Wang Qingyan, daughter of Dr. Wang Bingzhang, was
contacted by two law offices in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province on January 15,
2003 and was told that they are lawyers of Dr. Wang who is scheduled to be
tried on January 22 on two accounts of charges: “Spying” and “Organizing and
leading ‘terrorism’ organization”.
Here are the names and contact of the two law
offices:
1. Guangzhou
Pacific (TaiPingyang) Law Office, Mr. Wen Chao Tel: 86-20-8331-5289
2. Nan
Fang Law Office (The Southern Law Office), Ms. Yang Min, Tel: 86 20 8386-4082,
86 20 8386 3023
Ms. Yang Min told Ms. Wang, that the office received
the case last Friday (January 10, 2003) and has met with Dr. Wang three times.
They admitted they have never dealt with this kind of case before. Ms. Wang
told that law office that Dr. Wang was no longer a Chinese citizen and is a US
National whom Chinese government has no jurisdiction.
Family members and Dr. Wang’s pro-democracy friends
and leaders in Free China Movement asked the law office to provide proof of
authorization from Dr. Wang asking them to be his lawyers and requested to the
two law offices that Dr. Wang’s family has the right to visit him and be aware
of any detention and charge against Dr. Wang.
Free China Movement condemns strongly against
Chinese government’s kidnapping, illegal detention and charging of
pro-democracy movement leader Dr. Wang Bingzhang and two other fellow
colleagues on June 27, 2002. FCM further stated that the Communist government
since a long time ago has not renewed Dr. Wang’s PRC passport and Dr. Wang
is only a national of United States. PRC has no jurisdiction over Dr. Wang at
all. It’s a big joke for a terrorist government to charge a peaceful man
who happens to be the founder of overseas Chinese Democracy Movement. The
movement has been well known to be one of the most peaceful and rational
movements against tyranny and repression around the world.
Thus Free China Movement calls for United States to ask the Chinese government for US National Dr. Wang’s immediate release. FCM also ask the international legal community to involve in this case where wrong jurisdiction and wrongful charges against victims of kidnapping by the kidnapper and a totalitarian government which has been known to conduct state terrorism against its minorities, religious believers and pro-democracy dissidents in the last 53 years of rule by “red terror”. Free China Movement is also seeking legal remedy against the terrorist kidnapping by Chinese government and violation of international law by the totalitarian regime sustained by red terror.
For more information, please contact:
Wang Qingyan daughter of Dr. Wang Tel: 626 712 7866
Shengde Lian, executive Director, Free China
Movement Tel: 703 864 7866
Timothy Cooper, International Director, Free China
Movement Tel: 202 361 0989
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