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BBC: Falun Gong sues China minister
Last Updated: Wednesday, 28 January, 2004, 12:08 GMT
Four members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement have filed a lawsuit in
Paris against visiting Chinese Culture Minister Sun Jiazheng.
The members said Mr Sun was responsible for "crimes of torture" against the
group, which is banned in China.
Mr Sun is accompanying President Hu Jintao on a state visit to France.
The plaintiffs called for him to be detained before he leaves on Thursday,
saying he was guilty of "incitement to massacre and persecution".
The four, three women and a man, said they had suffered detentions and
torture in connection with their practice of Falun Gong. Three of the group are
Chinese, and one of them - a woman - is French.
They said Mr Sun had called through the media for the "elimination" of Falun
Gong practitioners, and demanded that he be taken in for questioning. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3437041.stm Posting date: 1/29/2004 |