The following story was reported on Radio France Internationale's Chinese news program, broadcast to the Greater Paris area on September 7th, 2004:

Jia Qinglin, the chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, was met with protest by Falun Gong practitioners in Madrid yesterday.

Jia Qinglin is currently visiting Spain. According to a spokesman, the Spanish Falun Gong Association has filed a lawsuit accusing Jia Qinglin of participation in the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners while City Secretary of Beijing.

The indictment says that Jia is responsible for the persecution of up to a hundred thousand Falun Gong practitioners in China.