On the morning of July 8th, Mr. Deng Xiaoming, a teacher in Huayang Teacher Training School, was sentenced to six and a half years imprisonment by Shuangliu Court. The main street in front of the courthouse was closed for the day. The closure of the road attracted many onlookers.
Shuangliu Court violated procedural law and cleared the courtroom. However, after Mr. Deng's wife argued about this, she was allowed to audit the trial. Some unidentified people were also sitting in the public gallery. The court tried to prevent Mr. Deng's defence lawyers, Xie Yanyi and Li Chunfu, from defending him in court. After an hour-long argument, the two lawyers finally were permitted to attend the trial as Mr. Deng's representatives.
During the three-hour hearing, the lawyers entered a not-guilty plea for Mr. Deng and pointed out that his case had been fabricated, because his arrest was illegal and he had been framed. His subsequent detention, prosecution, and trial had no legal basis. The lawyers also indicated that those who were involved in the case, specifically from the investigative and procuratorate divisions, including the leading personnel and case investigators, should be viewed as the guilty parties. The charges should be: first, committing perjury; second, abuse of power; third, bending the law for personal gain; and fourth, subverting the political power of the state (the investigative division involved in the case committed an illegal offence in the implementation of the laws, which would ultimately jeopardize the political power of the state).
The judge interrupted the defence attorneys several times in an attempt to halt their accusations.
In the end, the court sentenced Mr. Deng to six and half years in prison, even though the prosecution was unable to provide any legal basis or advance any further arguments. Deng Xiaoming refused to admit that he was guilty as the court had proclaimed and tried to appeal to the High Court.
Deng Xiaoming, 38, was a teacher in Huayang Teacher Training School. Because of his steadfast faith in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, after July 20th, 1999, he was sentenced to three years in prison. He was incarcerated in Deyang Prison. After losing his job, Mr. Deng and his wife ran a store for a time. On June 17th, 2008, before the Beijing Olympics, Wu Shuang and Wang Shejun from the Huayang Bureau went to Mr. Deng's store, asking for Falun Gong materials, and made a false accusation against Deng. He was arrested, and his home was searched and items confiscated. He was detained in Xinjin Brainwashing Centre for over two months and was later sentenced .
When Mr. Deng was arrested, his 14-year-old son, who was just finishing his final exams, was also handcuffed and taken to the Hauyang local police station. His son was locked in the washroom. Later on, police officers Chen Zhi and Hu Bo went to the boy's school and harassed him. For instance, they tricked him into entering the school and then interrogated him. The boy was frightened and trembling with fear. He could not go to sleep by himself at night for over two weeks.
Since Mr. Deng's arrest, his wife has had to bear the heavy burden of providing for her family. Their son graduated from middle school with honours, at the top of his class, but the family is still facing financial difficulties.
Shuangliu County Court:
Presiding Judge Yu Rong
Huayang Local Police Station:Vice-director Pei Yibao: 86-13882119789(Mobile)
Chen Zhi: 86-13518127283(Mobile)
Hu Bo: 86-13558659555(Mobile)
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2009/7/11/204375.html
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