News Release: Montreal Chinese Paper Served with Contempt of Court Charges
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- Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 01:15:54 +0000
News Release For Immediate Release March 5, 2002
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Montreal Chinese Paper Served with Contempt of Court Charges
Hearing on the charges scheduled for March 14
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Montreal---- Falun Gong petitioners and their legal counsel Mr. Michael Bergman
held a press conference today to announce that the Quebec Superior Court has
authorized them to proceed with contempt of court charges against Montreal
Chinese newspaper Les Presses Chinoises for its publishing a 12-page insert
allegedly containing defamatory anti-Falun Gong material in virtually every
sentence.
‘’A hearing on the contempt charges is schedule on March 14, 2002, room
2.08 of the Montreal Court House.’’, announced Mr. Bergman.
Since November 3, 2001, Les Presses Chinoises has been continuously publishing
materials defaming Falun Gong. The hate literature in Les Presses Chinoises
repeats word for word the Chinese authorities’ unfounded defamations used to
demonize Falun Gong and justify PRC’s brutal persecution of Falun Gong
practitioners.
126 Falun Gong practitioners filed a law suit against the newspaper, its owner
and the author for defamation. The Quebec Superior Court had reiterated 3
times, in three hearings, the order prohibiting the paper from publishing
defamatory anti-Falun Gong materials. On February 7, 2002, the court also
prohibited the paper from directly or indirectly using the words ‘evil’,
‘hate’, ‘deviant’, ‘perverted practices’, or ‘enemies of the
state’ in reference to the Falun Gong.
Petitioner Yumin Yang said: ‘’However, on Feb 2, 2002, Les Presses
Chinoises published a 12-page special insert allegedly containing defamatory
anti-Falun Gong material in virtually every sentence. To stop such hate and
defamatory publication, we have no other choice but to file contempt of court
charges against the paper, its publisher and the author for the alleged
violation of court orders.’’
“This is a very significant event. It is rare, firstly that a newspaper is
alleged to have violated a court order, but it is even more rare that a
newspaper would be charged with contempt of court…[the case] shows the
determination of Falun Gong practitioners to do whatever is reasonable to
resist the defamation of Falun Gong and the use of hate literature ”, said
Bergman.
Yang mentioned, “In China, the state-controlled media is used to defame Falun
Gong and justify the PRC’s illegal persecution. We cannot allow such hate
literature and persecution to be extended to Canada. We cannot allow the
Chinese community and media to be manipulated by a foreign government and to
relay their propaganda. Freedom of expression cannot be allowed to be abused to
spread hate.”
Contact:Mr. Michael Bergman 514-249-1177 (Cell)
Mr. Yumin Yang 514-487-9486, 514-941-2203 (Cell)
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