As you know, I represent the family of journalist Henry Liu who was murdered by organized crime killers who traveled to California in early October for that purpose. These astonishing facts have been confirmed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Daly City Police Department who announced them to the public in late November, and have been confirmed in various published reports both here and in Taiwan. On Thursday, November 29, 1984 the F.B. I. and Daly City Police announced the identity of the four murderers, and declared that one, David Yu, had been arrested in California and was in custody. However, later that day, the San Mateo County District Attorney ordered Mr. Yu released without any charges being brought against him. Only one charge has since been brought against one of the three suspects, who is presently in custody in Taiwan. It is clear from these extraordinary events that the state authorities either cannot or will not presecute the parties responsible for this crime, perhaps because the international nature of the offense renders such a prosecution too complex and costly for local law enforcement. In any case, it is clear that there are grounds for a federal criminal prosecution to proceed against the responsible parties under Title 13 U.S.C. §241, Conspiracy to Deprive Henry Liu, a United States Citizen, of his Civil Rights. On behalf of the family of Henry Liu, I again therefore urge you to commence any necessary federal grand jury investigations, leading to the bringing of indictments under 18 U.S.C. §241 and other. applicable federal laws against David Yu and his three Taiwan based co-conspirators. I further urge that you press all appropriate extradition proceedings, and/or state department negotiations necessary and proper to return the three Taiwan residents to the Northern District of California to face trial and charges here for their terrible crime. Because of the political context of this killing, it has been on front pages around the world almost daily since October 15, 1984. Clearly, only a full and vigorous federal court prosecution could dispel the many rumors which are circulating about the facts and background of this murder. If your regular U.S. Attorney structure is not adequate to prosecuting this matter under the civil rights act, then clearly you should consider a special prosecutor appointment to review the criminal investigative files anew and make that determination. In any case, the worlwide public interest calls for some clear confirmation from the Justice Department that it is committed to a full and complete prosecution of the parties responsible, no matter what their official connections or family or dynastic status. Sincerely, JEROME M. GARCHIK Attorney or the Committee to Obtain Justice for Henry Liu cc. Rodino, Kennedy, A. Smith, James Fox, Committee. I have your January 8, 1985 letter co-addressed to Lowell Jensen, From newspaper accounts attributing statements to you it is obvious to me that you are well aware that an investigation is in progress. There is nothing to suggest that the investigation being conducted by the Daly City Police Department with the assistance of the FBI and for the benefit of the District Attorney of San Mateo County has been aborted or that a federal grand jury convened to consider the circumstances of Henry Liu's murder will in any way aid the process of seeking justice for those responsible. For the foregoing reason, I repeat here and incorporate by reference my statement to you set out in my December 4, 1984 letter responding to your December 3, 1984 4 request. Should circumstances change, you should be aware that we will do all that is necessary to initiate the appropriate federal prosecutive actions. Very truly yours, JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Ninety-ninth Congress January 15, 1985 Mr. Jerome M. Garchik Counsel for the Committee to Obtain Justice for Henry Liu 240 Stockton Street San Francisco, California 94108 Dear Mr. Garchik: I appreciate your concern and your correspondence concerning the fatal shooting of Mr. Henry Liu. I have sent a letter to the Honorable William French Smith, Attorney General of the United States, requesting that he review the matter and report back to me. I have not yet received a response. Thank you for the information provided in your letter. Sincerely, Pete, W Rod PETER W. RODINO, JR Chairman PWR: ema Mr. SOLARZ. Thank you very much, Mrs. Liu, for your testimony. I have just a few questions I would like to ask. Prior to the time your husband was murdered, were you aware of any occasions on which the Taiwanese Government attempted to either harass or intimidate your husband in order to prevent him from writing his books or articles or to otherwise refrain from criticizing the Government on Taiwan? Mrs. Liu. Yes. There are many occasions mentioned to me. Mrs. Liu. Most of the time I am not on the spot, but what I heard, I am usually not interested in his political views so I never asked him who and when he talked, but there some conversations with his friends I know. Actually, back to even when he was a correspondent for the Taiwan Daily in the Washington DC area since 1969, 1970, 1971, his articles appeared in Taiwan for the Taiwan Daily. I knew his publisher, Mr. Hsia, had a lot of pressure from the Government since that time. He started writing Chiang's biography about 1973, I believe, serialized for the Hong Kong magazine. One occasion I know Gen. Wang Hsi-ling talked to him. Mr. SOLARZ. General Wang, is it? Mrs. Liu. Admiral Wang. Mr. SOLARZ. Admiral Wang, who is the head of the Bureau of Military Intelligence? Mrs. Liu. Yes, right. I don't know exactly what they were talking about, but from Henry's one letter written to his friend in Hong Kong, he stated General Wang wanted him to not write anymore about Chiang's family and Chiang's biography. Mr. SOLARZ. Did he indicate that Admiral Wang had threatened him in any way? Mrs. Liu. Well, no, no, and when we were in San Francisco, there are many, many occasions through different friends, difference channels, people who had contacted him and talked to him. Most of the time he just laughed it away. He didn't take it seriously. Mr. SOLARZ. When you say that various people spoke to him about his activities, and he laughed it away, so far as you know, were they conversations in which people were simply trying to persuade him? Was there anything about these conversations which you or he understood to constitute a threat coming from the officials on Taiwan? Mrs. LIU. Not that I know of. Mr. SOLARZ. At the time that your husband was killed, was he concerned at all about his security? Did he express any fears that something like this could conceivably happen to him? Mrs. LIU. Not at all, as he usually said, he said, "this is America; it won't happen here.' Mr. SOLARZ. So he felt secure in our country? Mrs. LIU. Yes, definitely. EVIDENCE IMPLICATING TAIWAN Mr. SOLARZ. You indicated in your testimony that you had evidence linking the Government of Taiwan to the murder of your |