中国外交部确认一名"藏青会"骨干成员被驱逐出境
2008年07月10日 16:56:28 来源:新华网
http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-07/10/content_8524631.htm
新华网北京7月10日电(记者熊争艳 林立平)中国外交部发言人刘建超10日在例行记者会上表示,民族分裂组织“藏青会”的骨干成员、英籍人士德庆边巴在华期间从事了违反中国法律的活动,已被驱逐出境。
有记者问:据了解,英籍人士德庆边巴8日被中国当局驱逐出境,请介绍有关情况。
刘建超说,德庆边巴系民族分裂组织“藏青会”的骨干成员,在华期间从事了违反中国法律的活动,中方有关部门依法对她进行了调查。德庆边巴本人在接受审查期间,也承认在华期间从事了违反中国法律的活动。她已于7月8日离境。
刘建超表示,这一事情的处理,与中国总体上加强奥运期间安保的措施没有必然联系。
他说,任何人、任何时候在中国从事违反中国法律的活动,当然要受到中国有关部门的依法审查和处理。在奥运会期间,为了保证奥运会的安全,保证奥运大家庭的安全,保证来华的运动员、教练员以及游客和观众的安全,中国采取了必要的防范措施,希望国际社会予以理解和支持。
德庆边巴的声明(一)
亲爱的朋友们:
2008年7月8 日上午8点55分(北京时间),在我准备离开我的公寓时,有七八名安全人员拦住了我。他们让我回到公寓并收缴了我的手机和护照。其中有两人用小型摄像机到处拍摄。
我被告知我触犯了中国有关法律,并且根据这些法律的规定我必须立即离开中国。我问究竟出于何种原因我必须离开,他们说我应该清楚自己做了哪些错误的事情。他们不允许我与英国驻华使馆取得联系。
在允许我打点行装之前,他们彻底搜查了我的公寓,并且没收了一些有关西藏的书籍(有些是在中国购买的汉语书籍)和印有藏文的T恤衫。我观看奥运会比赛的门票和中国银行的存折也被没收,他们还要求我告诉他们银行帐户的密码。
有6 人用一辆面包车递解我去机场,前面有两辆、后面有一辆黑色轿车同时前往。整个过程一直有人拍摄。我被送上了一架于13:35分飞往伦敦的中国国际航空公司 班机,并被告知5年之内禁止回到中国——这些内容也被拍摄了。对我的驱逐看来是一个大的行动,我估计至少有30人参加了这次行动——这只是我能数得过来的 那些人。他们都穿着便衣,我不知道除了警察之外他们究竟是些什么人。
最近几个星期看到有很多我的朋友由于签证问题被迫离开中国,我还曾暗自庆幸我的工作签证要到2008年11月才到期。然而,签证并非真正的问题。你们有些人或许知道,今年4月以来,中国安全人员已经找过我两次。而这次他们承诺会送交给我一份驱逐通知,他们说他们会将通知交给到公寓帮我收拾剩余物品的我的朋友。我是否能收到这份文件还要拭目以待。
我对于离开我的朋友们独自回到英国感到非常痛心,也很为我的很多藏人朋友的人身安全感到担忧。离开一座自2006年9月以来我感到休戚相关的城市是一件令人遗憾的事情。我希望有朝一日我还能回到那里。
我想借此机会为了你们所做的工作向你们所有人表达谢意——与你们的会见和交谈让我甚感愉快,希望我们保持联系。如果你们有人来伦敦旅行,一定记得来找我!
最诚挚的祝愿
德庆
2008年7月8日,下午9:15(GMT)于伦敦
【翻译:沉默的安多哇】
德庆边巴的声明(二)
我刚刚读到新华社7月10日的一篇文章,此文将我称作“民族分裂组织‘藏青会’骨干成员”,并声称“德庆已经承认了她的错误行为”。我对这些毫无根据、蓄意捏造的指称感到非常震惊。我想在此断然声明我不是西藏青年大会的成员,并且与这个组织没有任何联系。
自从2006年9月以来,我一直生活在北京,有时是一名全日制的学生,有时边学习边做兼职的英文教师。我持有有效期至2008年11月的工作签证,而中 国有关方面在没有给出任何详细理由的情况下,以“明显违犯国家有关法律”为由将我驱逐出境。在中国期间,我没有参与任何可以解释为“反华”或违法的活动。 递解我前往机场的警察,从来没有要求我承认任何罪行,也没有让我签署任何文件。警方承诺将向我递交一份驱逐通知,但我至今没有收到这份通知。
对我而言,在中国的生活经验在很多方面是积极的,我结识了很多有趣的人,包括汉人和藏人。我发现北京是一座令人振奋的,快步向前的城市,并且有丰富多彩的文化生活。然而最近几天发生的事情让这些积极的经历蒙污遭损。想到奥运会将在一个公民权受到限制的国家举办是一件令人痛心的事情,在那里合法居住、按章纳税并拥有工作签证的人会突然遭到驱逐。
随着奥运会日益临近,中国政府试图实行安全管制的范围之广让我吃惊不已。已经有媒体采访记录我遭到驱逐的有关情况,我目前和我的父母住在伦敦家中。我极为惦记和关心生活在北京的我的藏人朋友,他们不会有被驱逐出国的好运气,他们或许会沦为中国政府妄想狂似的奇思怪想的受害者。显然,受到莫须有指控的藏人和政府,认为在今后一两个月必须“噤声”的藏人将面临严厉的惩处。
德庆边巴
2008年7月10日,格林威治标准时间下午2:15分,于伦敦
【翻译:沉默的安多哇】
Dear friends:
at 8:55 am (Beijing time) on 8th July 2008, 7 or 8 security staff were waiting for me as i left my apartment. They made me go back into my apartment and hand in my mobile phones to them along with my passport. 2 of these people were filming everything with small video cameras.
