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Falun Dafa Practitioner Mr. Hu Wenjian Files Lawsuit against Lawless Officials
By Falun Dafa practitioners in China
(Clearwisdom.net) Mr. Hu Wenjian is a Falun Dafa practitioner from
Langfang City, Hebei Province. Half of his body has been paralyzed as a result
of torture suffered at the hands of lawless officials. He is not able to move
freely, engage in normal work or take care of himself. Mr. Hu has filed a
lawsuit against the officials involved in the persecution. Mr. Hu Wenjian has a middle school education and started practicing Falun
Dafa in 1998. After the persecution started in 1999, he presented the facts
about Falun Gong to the National People's Congress as well as distributing
truth-clarifying leaflets. As a result, he was jailed, tortured and sentenced to
forced labor. When Mr. Hu was arrested, he was cruelly beaten at the police station and
then held in custody in the detention center seven months beyond the legal
maximum duration. After this, he was forced into slave labor in a labor camp.
There he was forced to work for extended hours each day, as well as suffering
physical torture and mental abuse. The excessive mental and physical abuse has
resulted in the paralysis of half of his body. He has not been able to take care
of his regular daily life or work. His wife left him under such pressure. Mr. Hu Wenjian has filed a lawsuit, suing the organizations and individuals
who participated in the persecution against him. He has filed his case with the
People's Congress and the court. Recently, a township official, led by the
village Party Secretary, visited him. The official promised to compensate him in
exchange for his commitment to forgo an appeal and stay out of Beijing. Organizations and individuals Mr. Hu has filed the lawsuit against are as
follows: Yan Zhen, officer of the Langfang City Police Department January 2, 2005
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