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A few pieces to the story of Shandong University professor Sun Wenguang, who spent years incarcerated and subject to various forms of political persecution during and after the Cultural Revolution—who, as National People's Congress representative elections are now underway all across the country is, along with several colleagues, and without naming names, calling foul on the election held at the Shandong University campus this past week with charges of voter coercion and vote manipulation at the same time demanding a re-vote—have popped up online over the past few days. Some pieces, however, have mysteriously been disappeared.
Sun's grievances have been posted around, and the anonymous Dongsheng Hall blogger was one of several to pick up the story, here with Sun's letter to Beijing:
济南历城区人大代表当选代表榜: 樊丽明，马广海，马新
Candidates for National People's Congress representative of Lixia district in Jinan: Fan Liming, Ma Guanghai, Ma Xin
全国人大常委会；
山东大学在2007年区人大代表选举过程中，出现了一些有违法律规定的问题，包括：
In the process of holding NPC representative district elections at Shandong University, violations of the law have occurred, and include:
1）很多学生和退休教师没有参加一榜提名过程，他们的候选人提名权被剥夺了。
2）在这次选举中，很多选民的知情权不被尊重。对四位“正式候选人”很多选民既不认识也不了解。多数选民对选举过程不知情，直到选举前两天，很多选民还不知道何日投票，如何投法，
3）选举法第三十八条规定：“选民外出，经选举委员会同意，可以书面委托其他选民代为投票。”但山大很多人，不经选举委员会同意，没有书面委托书就代别人投票，这是违背选举法的行为。
4）选举法第二十九条规定：候选人提名可有三种形式，一为党派，二为团体（包括学生会，工会等），三为十人以上联名，但是山大选举不尊重选民这三个方面的提名权。山大一榜167名候选人，包括由此产生的四位“正式候选人”，没有一人是从这三种法律规定的途径中产生的。山大采取的选民小组提名办法，并没有被选举法认可。
5）有的班级已满18岁的学生多数未上选民榜，未得选票，没有参加选举。
6）选举法第36条规定，“代表人的产生一律采取无记名投票的方式”，也就是要保证投票的秘密性，而现在山东大学的投票方式是，将学生集中到一个空旷地，密密麻麻的站在一起，前后左右都是人，辅导员和书记就在附近，学生站着写选票，他的选票周围都能看到，这还是什么无记名投票？又如何保证投票的秘密性？有的学院工作人员竟在投票箱旁接过选票，查看内容，扣下部分选票。
我们希望全国人大常委会调查这次山大的选举。不公开、不公正、不透明、不依法的选举，应该被否定。
以上详细情况我们将随后以附件形式呈上。
以下是联名人：
姓名 电话 手机 学院
孙文广 88365021 13655317356 山东大学管理学院退休教授
郭天旭 88376329 15054136795 山东大学法学院学生
贾昊 13791124769 山东大学法学院学生
高根 15964006607 山东大学法学院学生
2007年11月13日星期二于山东大学
Below are those signed:
Tuesday, November 13, 2007, Shandong University
Sun Wenguang, professor, retired, Shandong University School of Management, 88365021 13655317356
Guo Tianxu, Shandong University School of Law, 88376329 15054136795
Jia Hao, Shandong University School of Law, 13791124769
Gao Gen, Shandong University School of Law, 15964006607
An earlier posting of the letter can be found at Aboluowang, along with a photo from Shandong University showing the crowded student voters mentioned above:
From there, the open letter has founds its way into all sorts of blogging spaces.
Also from the Dongsheng Hall blogger is the text of a flyer dated Nov. 8 being distributed around the Shandong University campus, along with a photo of Sun apparently campaigning on a city bus:
[‘This is the only place they'll let me speak!’]
