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Editors' Note: The persecution of Falun Gong has been going on for four years, having begun officially on July 20, 1999. Jiang Zemin continues to abuse his power and impose his personal will on the Chinese people. In order to persecute Falun Gong, he set up the illegal "610 Office" to systematically create and spread lies in attempts to demonize Falun Gong. Jiang and his "610 Office" have committed huge crimes, yet they have used all means at their disposal to cover the truth of their misdeeds from the public. As a result, the people have had great difficulty recognizing the nature, depth and breadth of the persecution of Falun Gong. The stories in this Tribunal article are all based on facts and actual events that have taken place. Some are true stories while others are compilations of different people's experiences. When the Tribunal is performed in public, the witnesses are played by practitioners who speak fluent English. In order to clarify the truth of the persecution in a more comprehensive manner, the script of the Tribunal will be modified periodically. We ask readers who plan to use the script to please pay attention to these updates.

[Stage Instructions: One Judge will speak and appear. Behind him will be chairs with huge placards with the names of the below mentioned Judges.]

The 610 Office

Prosecutor: I'd like to call Mrs. Ding (pseudonym) to the witness stand. Mrs. Ding, what office did your husband hold in China?

Mrs. Ding: He worked in the 610 Office.

Prosecutor: Could you remind us what the 610 Office actually is.

Mrs. Ding: It's the office that was created to stop Falun Gong. It's all over the country.

Prosecutor: What role did your husband have in the 610 Office?

Mrs. Ding: He was appointed head of the 610 Office in Heilongjiang Province.

Prosecutor: What did your husband do as the head of the 610 Office in Heilongjiang Province?

Mrs. Ding: He carried out the orders of the central 610 Office.

Prosecutor: Orders in regards to what?

Mrs. Ding: Falun Gong.

Prosecutor: Can you be more specific?

Mrs. Ding: I don't understand.

Prosecutor: What orders did he carry out in regards to Falun Gong?

Mrs. Ding: Whatever orders were passed down by his superiors.

Prosecutor: What was the nature of those orders?

(pause)

Mrs. Ding?

(pause, more strongly)

Did he arrest Falun Gong practitioners?

(pause)

Did he arrest?

Mrs. Ding: Yes.

Prosecutor: Did he sentence Falun Gong practitioners to forced labor camps?

Mrs. Ding: Yes.

Prosecutor: Did he beat Falun Gong practitioners?

Mrs. Ding: No.

Prosecutor: Did he order Falun Gong practitioners to be beaten?

(Slight pause)

Mrs. Ding.

Mrs. Ding: I don't know what orders he gave.

Prosecutor: did he order Falun Gong practitioners to be force-fed?

Mrs. Ding: I don't know.

Prosecutor: Did he tell his officers that Falun Gong deaths would be counted as suicides?

Mrs. Ding: I don't know.

Prosecutor: Did he order his men that "no law regulates the treatment of Falun Gong practitioners", and tacitly approve the police to shock Falun Gong practitioners with multiple electric batons?

Mrs. Ding: I don't know.

Prosecutor: Did he order female practitioners to be thrown in jail cells with male prisoners?

(Mrs. Ding and Defense Attorney speak at the same time)

Mrs. Ding: I don't know! Defense attorney: Objection your honor!

Judge: Objection sustained.

Prosecutor: (immediately) Is it true that orders were given to "defame Falun Gong practitioners' reputation, bankrupt them financially, destroy them physically"?

Mrs. Ding: Those orders did not come from my husband.

Prosecutor: Where did those orders come from? Did he carry out those orders?

(slight pause) Your husband was the head of the 610 Office in Heilongjiang Province. Did he not carry out the orders he was given?

Mrs. Ding: (pause) He had no choice.

Prosecutor: No choice? Mrs. Ding, everyone can have a choice in front of righteous and evil, good and bad; and everyone must bear responsibility for his choice.

Mrs. Ding: You don't know what you're talking about. If you understood Chinese history, if you understood the nature of the Communist Party then you'd know there's no such thing as "choice" in China. When Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution, he detained and tortured the President of China. In order to open fire on students on Tiananmen Square, Deng Xiaoping removed the head of the Communist Party from his post, who had a choice? It's not just Falun Gong that's been persecuted. I've been persecuted, too. Jiang Zemin, you've persecuted me, you've persecuted my family, you've persecuted everyone in China.

Prosecutor: Are you saying Jiang Zemin is the person responsible for the persecution of Falun Gong?

Mrs. Ding: Yes.

