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Returning Chinese Student
Arrested for Political Poems
Chu Lusheng
Central
News Agency
Wednesday November 28, 2007
LOS ANGELES—A Chinese student studying in the U.S. was arrested
in China on November 12 for possession of a poem collection about
the June 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre.
The student, Wu Qiang, was on a trip to Jilin Province in North-eastern
China to visit his parents. At Jilin airport he was questioned
for a copy of Collection of June Fourth Poems found in his baggage.
Soon after, the police tracked him down, coerced him further and
proceeded with his arrest. His whereabouts are currently unknown.
Prior to his disappearance, Wu sent an email to the June Fourth
Culture and Heritage Association (JFCHA) with the details of his
arrest.
According to Jiang Pinchao, Executive Director of JFCHA, Wu's
email was full of anxiety and distress. Attached to the email
were three photos of himself being stopped and taken into a car
by the police.
Wu entered China via Guangdong Province on November 11 en route
to his hometown in Jilin. During a layover in Hong Kong, he purchased
a copy of Collection of June Fourth Poems which was newly published
in June 2007. At the Jilin Airport, the book was found and confiscated
by airport security.
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Wu said in his email that he thought that the airport incident
was the end of it, but two days later, he was summoned by police
for further interrogation.
According to the email, Wu was interrogated for over ten hours
after he denied the unjust charge of "undermining social
stability". Despite of his protest, the police arrested him
with the charges of "possession and propagation of anti-government
publications" and "violating social security laws."
At the end of his email, Wu exclaimed that he never thought such
things would happen to him. "I heard many stories of the
government oppressing dissidents," said Wu in his email.
"But I thought those were only isolated cases targeting a
few certain individuals. I thought such things would never happen
to common people. But now I am suffering from such oppression
myself." Wu urged people not to rely solely on China's internal
reform, because "democracy can only be forged through the
combined efforts of people both inside and outside the country."
As a participant in the June 4 Tiananmen Square Student Democratic
Movement and the chief editor of Collection of June Fourth Poems,
Jiang Pinchao calls to all organizations and individuals concerned
about human rights and freedom in China, asking them to unite
their efforts and help to free Wu.
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