(Clearwisdom.net) Below is an email from US Congressman David Price to Falun Gong practitioner regarding the lawsuit against the former Chinese leader.
June 23, 2003
Dear Mr. (Name omitted):
Thank you for contacting me regarding legal action taken against former Chinese Premier Jiang Zemin.
Like you, I continue to be distressed by the ongoing persecution of Falun Gong practitioners by the government of China.á As you know, last October Falun Gong practitioners served members of the entourage of Jiang Zemin with notice of a lawsuit against him based on the 1976 Alien Tort Claims Act and the Torture Victim Protection Act.á Soon thereafter, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit pending in Northern District Court of Illinois.á Rep. Lantos submitted an Amicus Curae brief on behalf of the Falun Gong claimants to counter the DOJ motion in early June.á I am hopeful of a favorable finding by the District Court.
I had the opportunity to raise the issue of Chinese repression of Falun Gong on a visit I made to the country in April of 2002.á Though I did not receive a satisfactory answer to my inquiry, I have continued to press the Chinese government on the issue.á In the 107th Congress, I cosponsored two Congressional Resolutions (H. Con. Res. 188 and H. Con. Res. 447) calling on the Chinese government to end the persecution of members of the Falun Gong movement.á More recently, I cosigned a letter to the Chinese ambassador calling on the Chinese government to release U.S. citizen Charles Li, a Falun Gong practitioner.
I will continue to do everything I can to protect the human rights of people in China and every country which has a record of abuse.
Again, thank you for taking the time to contact me.á Please continue to keep in touch on matters of concern.
Sincerely,
DAVID PRICE
Member of Congress
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