在现代法治国家的选举过程中，公权力（包括司法、行政）必须保证公平公正。不能偏倚于竞选者某一方，某一个党。但是在山大的区人大代表选举中，山东大学的公权力却明显的不公平，不公正。
（一） 在提名阶段
有些院系的办公室工作人员，拿着国家的工资，利用办公时间，使用办公电话，介绍某些特定的候选人，这些人中很多后来成了”正式候选人”，本人在这之前，多次明确告诉院领导（一次是当着办公人员的面）我要参选。他们为什么不同时用电话告诉院里的教工呢？
山大某些公职人员，用工作时间为特定的人拉选票，可能候选人也不知情，那是谁给这些公职人员下达的工作指示呢？
Certain public servants at Shandong University have been using office time to rally votes for designated candidates, possibly without the candidates’ knowledge; so who is it that has given these public servants such instructions?
（二）竞选阶段
10月19日到 10月23日期间，我在南院宿舍贴出竞选海报，全部被撕被盖，我白天贴，他们黑夜里盖，由于大家的抗议， 24日起南院撕盖竞选海报活动突然停止。有人怀疑这是公权力所为。
11月5日我到山大老校三宿舍、五宿舍张贴了选举海报共八张， 11月6日上午被全部撕盖，在这之前，有人看到是公安便衣干的。
On November 5 I went to dormitories 3 and 5 at the old campus, and put up a total of eight campaign posters. By the morning of Nov. 6 they were all either torn down or covered up; prior to that, someone had seen plainclothes PSB doing this.
（三）11月6日，有些院系召开学生班长副班长会议，会上传达了对竞选人孙,文.广的对策、指示，让他们转告学生，”不要听孙,文.广的演说”， 11月7日某学院召开党员紧急会议，通告说，有的独立候选人受海外势力支持，要竞选，让同学不要去听，去听的，见到了要拉回来。不能投独立候选人的票，谁投了他的票，我们是能查出来的，查出来后要查处该生和直接负责人。
我坚决反对山大的公权力不公。
I firmly object to the unfairness of Shandong University's public powers.
（四）11月4日我去老校学生食堂前，会见选民，展示看板（用绳悬挂），山大公安处的人出来说：挂横幅有批件吗？我说：没有。他说：没有批件不准挂。我和他争执起来，后来我和他说，要与他们处长讲话，进了办公室，他提供了号码，接通了电话。最近达成协议，我把看板从绳上取下来，放在地上展示。
11月6日，我再次去老校学生食堂前展示看板，公安处的人再次来到现场，收起看板准备拿走，我向他提出抗议，他让我去公安办公室，我大声地问”你有传唤证吗？”他说”没有”，我再问：你有逮捕证、拘留证吗？他说”没有”。我说：既然没有合法手续，你为什么要叫我到公安办公室去？这时聚集了很多大学生。他们看势头不对，就走了。
Nov. 6, I went to the old campus’ cafeteria to display my platform billboard again, and again the police station guy came over, picked up my billboard and was prepared to take it away. I protested, and he made me go to the office. In a loud voice, I asked: “DO YOU HAVE A SUBPOENA?” He said “no.” So then I asked: do you have a warrant? License to detain me? He said “no.” I said: since you have no legal documentation, why do you want me to go into the police station office? By this time many students had gathered around. They could see things didn't look right, and left.
种种事实说明，山大在这次选举中对我是不公正的。
孙,文.广于山东大学
2007年11月 8日（此稿已经在校园内散发）
From Shandong University,
Sun Wenguang
November 8, 2007 (this text has already been spread around campus)
Zhang Weiguo of the blogspot-hosted New Century Net blog has a picture of professor Sun in his blog post looking at the reality of Sun's situation, past interviews the professor has given, the accusation mentioned above that Sun has received support from overseas anti-China forces—which Sun attributes to overseas Chinese political groups‘ reports on his situation—and cases similar to his from recent history:
MSN Live Spaces blogger Cha Pi provides some further background, and the Free More News blog blogs a short Sun biography which includes the details of his incarceration history from 1960-1981.
