Missouri won a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against China over its role in the Covid-19 pandemic after none of the defendants appeared in court.

A federal judge in Missouri ordered China and other defendants on Friday to pay the state “an amount of $24,488,825,457.00,” and ordered interest after the decision “at a 3.91% rate of the year.” The People’s Republic of China, including the Wuhan Virology Institute, said, “After proper service, they could not appear or otherwise would not respond. [are] So by default

In 2020, Missouri sued the Chinese government for $25 billion “to cause and exacerbate the Covid-19 pandemic.” According to In Bailey’s office. Instead, Beijing sent representatives for the Chinese government to file a lawsuit to sue the lawsuit to protect it from legal consequences, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office alleged in a legal application Friday. (Related: Exclusive: US defense contractor owners make fighter jets that make missile parts listed as officials at Chinese Intel agents)

Bailey told the DCNF that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) chose to hide behind “a proxy organization like China’s civil international law, rather than appearing in court to answer their actions.”

“We do not allow CCPs to manipulate legal procedures to avoid justice. Our mission is to fight for the truth and recover the damages of the people of Missouri,” Bailey said.

Hidden behind a proxy group

Bailey’s complaint on Friday alleged that in the case of Missouri vs China’s government, an Amicus brief was filed on February 27 by Chinese Citizens’ International Law (China Association) in the defense of the Chinese government.

The submission argued that the Chinese Association, which maintains its status as an academic organization, is “in fact controlled by the defendants.” In other words, the Chinese government is because Chinese society is led by many of the same individuals as CSIL, “established by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”

“It appears that the Chinese Association and CSIL have the same president, a president who is also a government official in China’s legal field,” reads the legal motion. “The organization shares the name Huang Jin by the President, Chinese government officials. Huang Jin, in addition to these (and other) presidents, currently works as an expert on the “special advisor to the Supreme People’s Court” and the top people’s prosecutors.

DCNF also appears that Huang clearly has several other Chinese government ties. It will be identified As a member of the CCP on the China Association website.

The Chinese Political Council (CPPCC) It will be identified Huang as a participant in 2020.

“CPPCC representatives will attend the well-known annual meetings and receive instructions from the CCP on how to characterize policies for both national and foreign audiences.” According to To the US-China Economic and Security Review Committee. “By participating in this forum, representatives to the CPPCC will act as proxy for CCP interests and will frequently act as interlocutors with foreign government officials, businesses and academic institutions.”

CPPCC Charter situation Representatives must “maintain leadership” of the CCP, “promote the implementation of national foreign policy,” and even “maintain the state’s secrets.”

“The reality is that Chinese society is trying to sue this case on behalf of the defendant while protecting the defendant from actual participation in this case,” the legal motion reads.

The legal motion also claimed that China Association Vice President Xiao Yong Ping is the vice president of CSIL.

“A list of direct overlaps between leaders and Chinese society and [CSIL] (the explicit division of CPC), many of which also seem to be working conveniently as high-ranking government officials in China,” the legal motion continues. “For example, Yongping Xiao works simultaneously as executive vice president and vice president of the China Association. [CSIL]while working as a member of the advisory committee of China’s Supreme People’s Cooperative and the advisory committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ”

The DCNF has found that Xiao is also listed as holding several other Chinese government affiliations.

In addition to being It will be identified As a CCP member at Uhan University, where he is a professor membersimilarly the Chinese Society website Identify As a scholar of Zhang Jiang, Xiao is one of many so-called “talent recruitment plans” in China. It is available at the FBI I warned All of China’s talent recruitment plans encourage participants to “steal foreign technologies needed to advance China’s national, military and economic goals,” the Department of Defense said. With label The Chang Jang Scholars program raises “threats to US national security interests.”

In other words, the “academic organisation” that seeks to file an amicus in favour of the defendant is actually directly controlled and directed by the defendant’s agents, but is attempting to argue on behalf of the defendant, on behalf of the defendant who refuses to appear themselves.” The legal motion argues. “This court should attack or otherwise put aside the argument in Chinese society as an inappropriate attempt by Amicus to litigate this case on behalf of the default party.”

Bailey told DCNF that Missouri will be responsible for the CCP for “unlocking Covid-19 around the world.”

“The Missouri people suffered enormous losses. Because of the CCP’s deception and negligence, lives were lost, businesses were shut down, and livelihoods were ruined. This case is about standing up for the rule of law and fighting for justice on behalf of all Missouri people affected by the pandemic,” Bailey said.

The Chinese Association did not respond to DCNF’s request for comment and was unable to reach CSIL for comments.

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