Sunday, October 14, 2012

700 Fingerprints Against Wedding Arrest


(http://youtu.be/87Xjb1HQ4W0)



A traditional and festive Chinese wedding led to
illegal arrests and sentences, is tearing apart four families.
In order to redress the grievances of the innocent relatives,
these families are seeking assistance from the public.
Nearly 700 people signed a letter
expressing their support. 
What was the experience of Cheng Baoying,
from Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, after that wedding?


with one fingerprint upon each signature, row after row.
These signatures are all in response to an open letter 
“Calling for Justice and Conscience” from four families in Harbin City.
The letter questioned: “Have you heard of the ridiculous 
thing that one is persecuted by the public security for hosting a wedding?
Now, Zhang Baosheng, Zhao Yuan, Wang Jinyu
and Cheng Baoying from Acheng district, Harbin City are persecuted for no reason.”
On May 22, 2011, Cheng Baoying’s son was going to marry.
Over 200 relatives and friends attended the wedding.
At the wedding, there were fairy dances, drum performances,
singing and video screenings, everyone enjoyed the wedding.
However, after the wedding, the groom’s mother, the wedding
company manager, the wedding host, and the driver transporting the audio equipment were all arrested.
On September 20, 2011, police from Acheng Public Security
Bureau took them away.
The “law” that they broke, was,
“Falun Gong practitioner hosting a wedding.”
The four were held in administrative detention for 15 days.
After that, the police violated the judicial principle,
“one issue cannot be punished twice.”
Without any facts or evidence, 
the four were sentenced to “criminal detention.”
Guo Lianhui, lawyer of Zhao Yuan: “Why it is like this?
Because they are all Falun Gong practitioners and
believe in Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance.
This is a judgment from the atheist’s manipulation of the law
to the theist. This is the truth of “freedom of belief.”
The four were consequently sued. 
On March 27, 2012, in the hearing of this case, 
defense lawyers had an eight-hour non-guilty defense.
They played the wedding video in court, 
which was used as evidence against the prosecution.
Wang Quanzhang , lawyer of Wang Jinyu: “They just
organized a wedding according to traditional culture.
In any way, they do this according to the nature of life,
they did not publicize anything against the law.
But the court still regards this as a criminal issue,
basically it is because of these people’s identity (Falun Gong practitioners).
It violates the current law to arrest and sentence
people because of their identity.”
The lawyers worked hard on the defense for the four
Falun Gong practitioners. 
Despite this, on the afternoon of May 11, 2012,
before the lawyers arrived in court, authorities announced their drawn-up sentence.
Zhao Yuan was illegally sentenced to 7 years in prison,
Zhang Baosheng to 5 years, Wang Jinyu to 5 years and Cheng Baoying to 4 years.
The loss of the loved ones and the torment of appealing
to now making these four families jointly call for the support of the public.
In sighing the letter, the families hope that the public’s help
will rescue their loved ones.
Mainland China, commentator Mr. Zhu: “Fingerprints? 
We all support. 
Falun Gong is the successor of the Chinese traditional culture.
To promote the culture of the Chinese nation, I for sure support.”
Relatives, friends who attended the wedding, colleagues,
neighbors who knew these Falun Gong practitioners, one by one they signed with a fingerprint, row after row.
From July 20 until now, nearly 700 people have signed
and supported these four families.
Lawyer Guo Lianhui: “This means this brutal suppression
of Falun Gong cannot continue. 
The cases of Falun Gong are not in accordance with the law
anywhere, no Falun Gong cases are in accordance with the law.
The big retrogression of the legal system started from
the persecution of Falun Gong.”
This case was named “Ridiculous Story”
by lawyer Guo Lianhui. 
It has left a ridiculous mark in China’s legal system history.
The public signatures expressing their opinion is increasing.
This will leave also leave a mark in the history
of Chinese people’s defying of the power and the pursuit of justice.
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