China: Information on the pro-democracy movement in the province of Jilin
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | CHN17936.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, China: Information on the pro-democracy movement in the province of Jilin, 1 July 1994, CHN17936.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac2524.html [accessed 14 October 2022] |
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For information on the above-mentioned subject, please refer to Response to Information Request CHN17937.E of 14 July 1994. Also, attached please find press reports of a 12 November 1992 hijacking of a MD-82 Chinese passenger jet by two men from Jilin who claimed to be pro-democracy activists fleeing political persecution (South China Morning Post 13 Nov. 1993). For further information on the pro-democracy movement in China, please consult the attached May 1993 Cheng Ming article reporting the release of the Public Security Ministry's "Report on Launching a Crackdown on Criminal Cases". This report, which may be of interest to you provides figures on the number of "criminal cases of a counterrevolutionary nature" committed throughout the country in 1992, and lists provinces and autonomous regions where more "serious" cases were reported.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find attached the list of sources consulted in researching this information request.
Attachments
Central News Agency. 12 November 1993. "Another Hijacking, Another Round of Finger-Pointing." (NEXIS)
Cheng Ming [Hong Kong, in Chinese]. 1 May 1993. No. 187. "Counterrevolutionary Cases Found Nationwide." (FBIS-CHI-93-092 14 May 1993, pp. 12-13)
South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]. 13 November 1993. Dennis Engbarth and Chris Young. "Demand for Hijack Review." (NEXIS)
