[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 190 (Thursday, November 30, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13812]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   RELEASE CHINESE POLITICAL PRISONER

  (Ms. PELOSI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, this House of Representatives has for a long 
time now been a bulwark of support for pro-Democratic reform in China. 
So it is very sad for me today to rise and call upon my colleagues to 
join in calling upon the Chinese Government to immediately release Wei 
Jing Shing.
  As many Members know, Wei Jing Shing is the father of the 
prodemocracy movement in China. He was arrested at the time of the 
prodemocracy wall activities and served mostly in solitary confinement 
for about 15 years. He was released when China wanted to get the 
Olympics.
  He was rearrested 6 months later for giving interviews to the press 
as well as meeting with the Assistant Secretary of State for Human 
Rights John Shattuck. After 20 months he was held incommunicado. Last 
week he was charged with trying to overthrow the government, a capital 
offense punishable by death.
  It is very important that the United States of America, the Clinton 
administration, and this Congress speak out loudly and clearly to the 
Chinese Government and join with the 15 dissidents who risked their own 
personal safety to call for Wei's release, a commutation of the charges 
brought against him and, if he goes to trial, a fair and open trial for 
Wei Jing Shing.

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