Equally interesting is the Sina blogger ‘Old Horses Know The Road’, who appears to be an employee at Shandong University, and her post whose title borrows the old Mao edict, ‘A single spark can start a prairie fire':
前天还在感叹我们选举过程的波澜不惊，昨天就发现其实是有点儿波澜的，只是迟钝如我者未发现而已。
昨天下午一位同事给我看了一张纸条，“纸条”有名片大小，不经意的话，会以为路边到处可见的小广告。
纸条的一面是这样一些字：
73岁山大退休教授有个梦：
我梦想竞选成为人大代表，当选可能创下国家纪录。这既是我的光荣，也是山大选民的光荣、山东大学的光荣和gcd（原文用的是汉字）的光荣。我在山大50年，我热爱山东大学，我想给山大增光，现在只有山大选民才能帮我实现梦想。选民是我的上帝。
另一面是这样几行：
孙文广：73岁山大管院退休教授，曾任济南政协委员十年。
选票上有“另选人”栏。我要来自选民，代表选民，向选民负责，不做强权的奴隶。投我票勿忘划“〇”！
(后面还有他的家庭电话和手机号）
据说他发了不少这样的“竞选”小纸条，见人就塞给一张，并希望人间能投他的票。当然，结果是他没有竞选成功。
也据说，有的院系专门开会，暗示过什么。
无论如何，这算是一星小火花吧，我们也希望那些“真的”被“选出来”的代表也向选民们表达一下他们愿意当代表的愿望。
言多必失，不说了。
Whatever the case, this amounts to a really small spark. We also would like to see those representatives who “really” got “elected” demonstrate to us voters their desire to be representatives.
To say more would be a mistake, so that's all I'll say.
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Comments:
沈香落
2007-11-14 00:38:44
是啊，的确是开过会的。我有同学就参加了这个会，当时好像是要在4个人中选2个，这个老教授不在4人之列～～的确也暗示了，或者说下达了。
Yes, they definitely had a meeting. I have a classmate who took part in it; they wanted to choose two [candidates] out of four, and this professor wasn't one of them…there were definitely some hints dropped, or else they were just told.
[匿名] boston
2007-11-14 08:24:58
这老先生很值得钦佩！不过单枪匹马难成正果。
This old gentleman is very admirable! Though, running single-handed makes it hard to accomplish anything.
[匿名] 栗
2007-11-14 08:34:36
据说省府选举全乱套了，姜大明省长去了现场，最后省长大人拂袖而去。
They're saying the provincial government elections got completely out of hand, that governor Jiang Daming went down to the scene, and that in the end the provincial bigwig left pissed off.
[匿名] nail
2007-11-14 11:08:14
大一还是大二时的一次选修课正在考试，有个老师就进了教室，让我们填选票，告诉了我们几个人名，我们也不知道是谁，所以我弃权了，既然不了解这些候选人，又怎么行使自己的权利，所以只能弃权了。
Back in first or second year there was an election right in the middle of exam week. One teacher just came right into the classroom and made us fill out the ballots, told us a few names, we didn't know who they were, so I just abstained, since I didn't know anything about these candidates, couldn't have made use of my rights if I'd wanted to, so I could only just abstain.
[匿名] 郁闷
2007-11-14 21:49:52
被彻底QJ了
我们单位投票时，政治部主任和办公室主任进行指导，而且必须当场书写，“第一个划叉，剩下两个画圈”，或者“中间划叉，第一个第三个画圈”。因为第三个是我们院长。晕死
He's been completely screwed.
When our office voted, the director of the political department and the office head gave us directions, and we had to vote on the spot, “an ‘x’ for the first one, and circles for the other two,” or “an ‘x’ for the middle [candidate], circles for numbers 1 and 3.” Because #3 was the dean of our school. Makes me want to pass out and die.
[匿名] 过客
2007-11-14 22:18:03
孙老师有在食堂前做过演讲，当时很多同学都去看了，当然投票时还是有很多同学投了，不过胳膊拧不过大腿啊
很多同学投票的原则是投无党派的，因为我们是一伙的
Professor Sun gave a speech in front of the cafeteria…lots of people went to see it…of course lots of us went to vote when the time came, but he didn't stand a chance…