From: guest@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: Wang Juntao's Final Statement on Court
Keywords: Wang Juntao, Final Statement, 1991
Date: 28 Jul 92 17:50:00 GMT
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Hi, SCCers:

It was  18 months since Wang Juntao, one of the greatest man in the 
Democratic Movement of China, was sentenced 13 years in prison. It took 18 
months for his Final Statement to go abroad and it still deeply moved me. 
The following is the word-to-word translation of his hand writing material 
in prison (published on July 15, United Journal). I wish D-fighters, 
especially those IFCSS Council members, could learn something from Wang. 
Also I want to share it with every SCCers who take concern of China's 
democracy and progress.


Here is the translation:

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On March 13, 1991, I was informed  by the Collegiate Bench  of the Beijing 
Super People's  Court that I must present my final written statement before 
12 pm, March 14, 1991.

On March 14, I formally presented my Final Written Statement  to the 
Collegiate Bench. In the statement, I analyzed the wave of 1989  and the 
law problems  when dealing with it, and defensed the wave of 1989, the 
political nature of the Republic, and the equitable, legal right of the 
people.   I pointed out that the mistakes  of a bunch of Chinese leaders who 
place themselves  above the constitution of Party and the Country, and the 
un-constitutional and illegal action of Chinese Government  in the wave of 
1989. Finally, I wrote  a letter to the Collegiate  Bench. Here is the last 
paragraph:

"Judges of the Republic,  with national emblem on you forehead and 
constitution under your hand,  give your judgement base on the career  
conscience of executers of law of the Republic. Your judgement  will be  
recorded  into the history. Whatever it is honour or disgrace, it will 
finally belongs to yourselves----- you are judging yourselves."

On March 18, 1991, the Collegiate Bench  read their final judgement  to me 
and rejected my appeal. I read the following to them on the spot:


"The Collegiate Bench:

I calmly heard your final judgement. Here is  my three point of views, 
please put them into the record.

1.  That evil force who dominates and controls you finally succeed. (They may 
not be evil persons, but they are the impetus of this uncivilized, savage 
judgment.) But, they have no victory. Because they could not destroy my 
conscience and honest. Neither could they change the justice, fact, and the 
truth. Because of this, they will finally be nailed  onto the  the shame 
column of history. What I am regret and feel sorry for you is they finally 
contaminated your career, reputation, and the law of the Republic.  Only at 
this point, they won. I am sorry for your being humiliated. Please  accept 
my sincere sympathy.

2. The judgement extricated me from my political promise to some communists. 
From today I no longer  support the political status of the Chinese 
Communist Party in China.  Because, though  this party had had respectable  
sacrifice and devotion to the the progress of the Chinese nation,  
though  she still  had some essential persons of the nation, though  one 
can say without exaggeration that she brought me up,  she repeats to be the 
tool and protective screen for the  serious mistakes of a bunch of persons 
and longer meet the need of the modernization of  our country. What she did 
in the wave of 1989 especially hurt the sense of justice and conscience of 
the Chinese People. These mistakes can never be compensated by dollars. 
It is painful for me to make this choice. If Chinese Communist Party could 
thoroughly correct her mistakes and beg the pardons  of the people,  I might 
reconsider my support to her. Of course, I still support some of her policies
which are in consistent with the conscience and will benefit the economy and 
people's livelihood, even today.

3. This judgement  had  violated the 5th, 12th items of the Constitution, 
the 33th item of the Criminal Suit Law, the 108th item of Criminal Law.  
But, because  of your being in a sorry plight, this defendant forgive you.  
And, perhaps I should give my thanks to you for your "unselfish kindness":
giving honour to me and  leaving  shame to yourselves by your judgement.

Please  put my "Final Statement (written)" the main body, Appendix I, 
Appendix III  Appendix IV into the record.  Leave Appendix II. For it is  
not simple, unaffected  honest, but complicated products of  conscience 
balance. It did not  accord with the  technical demand of law, but, of course,
it  accord with the soul and nature of law---- the demand of justice 



Wang Juntao