Reported by Tian Yi, reporter for RFA in Germany.

(Clearwisdom.net) Jia Qinglin, the former Mayor of Beijing and current Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, visited three European countries and received lawsuits and protests from human rights organizations and Falun Gong practitioners. The following is a summary recording by special reporter Tian Yi in Germany.

Jia Qinglin left South Korea last week and started his three-country visit in Europe. The reporter learned from international human rights organizations and the International Rescue Association of Those Being Persecuted that Jia's European trip provided an opportunity to sue him. Regarding this, the reporter interviewed Mr. Wang Yong, who was involved in the lawsuit against Jia.

Wang: He is visiting four countries in Asia and Europe, and he came to Austria after South Korea. For the lawsuit, two human rights organizations, the Falun Gong Association of Austria, and more than ten individuals jointly filed the lawsuit.

Regarding details of the lawsuit, Mr. Wang said: The lawsuit was filed with the prosecutor in Vienna, and is mainly based on the United Nations Convention against Torture. Both China and Austria signed the convention in the 1980s. The convention against torture also puts forward bringing those who conduct torture to justice. For various reasons, in China it is now almost impossible to sue high-level officials such as Jia when it comes to the persecution. Under this situation, as a signature country, Austria has the ability and obligation to investigate and bring those committing such crimes to justice.

Mr. Wang said that Jia would be served with similar lawsuits in other European countries.

Mr. Wang: We have the opportunity to submit the lawsuit. Everything is moving forward. The next lawsuit will be filed in Spain for his crimes of genocide and torture.

The reporter learned that Jia was protested in Spain by human rights organizations and Falun Gong practitioners. On September 3, a lawyer for Falun Gong practitioners filed a criminal lawsuit against Jia in Spain's National Court for his crimes of genocide and torture.

Posting date: 9/11/2004
Original article date: 9/11/2004
Category: News & Media Reports
Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2004/9/8/83699.html

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