Interpol order out for retired Chinese leaders’ Falun Gong persecution
Peter Terpstra
(TibetanReview.net, Dec26, 2009) An Argentine federal judge has on Dec 17
asked Interpol to issue an arrest warrant against former Chinese president
Jiang Zemin and former security chief Luo Gan after four years of
investigating charges of torture and genocide against Falun Gong
practitioners, reported Reuters Dec 24. China has condemned the ruling, saying
this was not the first time such order has been issued against its leaders.
Its Foreign Ministry said Dec 24 that such overseas court rulings that support
Falun Gong were hurting China's relations with those countries.
"Falun Gong has been legally recognised as a cult by the Chinese government,"
the report quoted Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu as saying in a
faxed response. "Falun Gong's scheme to use foreign court proceedings to bring
false charges hurts China's relations with the relevant countries, and this
plot of false charges cannot succeed."
Jiang was the president of China when Falun Gong mobilized some 10,000 of its
followers in a surprise silent protest in front of the central government
compound in Apr 1999. China then launched an all-out campaign against the
group, arresting many and driving it underground and into exile, where it has
attracted followers world-wide.
China has jailed or sentenced thousands of Chinese citizens for practicing the
Falun Gong’s unique breathing exercise amid allegations that the vital organs
of those executed had been channeled into the black market.
Falun Gong has brought similar cases against Jiang, Luo and other Chinese
officials in France, Spain and elsewhere.
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Amnesty International Report 2009 on China:
http://report2009.amnesty.org/en/regions/asia-pacific/china