The 30-page suit accuses Jiang, who remains China’s military head, of "torture, crimes against humanity and genocide," said lawyer Georges-Henri Beauthier after handing it to federal prosecutors.
The suit also targets Luo Gan, head of the political and legislative affairs committee, and Li Lanqing, former head of a Beijing office described as a kind of "gestapo" to pursue Falun Gong members.
"Jiang’s horrific form of genocide is a terror that does not just destroy lives, but destroys faith. It is a terror that should not be allowed to exist in the modern world," said Beauthier. "It is a terror that must be brought to justice."
Outside the Palace of Justice in downtown Brussels, some 30 Falun Gong supporters staged a sit-down protest showing pictures of alleged torture victims.
Inside the court building the plaintiffs included 40-year-old Zhizhen Dai, who says her husband was killed after being arrested because of his membership of the Falun Gong movement. She now lives in Sydney with her three-year-old daughter, and has taken Australian nationality.
"I’m a mother. If we don’t speak out for our children, who will speak out?" she asked, holding back tears. "I love the country and I love the people there, but this killing must be stopped," she said.
China banned the Falun Gong four years ago after some 10,000 followers of the group surrounded the Communist Party leadership compound in central Beijing to protest a government crackdown.
Falun Gong, whose followers practise meditation to improve their physical and mental well being, says that over 1,600 members have been tortured or beaten to death in China, over 500 have been given prison sentences of over 20 years, over 1,000 interned in mental hospitals and more than 25,000 held in work camps. Some 100,000 others are being held without trial, it says.
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/aug2003-daily/21-08-2003/world/w9.htm
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