A One Yuan Bus Ride Costs a Disabled Woman One Year of Forced Labor in China
Lu Juhua, a disabled woman who was put behind bars in China, after local police accused her of not paying for a bus ticket that cost one Yuan (US 15) (The Epoch Times Photos Database) A disabled woman who served one year in a forced labor camp for riding a Beijing city bus for free is now suing to have the sentence against her withdrawn. Her daughter says she was punished for appealing in Beijing against unjust actions by her local authorities.
Lu Juhua is a disabled resident of Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province. According to her daughter, she had traveled in June 2009 to Beijing to appeal against the forced demolition of her home, which was worth 4 million yuan (US$618,000), and while there complained of other unjust acts by the local authorities.
In April 2010 the Changzhou police went to Beijing and interviewed a local bus driver, asking him to confirm that Lu had ridden the bus without purchasing a ticket. A bus ticket costs one yuan (US 15 cents). Upon the return of the police to Changzhou, Lu was sentenced by the Reeducation Through Labor Administrative Committee to one year of forced labor.
In China, someone with a certificate of disability is allowed to ride the transit buses for free. According to Lus daughter, Lu showed the bus driver her certificate when she boarded the bus.
Lu has hired a lawyer, Liu Zhengfeng, who is a public defender in Beijing, to file an administrative lawsuit against the Changzhou Reeducation Through Labor Committee.
Liu told Sound of Hope radio that the police went to Beijing in April 2010 because they had heard Lu was planning to go back to Beijing to appeal.
Liu explained that the sentence against Lu was illegal.
"Generally speaking, the disabled ride free of charge, but they must show their certificates of disability. However, to se! ntence s omeone to reeducation in a forced labor camp simply for failing to buy a bus ticket by no means meets the requirements for reeducation. That being the case, I think she should file a lawsuit with the court, as the decision did not follow legal procedures. Therefore, it was illegal, Liu said.
Lus daughter explained the background to Lus being targeted by the Changzhou Committee.
"Urbanization did increase GDP for the state officials, but it was built upon the ordinary peoples sufferings. Our living standard is lower. In the past, our house covered over 10,000 square feet, but now our entire family lives in a small space of a few hundred square feet, as our house was forcibly demolished, she said.
We tried to reason with the local authorities, but they were unreasonable. They demolished the house without caring about peoples feelings. They are very barbaric and can put ordinary people into a forced labor camp at will.
Lu Juhua is a disabled resident of Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province. According to her daughter, she had traveled in June 2009 to Beijing to appeal against the forced demolition of her home, which was worth 4 million yuan (US$618,000), and while there complained of other unjust acts by the local authorities.
In April 2010 the Changzhou police went to Beijing and interviewed a local bus driver, asking him to confirm that Lu had ridden the bus without purchasing a ticket. A bus ticket costs one yuan (US 15 cents). Upon the return of the police to Changzhou, Lu was sentenced by the Reeducation Through Labor Administrative Committee to one year of forced labor.
In China, someone with a certificate of disability is allowed to ride the transit buses for free. According to Lus daughter, Lu showed the bus driver her certificate when she boarded the bus.
Lu has hired a lawyer, Liu Zhengfeng, who is a public defender in Beijing, to file an administrative lawsuit against the Changzhou Reeducation Through Labor Committee.
Liu told Sound of Hope radio that the police went to Beijing in April 2010 because they had heard Lu was planning to go back to Beijing to appeal.
Liu explained that the sentence against Lu was illegal.
"Generally speaking, the disabled ride free of charge, but they must show their certificates of disability. However, to se! ntence s omeone to reeducation in a forced labor camp simply for failing to buy a bus ticket by no means meets the requirements for reeducation. That being the case, I think she should file a lawsuit with the court, as the decision did not follow legal procedures. Therefore, it was illegal, Liu said.
Lus daughter explained the background to Lus being targeted by the Changzhou Committee.
"Urbanization did increase GDP for the state officials, but it was built upon the ordinary peoples sufferings. Our living standard is lower. In the past, our house covered over 10,000 square feet, but now our entire family lives in a small space of a few hundred square feet, as our house was forcibly demolished, she said.
We tried to reason with the local authorities, but they were unreasonable. They demolished the house without caring about peoples feelings. They are very barbaric and can put ordinary people into a forced labor camp at will.
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