(Clearwisdom.net) On November 30, 2006, when the Subordinate Court in
Singapore was going to issue a verdict in the case of two Falun Gong
practitioners, who protested in front of the Chinese Consulate, practitioners
found that the prosecutor, Xia Hongjun, had two 8 by 10 (A4-size)
black-and-white photos of Jiang Zemin on his desk. One of them was taken with
President Bush and his wife, and the other one was Jiang's portrait. Both photos
were printed out from a website.
Why did a court prosecutor in a democratic country have photos of Jiang Zemin
inside the courtroom? A possible reason is that in a trial held two days ago,
Mr. Erh Boon Tiong, the defendant, mentioned that President Bush has condemned
the persecution against Falun Gong, so the prosecutor brought the photo as
supporting evidence.
The strange thing is that the prosecutor put a wooden toad the size of a fist
on top of the photos and it made strange noise every three to five minutes.
Practitioners kindly told the prosecutor that the photos and the toad are
very bad and he should throw them away for his own good. The prosecutor said
that they are his personal belongings and that "the food of one person is a
drug for another person." He insisted on putting these things on his desk
during the trial.
In the afternoon, the judge refused to hear any evidence for the defense and
declared the defendants guilty. Ms. Ng Chye Huay was fined 1,500 Singapore
dollars or 15 days in prison if the fine was not paid. Mr. Erh Boon Tiong was
fined 1,000 Singapore dollars or ten days in prison. The two defendants would
not accept it as a fair trial and refused to pay the fines. They pleaded to
appeal, but the judge ruled that the appeals could only be made after the prison
terms were completed. Denied their right to appeal, Ms. Ng and Mr. Erh were
taken away by police immediately. Mr. Erh is serving his term in Queenstown Jail
and Ms. Ng is in Changi Women's Jail.
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