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Third Appeal Letter Requesting Legal Assistance from Ms. Wang Bo's Grandmother
By the grandmother of practitioner Wang Bo in Shijiazhuang City (Clearwisdom.net) Earlier article: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2006/11/29/80393.html Liu Shuqin lost control of her bowels due to torture, and it took her quite
some time to recover after returning home. Wang Xinzhong's eyes were bloodshot
and he could not move his back because of the beating. Even young Wang Bo was
sentenced to three years of forced labor and finished college under close police
supervision. Meanwhile, the police continued to harass them after they returned
home. The family saw no other alternative but to go into hiding in the
Northeast. They still had no reprieve. They were arrested again on July 27, 2006. So
far, they have been detained for over four months. They were subjected to a
court trial and were told that a sentence would be handed down soon. To our
dismay, it is impossible to find a lawyer who would ask for a non-guilty verdict
when representing Falun Gong practitioners. We have heard that attorney Gao Zhisheng of Beijing, who holds up justice,
has been arrested by police because he represented practitioners. We also
understand that his wife and children are being monitored by police. I am almost
90 years old, yet I have not seen or heard of such injustice and
unreasonableness. I hereby appeal that more lawyers stand up and defend justice,
resist the evil, and help my daughter's family! We were not notified of their arrest, and we tried in vain to get information
regarding their whereabouts and if their lives were in danger. Some kind-hearted
people told us that the entire proceedings and detention are kept in secret. When the news could no longer be hidden from us, the police told us lies.
They claimed that my family members would be released after over 20 days of
"re-education" in a brainwashing center. They claimed that they would
be bailed out by their employers. The police assured us that we could expect
them home soon. Then, out of the blue, we received a phone call asking us to bring clothes to
the detention center. They were detained a long time ago. We have yet to receive
any official notification. Meanwhile we heard rumors that Wang Bo and her mother
were in poor health because of a hunger strike. Then we heard that Wang Xinzhong
was hospitalized for emergency treatment. We also heard that Wang Bo was
injected with sleep inducing drugs in order to give her intravenous injections
more easily. My granddaughter was already suffering a great deal mentally for
several years when police kept her under surveillance. We worry that she might
become mentally disoriented from the sleep inducing injections. Isn't this
ruining my granddaughter? Finally we received more reliable information after hearing all kinds of
rumors. My family's cases were transferred to the Chang'an District Court. We
hurried there and found out from the bulletin board that the trial would be held
within three days. We attempted to hire an attorney, but as soon as they heard
that it meant representing Falun Gong practitioners, nobody wanted to take the
cases. The trial was held as scheduled, without a defense lawyer. Wang Bo and her
mother looked very thin, and Wang Xinzhong looked even worse. He required help
just to stand up. The judge said that several thousand truth-clarifying fliers were confiscated
when their home was ransacked, and therefore they would receive a heavy
sentence. We heard informally that the sentence for someone who had less than
1,000 such fliers would be between three and seven years. Tell me, how long
would someone be sentenced if he was found with several thousand fliers? My
daughter and her family are well known as good people, how can they sentence
good people and send them to prison? All kinds of fliers and brochures are handed out on the street. We often
receive those. A lot of them are for healing and fake medicines, but no one
takes those people to court. Meanwhile, practitioners who live by the principles
of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Tolerance receive guilty verdicts, and they are
arrested, beaten and detained. To our horror, we also heard that some
practitioners had their organs removed while they were still alive. How come it
is against the law to appeal against wrongdoings by handing out fliers? If there were no persecution of Falun Gong, there would not be any printing
or distribution of fliers. Before 1999, no one heard of practitioners sending
out fliers. Isn't the harassment, arrest and torture of practitioners by police
the reason why fliers are printed? Aren't they speaking out against the
injustice? They have no other way out but to print fliers and appeal everywhere. No lawyer will represent Falun Gong practitioners. Over 40,000 yuan
were confiscated from us, and no family visits are being allowed. I have no
choice but to appeal in a public letter for the rescue of my daughter's family. The presiding judge at the court promised that we can claim the 41,000 yuan.
However, when we asked the judges for our money, they refused with a number
of excuses. They claimed that the funds couldn't be returned without my daughter
and Wang Bo's signature. Also, my request to visit my daughter was denied. Then,
they claimed that the funds are still held by the police who arrested my family
members and have not been turned over to the court. The judges have requested
the return of the funds but there is no guarantee. They asked us to claim the
money. Then we also heard that the cost for the judges would run to more than
10,000 yuan. I'm truly confused by how this could be happening. Can the courts
ruling be ignored by its own members, and if so, how can anyone believe in this
justice system? I hope that people will step forward to help my daughter's family as soon as
possible! Grandmother of Wang Bo: Han Lingrong 86-311-88963656 Contact information of those responsible for the persecution: The 2nd Detention Center of Shijiazhuang: 86-311-87782024 Head of the Detention Center: Wang Shuting: 86-311-87755213, 86-13931171888,
86-13781581859 Instructor Zhang Hongqi: 86-311-87755202 (Office) Deputy Head of the Detention Center: Wang Zhibin: 86-311-87755202 (Office) Chang'an District Court of Shijiazhuang City, address: # 15 Huailing Road,
zip: 050021 Office: 86-311-5814012, 86-311-5815253, 86-311-5814311 Court Presiding Judges: Guo Lianshen and Shi Heping. The 1st trial court (in charge of the case of Wang Bo's family) Head of the court Wang Xu (male), deputy head of the court: Judge Yue
(female) Deputy head of the court: Zhang Mingli Judges: Li Yuhai and Li Bowen 610 office of Hebei Province: 86-311-87906057 Deputy director: Wang Yongzhi (in charge of persecution of Falun Gong):
86-311-7908681 (Office), 86-311-7906766 (Home); 86-13931110731 (Cell) Director Zhang Guojun: 86-311-7906310(Office); 86-311-7906898(Home); Deputy director Ji Tingyu: 86-311-7908895(Office), 86-311-7906889(Home); Procurator Court of Hebei Province, chief procurator: Hou Lei Dept. of Law and Discipline: 86-311-3022417, Dept. of Monitoring: 86-311-3022410, Office: 3022407 Public Security Bureau of Shijiazhuang City: Li Xingshang (involved in the arrest of Wan Bo's family and refuses to return
over 40,000 yuan) November 30, 2006 |