(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Zhou Xianwen filed a complaint against former dictator Jiang Zemin to the Supreme People's Procuratorate in 2015 for his role in launching the brutal 16-year persecution. In retaliation, she was illegally arrested by officers from the Yangpu Police Department on July 28, 2015 and detained for five days.
Ms. Zhou then submitted letters of complaint to the Administrative Court of Yangpu District on January 27 and 28, 2016. The letters requested the court to withdraw the illegal order of administrative detention against her and to award compensation and a formal apology for her arrest last July.
Yangpu District Court staff said that the higher authorities would not allow them to accept cases from Falun Dafa practitioners.
Ms. Zhou then wrote a letter to the chief judge of the Yangpu District Court, citing the court staff for their blatant disregard of the law. She pointed out that practicing Falun Dafa is lawful under China's Constitution and that she hoped the court could make a fair decision and redress the grievance.
Illegally Arrested Four Times
Ms. Zhou Xianwen was previously arrested several times for practicing Falun Dafa.Below is a summary of those arrests.
On July 31, 2007, Ms. Zhou was arrested by eight officers from the Yangpu Police Department. She was detained for a month, then transferred to the Qingpu Brainwashing Center.
On September 28, 2009, Ms. Zhou was arrested by officers from the Pinglianglu Police Station for distributing brochures about Falun Dafa. The police raided her home and detained her for a month.
In early November 2009, Ms. Zhou was taken to a brainwashing center by officers from the Pinglianglu Police Station.
On July 28, 2015, Ms. Zhou was doing the Falun Dafa exercises at practitioner Ms. Lian Xiuyin's home. Police broke into the house, took Ms. Zhou away, and detained her for five days.
