(Clearwisdom.net) The Chaoyang District People's Court of Beijing held a secret session on January 9, 2004, in the Shuangqiao People's Courtroom of Beijing. This was an illegal trial of Falun Dafa practitioners Chu Tong and Wang Weiyu of Qinghua University. On April 22, 2004, the Chaoyang District People's Court sentenced Chu Tong to eleven years and Wang Weiyu to eight years (Chaoyang District People's Court of Beijing: Judgement No. 75 of 2004 Chao Criminal Preliminary Document).

The accusations against the practitioners were as follows:

Chu Tong: Publishing articles on Clearwisdom.net and distributing Falun Gong-related content on the Internet.

Wang Weiyu: Assisting in the distribution of Falun Gong contents on the Internet and compiling evidence of the persecution among Qinghua University students and staff.

The guilty sentence was based on the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, no. 300.

The two practitioners immediately appealed at the No. 2 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing. Around late June of 2004, the Intermediate People's Court did not hold a session to review the sentence, but secretly declared they would uphold the original sentencing. All court procedures were conducted in secret.

Responsible Parties and Contact Information -

Responsible organizations for the first trial:

Chaoyang District People's Court of Beijing
Chaoyang District People's Procurator's Office of Beijing

Responsible people of Chaoyang District People's Court for the first trial:
Chief Justice: Ma Ying
Judge: Zhu Xuhui
Deputy Judge: Fan Xiulan
Contact Information: switchboard, Chaoyang District People's Court, ext. criminal court division.

Address of Chaoyang District People's Court: Jia no. 2, South Chaoyang Park Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100026
Switchbox: 86-10-65958855 or 86-10-65061292, reporting number 86-10-65021021
Telephone numbers of Shuangqiao People's Courtroom of Chaoyang District People's Court: 86-10-65751915, 86-10-65754723
Reporting Center telephone number for Chaoyang District People's Court concerning judges who have violated laws and rules: 86-10-65023091

Address of Chaoyang District People's Procurator's Office: 7 Liulitun West, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100026
email:chyjianchan@eyou.com
Zhang Dongqing, Procurator of Chaoyang District People's Procurator's Office of Beijing: 86-10-65061291
Reporting number of the Procurator's Office: 86-10-65042000

Reporting Center telephone number for Chaoyang District People's Procurator's Office of Beijing concerning procurators who violated laws and rules: 86-10-65002835

Responsible organizations for the second trial:

No. 2 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing
Address: 10 Fangzhuang Road, Fengtai District, 100007
Telephone numbers: 86-10-67699933 extensions 2372, 2371, 2261
Reporting Center telephone number of the No. 2 Intermediate People's Court of Beijing concerning judges who have violated laws and rules: 86-10-67653214

Reporting Center telephone number of People's Procurator's Office of Beijing concerning procurators who have violated laws and rules: 86-10-68299530

July 25, 2004

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Category: Accounts of Persecution