Prosecutor: Is it correct to say that the 610 office has been the primary agent in enforcing and implementing Jiang's will to destroy Falun Gong?

Mrs. Ding: Yes.

Prosecutor: And that Jiang gave this system powers above the law and above all normal channels of procedure?

Mrs. Ding: Yes.

Prosecutor: Mrs. Ding, please remember my advice: everyone can have a choice in front of righteous and evil, good and bad; and everyone must bear responsibility for his choice. No further questions.

Defense Attorney: No questions for this witness, Your Honor.

Overseas Harassment

Prosecutor: I would now like to call Terrance Williams to the witness stand. Mr. Williams, what do you do for a living?

Mr. Williams: I'm the mayor of Martinville, Texas.

Prosecutor: Last year you signed a proclamation supporting the practice of Falun Gong and condemning the persecution. Could you tell us about that?

Mr. Williams: Yes Sir. Last summer I had a call come into my office requesting a meeting from a couple of young ladies and a gentleman who were passing through town. I invited them into the office and they started to tell me about the nature of their spiritual practice and the terrible stories of people who are being persecuted for practicing it.

They looked me in the eye when they spoke and I felt they were good, honest people. They had a nice way about them so I asked them what it was I could do to help. They said that it has a good effect when elected officials here in the U.S. publicly showed support and asked if I would sign a proclamation. I was more than happy to do so.

They left, I wished them luck, and told them to let me know if there was anything else I could do.

Prosecutor: What happened after that?

Mr. Williams: A couple of weeks after the proclamation was sent out, I received a package in the mail. It was full of hideous material attacking the practice I had signed the proclamation for the people who practice it.

Prosecutor: What practice is that.

Mr. Williams: That's the Falun Gong practice.

Prosecutor: What else was in the package?

Mr. Williams: Well, if the materials weren't offensive enough, there was an accompanying letter from the head of the Chinese Consulate that just fell shy of ordering me to rescind the proclamation.

I could be scared, but I can tell you that sent a chill down my spine. Right here in the U.S., a foreign government was bold enough to tell me an elected official what I could and could not do. I wondered why they felt they could openly have such gall right here on U.S. soil.

I sent a letter of response to the gentleman at the consulate and told him that regardless of how they might operate where he comes from, here in the U.S.A. we take our freedom seriously. I said that the garbage he sent me was not welcome and if he wanted to discuss things, he could come to visit so we could talk eye to eye. He didn't reply to my invitation.

Prosecutor: No more questions Your Honor. Thank you Mr. Williams.

Mr. Williams: My pleasure.

Judge: Defense?

Defense: No questions Your Honor.

Prosecutor: Will one of you please begin and tell us what you know about the persecution of Falun Gong in the United States.

[One of the three steps forward and begins to speak.]

Leeshai -- We know that Jiang Zemin and his 610 organization have a network of spies in the United States. We know this because one of the spies, Mr. Liao, has confessed. We have his written confession, the evidence of his crimes -- notebooks and other records, and depositions from eyewitnesses. Because I have served as legal counsel on recent lawsuits, I have here a certified copy of probative portions of his notebook.

Judge -- Bailiff, please have them marked as prosecution exhibit 2 and move them into evidence.

[Bailiff does so]

Prosecutor: Could you summarize the contents of the notebook for us?

Leeshai: It tells how Mr. Liao received $3,500 from an "employee" of the Chinese consulate for supplying information about Falun Gong practitioners. Mr. Liao was also seen stealing records of Falun Gong contact persons.

Prosecutor: Did Mr. Liao admit that he worked for the defendant?

Leeshai: He admitted that he worked for several Chinese agents who had close ties with Jiang Zemin's 610 Office.

There have been similar cases in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York where Chinese agents not only harassed but assaulted Falun Gong practitioners. A few men have already been charged and sentenced for their crimes. Because the assailants target not individuals but practitioners as representatives of a larger group of a particular creed or faith, I think they can safely be called hate crimes. Even worse, they seem to be hate crimes committed by agents of a foreign government right here on the U.S soil.

Judge: Are saying that you believe the difficulties Falun Gong practitioners have encountered here in the United States are really just an extension of the persecution inside China?

Leeshai: Yes, Your Honor.

[EXPERT WITNESS FROM THE FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION IN THE U.S.]

Judge (towards prosecutor) -- Any more questions for your witness?

Prosecutor -- No, thank you. No further questions.

Defense Attorney -- I have no questions at this time.

(To Be Continued)