Ms. Jiang Xinbo, Her Husband and Colleagues Being Forced to Write Self-criticism Papers

Ms. Jiang Xinbo, a teacher and Falun Gong practitioner from the Jiansanjiang Qianjin Farm, Heilongjiang Province, has been held for three months in the Jiansanjiang Detention Centre. On September 10th, 2009, Ms. Jiang was arrested by Zhao Jun and Liu Jiazhong from the Qianjin Farm Police Department when she distributed Falun Gong DVDs. That evening, she was forcefully taken to the Jiansanjiang Detention Centre. On September 16th, 2009, she was beaten severely because she tried to explain the truth of Falun Gong with her own experience to the guards. Afterward, she was handcuffed and shackled.

Ms. Jiang's family has been very worried about her situation during the past three months. Her daughter cried because she missed her mum. Her husband kept asking officials from different departments to allow him to visit her; however, they always used excuses to deny him visitation. Not until November 28th, 2009, because of her husband's urging, could Ms. Jiang finally see her daughter.

After that, the family was not allowed to see her again. Officials said that Ms. Jiang's case was sent to the Jiansanjiang Procuratorate, and later stated that her case was sent to the Jiansanjiang Court and that the indictment had already been sent to Ms. Jiang. Chief Judge Yuan Pengfei replied to Ms. Jiang's husband that the juridical day was either December 2nd or 3rd, 2009. Her husband wanted to hire lawyers; however, he was threatened not to do so.

1. Husband Threatened for Hiring Lawyers

Ms. Jiang's husband hired two sympathetic lawyers from Beijing. On November 30th, 2009, he and the lawyers went to the Jiansanjiang Court to meet Yuan Pengfei, the chief judge. When the lawyers asked how to determine the nature of this case, Yuan said that he didn't know, because he had just returned from an out-of-town study, and that he needed to call others. Later, Yuan told the lawyers that the criminal charge was "using evil religious organisations to destroy the nation's law." When the lawyers asked who the operators were, Yuan said, "It's a secret." The lawyers wanted to meet the operators; however, Yuan told them that they were away and he would let them come the next day.

The lawyers returned to their hotel and received a call at around 9:00 a.m. The caller said he was from the Politics and Law Committee and asked where they were from and how much their salary was. The lawyers refused to answer. It was verified later that the caller was Yu Wenbo, head of the Sanjiang Domestic Security Division.

On December 1st, 2009, the lawyers and Ms. Jiang's family returned to the court to meet Yuan Pengfei and the operator, and requested to see Ms. Jiang Xinbo. However, the people in charge shifted responsibility onto others, which caused the family to have to wait a whole day. Finally, only the lawyers were allowed to see Ms. Jiang.

On the afternoon of December 1st, the lawyers and Ms. Jiang's family had an appointment and went to see Yuan Pengfei and Ding Lichang (of the civil court) to have a copy of the legal document. Yuan and Ding didn't show up; the lawyers and Ms. Jiang's family had waited a long time. Later they went to find Li Chunrao, head of the Jiansanjiang 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong). Li asked Ms. Jiang's husband why he had hired lawyers, where they came from and how much their salary was. Then Shi Ping, head of the Qianjin 610 Office, and Wang Yuhai, head of the Qianjin Middle School, came to the Jiansanjiang 610 Office. Wang Yuhai came to persuade Ms. Jiang's husband to go back to school. Li Chunyao and Wang Ping threatened him and demanded that he fire the lawyers.

2. Colleagues Forced to Write Self-criticism Papers

In order to rescue Ms. Jiang Xinbo, her husband wrote a letter in which he mentioned his wife's significant changes for the better since practising Falun Gong. More than forty colleagues from the Qianjing Middle School, who had worked with her before, signed petitions calling for her release.

However, at around 10:00 a.m. on November 2nd, 2009, Wang Yuhai, head of the Qianjing Middle School, held a meeting with the teachers who had signed the petition. During the meeting, Wang Yuhai cursed those teachers and cast a stone between Ms. Jiang and her former colleagues. Due to Wang's threats, those teachers became worried that they might lose their jobs. Then, Wang Yuhai forced them to write self-criticism papers, and required more than 1,500 words for each paper. In addition, Wang forced Ms. Jiang's husband to write a self-criticism paper and to fire his lawyers at the request of the Party committee secretary of Jiansanjiang and the Party secretary of Qianjin.

On December 4th, 2009, Ms. Jiang's husband had to rewrite the paper because Wang Yuhai said that it didn't meet the requirements. Moreover, Wang threatened to have him fired if he did not fire the lawyers. That afternoon, Wang Yongze, the vice-principal of the school, held a plenary session and again scolded the teachers.

Related Phone Numbers:

Wang Yuhai, head of the Qianjin Farm Middle School: 86-13069925588 (Mobile)
Shi Ping, head of the Qianjin 610 Office: 86-454-5799329, 86-13846123277 (Mobile), 86-454-5743277
Yuan Pengfei, Chief Judge of the Jiansanjiang Court: 86-454-5790013 (Office), 13836635686 (Mobile)), 86-454-5790934 (Home)
Ding Lichang, acting judge: 86-454-5790127, 13019754271 (Mobile) or 15948572789 (Mobile), 86-454-5725271

Related article: "Teachers and Students Show Their Support for the Imprisoned Ms. Jiang Xinbo" http://clearwisdom.net/html/articles/2009/12/11/113044.html

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2009/12/13/214321.html