Sichuan Environmental Activist Tan Zuoren Indictment

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Aug 4, 2009 – 12:55:03 PM

Sichuan Province Chengdu People’s Procuratorate Indictment

Chengdu Procuratorate — Indictment [2009]183

The indicted, Tan Zuoren, male, born May 15, 1954, PRC ID card no.
5101021954051611X, Han nationality, vocational school education, resides
at No. 29 Wangjiang Road, Taolin Village, Building 6, No. 6. On March
28, 2009 he was placed under criminal detention according to the law.
On April 24, 2009 because he was involved in the crime of inciting
subversion of state power, he was, with the permission of the Chengdu
Procuratorate, arrested according to law by Chengdu Public Security.

An investigation carried out according to law has determined that:

The indicted Tan Zuoren is dissatisfied with the methods and verdict of
the Party Central Committee concerning the “June Fourth Incident” and
for many years by various methods has been involved in “June Fourth”
activities. On May 27, 2007, Tan Zuoren concocted an article entitled
“1989: A Witness to the Last Beauty: An Eyewitness’ Tiananmen Square
Diary” and using the Internet put it on the website “Torch of Liberty”
and other websites outside of China mainland. The main points of that
article distorted the handling of the “June 4th Incident” by the Central
Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and libeled it.

Shortly after that article was posted, the enemy element outside
mainland China Wang Dan contacted him by email and on several occasions
sent him propaganda materials about “June Fourth”.

On June 4, 2008, the indicted Tan Zuoren and others on Chengdu’s Tianfu
Square commemorated “June 4th” by making voluntary blood donations and
at that time agreed to a telephone interview request by the enemy radio
station outside China mainland “Voice of Hope”. Since November 2008,
Wang Dan on many occasions sent him materials on commemorating the
twentieth anniversary of “June 4th”. On February 10, 2009, the indicted
Tan Zuoren sent Wang Dan an email entitled “My Suggestions for
Commemorating the Twentieth Anniversary of June 4th”, suggesting that
during this year’s “June 4th” period that a “June 4th Global Chinese
Blood Drive” be held to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of June 4th.

After the “May 12th earthquake” of 2008, the indicted Tan Zuoren was
interviewed many times by media from outside mainland China. On these
occasions he said many things that severely harmed the image of our
Party and government. On March 27th, the indicted Tan Zuoren was
brought to justice by Public Security.

Evidence proving the facts above are as follows: notes on identification
of the indicted, notes on the taking into custody of the indicted,
appraisals by experts, testimony of witnesses, deposition of the indicted.

The Procuratorate believes that the indicted Tan Zuoren, in order to
achieve his goal of subverting state power and overthrowing the
socialist system fabricated things out of whole cloth, distorted news,
and spread speech that is injurious to state power and the socialist
system in order to damage the image of state power and the socialist
system in the eyes of the people. This constitutes a crime under
article 105 of the Criminal Code of the People’s Republic of China. The
crime is clear, the evidence is certain and abundant. Tan Zuoren should
be prosecuted and convicted of the crime of inciting subversion of state
power. As stipulated by Article 141 “Code of Criminal Procedure of the
People’s Republic of China”, Tan Zuoren is indicted and it is hereby
requested that he be prosecuted according to law.

Hereby submitted to the Chengdu Intermediate People’s Court

Prosecutor Chen Shiti
Assistant Prosecutor Wang Yihong
July 17, 2009
Secretary Li Zhenzhen

Notes:
1.The indicted Tan Zuoren is now confined in the Wenjiang District House
of Detention
2.The list of evidence, photocopies of principal evidence are in one
bound book.