|
Falun Gong Practitioners Ask Canada to Bar Future Entry of Chinese Officials Responsible for Persecution Falun Gong Practitioners in Toronto At a Toronto news conference on August 10, the Falun Dafa Association of
Canada, representing Falun Gong practitioners in Canada, requested and insisted
the Canadian government in the future refuse entry to Chinese officials
involved in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners. This includes Chinese
President Jiang Zemin, the head officials of national and local branches of the
"610 Office," the Public Security Department, the State Security
Department, the Police Bureau, and the Appeal Bureau.
The "610 Offices" were set up centrally, in all provinces as well
as in each city and town on June 10, 1999 ("610" stands for the tenth
day of the sixth month), for the sole purpose of the systematic and brutal
crackdown of Falun Gong.
The Falun Dafa Association of Canada, along with Canadian citizens Ms. Jinyu
Li and Mr. Xueye Zhu, also urged the Canadian government to remove and/or charge
Chinese official Dong Yiming, currently visiting Canada.
Mr. Dong Yiming, as the Department Chief of the Appeal Processing Office of
China's National Appeal Bureau, is directly responsible, instrumental and
complicit for the systematic murder, torture, persecution, and illegal labour
camp internment of thousands of Falun Dafa practitioners in China. It is both
his duty and responsibility, to ensure that the National Appeal Bureau manage,
direct, and oversee citizen appeals in accordance with the Constitution, related
to laws, and regulations.
Mr. Dong Yiming, and such other officials' entry into Canada is a clear
breach of s.19 of the
Immigration Act, and his actions are a criminal offence under s.7(3.1) of the
Criminal Code of Canada, constituting crimes against humanity.
When Jinyu Li and husband Shenli Lin went to the Beijing Appeals Office in
December 1999 to appeal for Falun Gong, the two were arrested. Jinyu was quickly
deported. Shenli was detained and later sentenced without trial to 18 months in
a labour camp. He was due to be released last month, but had his term
arbitrarily extended for six months the day before his scheduled release.
Mr. Xueye Zhu went to the Appeal Office in Beijing at end of 1999 to appeal
for Falun Gong. He was detained for 12 days. His parents were given a choice
between losing their jobs or persuading Xueye to denounce Falun Gong. He was
expelled from China only after his parents wrote promises. Xueye remained firm
with his belief.
The appeals offices are set up as the official channel for Chinese citizens
to file complaints. But they have become a gate to torture and prison for Falun
Gong practitioners. Thousands and possibly tens of thousands of innocent Falun
Gong practitioners have been illegally arrested, beaten and even killed after
going to the appeal offices.
Posting date: 8/13/2001 |