An unsatisfied mainland petitioner, Zhang Kunshan of Henan Province, went to the Presidential Palace in Taiwan to seek help. (The Epoch Times)
Zhang came to Taiwan as a tourist on the 19th. Instead of traveling with his group, he went to the Presidential Palace and hung a banner on a tree on which he described how the corrupted local officials took away his house and money.
The Immigration Department found and resettled him seven days later. Guo Weiqi, an immigration officer, said Zhang was very emotional when they seized him. He threatened not to leave Taiwan unless the Taiwan government agreed to pass his letter to the top Chinese regime leaders. He finally calmed down after he got the promise from the immigration department.
Zhang accepted an interview with The Epoch Times on August 26 and presented his petition letter. He writes:" Tian Qingzhong, the secretary general of Xinxiang City, Wang Shangsheng, the Political and Legal Secretary, Ding Baodong, the deputy Mayor and the director of Public Security Bureau, and Wang Boxun, the president of the Xinxiang City Intermediate People's Court colluded together and embezzled 60 million yuan ($9.5 million) of the relocation reimbursement."
The local authorities forced him to relocate and took away his family property in 2003. He petitioned all the way up to the Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of Petition in Beijing. He was arrested there by the officers from his hometown and sent to an underground detention center in Beijing opened by his home province's Complaints Bureau.
In order to stop him from appealing, the local authorities hired gangsters to threaten him, and illegally detained him up to 197 days.
He was finally able to file his case to the District Court on December 31, 2007. However, all of the lawyers in his city were told not to represent him. "I was so disappointed and had to defend myself in the court. Even though I won the case, I still got nothing for compensation," said Zhang.
Without any other options, Zhang went to Taiwan for seeking justice. He said, "I came to Taiwan not to visit, but to look for my human rights. I hope to get the media's help here. China has signed a mutual legal assistance agreement with Taiwan. I am asking Taiwan's lawyers to help me to get justice in court."
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