009, to force Ms. Jiang Hong to appear, Wan Fenghua announced that, "If Jiang Hong does not return in 7 days, then the police will search for her and arrest her."

The lawyers' contract was not signed by Mr. Jiang Hongbin, but Wan Fenghua forced him to write a document to the lawyers to cancel the legal representation. Wan continued to lean on Mr. Jiang to try to persuade his sisters to give up the lawsuit.

Ever since Mr. Jiang Xiqing was persecuted to death, Wan Fenghua and others have harassed Mr. Jiang Hongbin's family in their home. They call day and night, press the doorbell, knock on the door, monitor them from the shadows, etc. Mr. Jiang Hongbin's wife, Zou Xuqun, could not bear the pressure and was forced to divorce him. However, Wan Fenghua still ordered the Domestic Security Division officers Zou Kaijun and Mu Chaoheng to threaten her at her workplace, Jiangjin Telecom, and prevent her from working. Wan Fenghua also threatened Mr. Jiang Xiqing's fourth brother, Mr. Jiang Dehua, and brother-in-law, Mr. Xia Buchu, to ignore this incident and return to Xinjiang Province immediately. However, they did not agree and were steadfast in seeking justice in Mr. Jiang Xiqing's death.

Besides resorting to all means to force Mr. Jiang's family members to forfeit the lawsuit, Wan Fenghua also persecuted Ms. Jiang Hong financially. Ms. Jiang Hong was sentenced to three years at Chongqing City Women's Prison in 2000 because of her belief in Truth-Compassion-Forbearance. She lost her former job when she returned home in 2003. Beginning in 2008, Ms. Jiang worked for a company in the Jiangjin District. Her monthly salary was only around 500 yuan². Wan announced on June 4th, 2009, "We will interfere with anyone that employs Jiang Hong." This led to Ms. Jiang becoming unemployed again. Ms. Jiang has a daughter in high school so they are poverty-stricken. To ask for justice for her father, Ms. Jiang Hong continues to seek legal means to investigate the death of Mr. Jiang Xiqing. She is still unable to return home.

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http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2009/6/2/107941.html

Note

1. "The 610 office" is an agency specifically created to persecute Falun Gong, with absolute power over each level of administration in the Party and all other political and judiciary systems.

2. "Yuan" is the Chinese currency; 500 yuan is equal to the average monthly income of an urban worker in China.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2009/6/11/202552.html