I was informed that I had broken the laws of the country and according to those laws had to leave immediately. when I asked exactly why I was being made to leave, I was told that I ought to know what I had done wrong. I was not allowed to contact the British Embassy.
Before being allowed to pack anything my apartment was thoroughly searched and some items such as books about Tibet (some were in Chinese, bought in China) and a T-shirt which had Tibetan writing on it were confiscated. My tickets for Olympics events were also confiscated along with my Bank of China bank book - I was also made to give them my PIN number for that bank account.
6 people escorted me to the airport in a minibus in a convoy with 2 black cars in front and 1 black car behind us. The filming also continued. I was put on the 13:35 Air China flight to London and told I was forbidden to come back to China for 5 years. My phones and passport were handed back to me just as I was boarding the plane - this was all also filmed. It seemed to be a big operation to deport me and I would estimate at least 30 people were involved - and those were just the ones obvious to me that I could count. They were all plain-clothed and I do not know, beyond jingcha, exactly who they were.
Having seen many of my friends being forced to leave China in the recent weeks due to visa problems I thought myself fortunate to have a valid work visa until November 2008. However, this just wasn't meant to be. As some of you may know, there have been two previous times where security have made themselves known to me since April of this year. I have been promised a copy of my deportation notice, they said that they will give it to whichever of my friends goes to my apartment to pick up the rest of my things. Whether I will ever see this document remains to be seen.
I feel very sad to be leaving my friends behind and worry for the personal safety of many of my Tibetan friends. It is an unfortunate way to leave a city that I feel a strong connection with having been based there since September 2006. I hope that I can go back one day.
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your work - I have enjoyed meeting and talking with all of you and I hope we keep in touch. Should any of you come to London on your travels then do look me up!
With best wishes,
Dechen
London, 8th July, 9:15pm GMT
boluoma
10:17 AM
Statement by Dechen Pemba
I have just read the July 10th Xinhua news article which describes me as "a key member of the ethnic separatist "Tibetan Youth Congress"" and states "Dechen also admitted her wrongdoings" and I am completely shocked at these baseless, fabricated allegations. I would like to clearly state here that I am not a member of the Tibetan Youth Congress and I have no association with them.
Since September 2006 I have lived in Beijing either as a full time student or as a part time student and part time English teacher. I held a valid work visa until November 2008 and was deported on July 8th for apparently breaking the laws of the country without being given any further details. While living in China I did not engage in anything that can be construed as anti-China or illegal. The police who escorted me to the airport never asked me to admit to any crimes nor was I asked to sign any documents. I have been promised a copy of my deportation notice but have yet to receive it.
Many aspects of living in China were positive for me, I met many interesting people, both Chinese and Tibetan. I found Beijing to be a vibrant, fast-paced city with an exciting cultural life. However, these positive experiences have been marred by the events of the last few days. It is sad to think of the Olympic Games taking place in a country where resident's rights are so restricted and people who are living legitimately, pay tax and who possess a work visa can be deported so suddenly.
In the run up to the Olympic Games I am completely amazed at the lengths to which the Chinese government is willing to go in their security crackdown. The circumstances of my deportation have been documented by the media and I am currently at home with my parents in London. My thoughts and utmost concern lie with my Tibetan friends in Beijing who would not have the good fortune to be deported to a foreign country should they fall victim to the paranoid whims of the government. Clearly, any Tibetan who faces a baseless charge or who the government deems necessary to "silence" in the next month or two will face severe punishment.
Dechen Pemba
London, July 10th, 2:15pm GMT
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