Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Officials in Wuhan City, Hubei Province Planned Trial of Seven Falun Gong Practitioners

The Wuchang District Court, Wuhan City, Hubei Province planned to put seven Falun Gong practitioners on trial at 8 a.m. on May 19th, 2012. According to inside information, Zhou Yongkang, the head of the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Political and Legislative Affairs Committee, was instrumental in pushing this one-year long case. Zhou ordered the Public Security Ministry to be in charge, and the local 610 Office (an organisation of special agents just for persecuting Falun Gong) and other law-enforcement organizations to adjudicate this case.

On April 20th and May 5th, 2011, the Wuhan 610 Office ordered the National Security Division and Wuhan Public Security Bureau to arrest practitioners Mr. Feng Zhen, Mr. Feng Yun, Mr. Zhang Su, Mr. Zhang Weijie, Mr. Xiong Weiming, Mr. Xia Yang, Ms. Zhu Chunlian, Ms. Li Guohua, and Ms. Han Shuhua. The police interrogated the practitioners at the Hankou District Erdaopeng Brainwashing Centre, Wuhan City. The practitioners were deprived of sleep for five days in an attempt to make them confess and so be able to develop a significant court case against them. Then, the practitioners were taken to the Qingshan District Beihu Farm Brainwashing Centre and the Wuhan and Hubei Provincial Brainwashing Centres. In June 2011, Ms. Xia Yang, Ms. Zhu Chunlian, Ms. Li Guohua, and Ms. Han Shuhua were released on bail. The other practitioners were detained at the Wuchang District Detention Centre.

After fabricating a case, the Wuhan National Security Division handed it over to the Wuhan Procuratorate. In August 2011, the Wuhan Procuratorate assigned the case to the Wuchang District Procuratorate. Because there was no legal provision for the fabricated evidence, the procuratorate sent the case back to the police.

In early October 2011, the Wuhan 610 Office asked the Wuchang District Procuratorate again to take the case to court. Again the procuratorate rejected the case citing the same principle.

On December 19th, 2011, the 610 Office ordered the Wuchang District Procuratorate to proceed by filing one instead of nine separate lawsuits. They were committed to creating a significant court case.

Wuchang District Procurator Zhang Wei had responsibility for this case. She refused to meet with practitioners' family members. When the imprisoned practitioners met with their attorney, they recounted the tortures they had to endure in the brainwashing center. For this, the attorney was prevented from meeting with the practitioners going forwards, nor was the attorney allowed to view the charges brought by the police against the practitioners.

The Wuchang District Procuratorate planned to sue all nine practitioners under one court case. Because Ms. Zhu Chunlian and Ms. Li Guohua refused to testify, the procuratorate changed strategy by suing seven practitioners in one court case. The police arrested Mr. Xia Yang and Ms. Han Shuhua, who had been released on bail. The procuratorate accepted the case on April 23rd, 2012. The Wuchang District Court planned to hold the court hearing on May 19th at 8 a.m..

According to sources familiar with the case, Zhou Yongkang took the lead in the case. Zhou decreed on April 18th, that the practitioners' attorney could neither view nor copy the case documentation, an open violation of the Chinese Code of Criminal Procedures.

Organizations and People participating in the court proceedings:

1) Wuhan City 610 Office: 42 Jiefang Road, Hankou District, Wuhan, Zip Code: 430010
Phone: +86-27-82402907
Fax: +86-27-82402840
2) Chen Shiguo, director of the Wuhan 610 Office: +86-27-82402903 (W), +86-27-87403060 (H)
3) Wuhan City Political and Legal Committee: 42 Jiefang Road, Hankou District, Wuhan, Zip Code: 430010p
Phone: +86-27-82402413
Fax: +86-27-82402437
4) Zhao Fei, party secretary of the Wuhan Political and Legal Committee and director of the Wuhan Public Security Bureau: +86-27-85876666 (direct work line)
5) Hu Xukun, former party secretary of the Wuhan City Political and Legal Committee and former director of the Wuhan Public Security Bureau: +86-27-82402235
6) Cui Zhengjun, deputy secretary of the Wuhan Political and Legal Committee and director of the Stability Preservation Office: +86-27-82402467 (W), +86-27-85311811 (H)
7) Sun Tianwen, deputy secretary and secretary-general of the Wuhan Political and Legal Committee and director of Comprehensive Management Office: +86-27-82402436 (W), +86-27-83519688 (H)
8) Ren Qiang, head of the Party Discipline Inspection Team, Wuhan Political and Legal Committee: +86-27-82402422 (W), +86-27-82637847 (H)
9) National Security Division, Wuhan Public Security Bureau: 188 Fazhan Avenue, Hankou District, Wuhan, Zip Code: 430023
Phone: +86-27-85393500, +86-27-85393600
10) Xu Jinghua, director of the Political Department, Wuhan Public Security Bureau: +86-27-85396501 (W), +86-27-81803166 (H)
11) Liu Nanhua, director of the National Security Division, Wuhan Public Security Bureau (directly responsible for the law suit).
12) Jiao Jian, deputy director of the National Security Division, Wuhan Public Security Bureau: +86-27-85393567
13) Zhang Ning, National Security Division, Wuhan Public Security Bureau: +86-27-85393569 (directly responsible for the law suit).
14) Cai Heng, squadron leader of the National Security Division, Wuhan Public Security Bureau (directly responsible for the above lawsuit): +86-27-85393569 (W), +86-13971015811 (M)
15) Yuan Quan, National Security Division, Wuhan Public Security Bureau (directly responsible for the lawsuit): +86-27-85393569
16) Wu Zhiguo, National Security Division, Wuhan Public Security Bureau (directly responsible for the law suit): +86-27-85393569 (W), +86-13871034683 (M)
17) Huang Xiaozhe: National Security Division, Wuhan Public Security Bureau (directly responsible for the lawsuit): +86-27-85393569 (W)
18) Liu Hua, National Security Division, Wuhan Public Security Bureau (directly responsible for the lawsuit): +86-27-85393569
19) Wuhan City Procuratorate: 1 Taibeier Road, Hankou District, Wuhan, Zip Code: 430015
telephone: +86-27-65797026, +86-27-65797119, fax: +86-27-65797031
20) Sun Yingzheng, Party Secretary and Procurator-General of Wuhan Procuratorate: +86-27-65797009
Wuchang District Procuratorate: 299 Lujia Street, Wuchang District, Wuhan, Zip Code: 430060,
Phone: +86-27-88114997, +86-27-88114389
21) Hu Jie, Head of Wuchang District Procuratorate: +86-27-88116680
22) Zhang Wei, Procurator of the Prosecution Section, Wuchang District Procuratorate: +86-27-88150252
23) Wuchang District Court: 12 Gongping Road, Wuchang District, Wuhan, Zip Code: 430070
phone: +86-27-88931713, +86-27-88931728, fax: +86-27-88931717
24) Deng Jun, judge of Wuchang District Court : +86-27-88931694
25) Wuchang District Detention Center: Qingling Township, Baishazhou, Wuchang District, Wuhan, Zip Code: 430060
Phone: +86-27-88085820,
26) Han, director at the Wuchang District Detention Centre: +86-27-88085820
27) Li Yao, deputy director at the Wuchang District Detention Centre: +86-18986090518
28) Wang, deputy director at the Wuchang District Detention Centre: +86-27-88085820