【禁闻】记者被刑拘 《新快报》：请放人

【新唐人2013年10月24日讯】中国大陆继《新快报》记者刘虎因“涉嫌诽谤罪”被批捕后，日前，另一名记者陈永洲，也被湖南省长沙市公安局的警察带走，随后，陈永洲被控“涉嫌损害企业商誉罪”被刑拘。23号，《新快报》头版刊登：“请放人”，24号《新快报》头版再次刊登“再请放人”，要求警方释放被抓的记者。

据《新快报》报导，18号，报社记者陈永洲，因发表有关批评“中联重科股份有限公司”的报导，在广州被长沙警方以“涉嫌损害商业信誉罪”跨省刑事拘留。

陈永洲是继刘虎之后，第二个被抓的《新快报》记者。刘虎通过微博，实名举报多名中共副部级官员及一些地方官员。他被抓的罪名是﹕涉嫌制造传播谣言。

而陈永洲自去年9月以来，曾连续发表十篇有关“中联重科股份有限公司”的报导，当中涉及“利润虚增”、“利益输送”、“畸形营销”及“涉嫌造假”等一系列批评性文章。今年7月，“中联重科”董事长助理高辉，在微博中连续发文，直指陈永洲的文章抹黑“中联重科”，因此导致公司股价大幅下降。

随后，《新快报》作出澄清，也发表声明控告“中联重科”和高辉。报社在民事起诉状中指出，高辉在未有任何证据的情况下，蓄意将《新快报》相关报导描述为虚假报导，企图 混淆视听，严重损害了报社声誉，并侵犯了报导记者的合法权益。因此要求法院判决被告赔偿《新快报社》损失1元、赔偿记者陈永洲精神损失费10万元，并赔礼道歉。

同时，报社在沉默了几天后，在头版打出了三个巨大字体：“请放人”，并且在头版正中显着位置写道：“敝报虽小，穷骨头，还是有那么两根的。”

原北京《百姓》杂志主编 黄良天：“因为揭露丑闻被抓的记者，在中国大陆是很经常的事情，但是大部分出现这种事情以后就撇清了，《新快报》以一个媒体，向刑事部门叫版，在中国大陆还是第一次，敢于向当局抗争。所以，《新快报》这种做法还是值得赞扬的。”

记者致电《新快报》，总编室人员表示“不方便”接受采访。不过，陈永洲的薛姓同事表示，陈永洲为人不错，他支持报社的呼吁。

据了解，长沙市公安局直属分局早在今年9月16号已对陈永洲立案处理，并在10月15号发出网上追捕，而陈永洲一直被蒙在鼓里，处于正常工作状态。

美国中文杂志《中国事务》总编辑 伍凡：“地方势力保护自己的利益，跨省抓人，中国的一些法学院的院长，一些有名的律师都出来讲话，过分了，记者报导这个事情，你认为报导不实，那就打官司，不能随便抓人。”

大陆媒体人纷纷表示：记者还有安全感吗？

有人说：“我相信，大家的愤怒绝不是为记者可能存在的问题背书，而是对警方粗暴执法的抗议。”

《新快报》则以无奈的语调说：“因为我们一直以为，只要负责任的去做报导，就不会有问题﹔万一出现问题，我们登报更正，致歉﹔实在严重，对簿公堂，输了官司，该怎么赔就怎么赔，该关门就关门，那也是活该。但事实证明，我们太天真了。”

黄良天：“现在这种警察部门、政府部门，在目前情况下，已经沦为资本家的打手，已经跟利益集团绑在一起，记者是困难重重的，他面对的是一个非常强势的一个公权力。”

“中联重科股份有限公司”创立于1992年，主要从事建筑工程、能源工程、环境工程、交通工程等基础设施建设所需重大高新技术装备的研发制造。公司注册资本77.06亿元，员工3万多人。去年，“中联重科”下属各经营单位实现收入超过900亿元，利润和税金（利税）总额超过120亿元。

采访编辑/常春 后制/陈建铭

Reporters Arrested in China for Muckraking

Following the arrest of reporter Li Hu, reporter
Chen Yongzhou from the Express was arrested recently
by Hunan Changsha Public Security Bureau.

Chen was charged on suspicion of damage
to corporate reputation.
On October 24, the Express published, “Please Release
Our Reporter” on its front page.

According to the Express’ report, on October 18, Chen
was arrested in Guangzhou for publishing criticizing reports
regarding Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science
and Technology Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou police detained him for alleged damage
to Zoomlion’s business reputation.

After Liu Hu, Chen Yongzhou is the second reporter
to have been arrested in China.
Liu Hu was arrested for using his blog to report on many
vice-ministerial and some local officials.
Liu was charged with suspicion
of creating and spreading rumors.

Since last September, Chen published ten articles about
Zoomlion involving inflated profits, benefits,
deformity marketing and suspected fraud.

In July 2013, Gao Hui, assistant chairman of Zoomlion,
said in his blog that Chen Yongzhou discredited Zoomlion
and caused the company’s share price to drop significantly.

Subsequently, the Express also issued a statement against
Zoomlion and Gao Hui.
In a civil lawsuit, the Express alleged that Gao Hui aimed
to distort newspaper reports to confuse the public, causing
serious damage to the newspaper’s reputation and violating
the legitimate rights and interests of Chen Yongzhou.
Therefore, the Express asked the court to rule that
the defendant compensate the newspaper 1 yuan,
the reporter 100,000 yuan, and issue an apology.

Meanwhile, the newspaper was silent for a few days, and then
published on the front page, in huge print,
the words “Please Release Our Reporter.”

In the middle of the front page were the words, “although our
newspaper is small, we’ve got a few ounces of courage.”

Huang Liangtian, former chief editor of People:
“Muckraking reporters being arrested is common in China.
However, the Express, as a media, took it to court,
and this is the first time.
The Express dares to fight against authorities
and is commendable.”

When a reporter called the Express, the chief editor’s office
staff said that it was inconvenient to be interviewed.
However, a co-worker of Chen Yongzhou said that
he supported the newspaper’s call.

It is understood that the Changsha City Public Security Bureau
Branch processed Chen’s case as early as September 16,
and issued an online hunt on October 15.

However, Chen was totally in the dark and worked as usual.

Wu Fan, chief editor of China affairs: “Local authorities
protect their own interests and arrest people inter-provincially.
A number of well-known law school deans and lawyers spoke
out that they should take reporters to court
if they think reports are false,
but they cannot arrest reporters like that.”

Mainland media people asked, “Will reporters feel safe?”
Someone says, “I believe everyone is angry.
That is by no means just to endorse reporters,
but to protest against the brutal law enforcement.”

The Express said helplessly, “We have always thought that
if we report responsibly, there should be no problem.
If anything happens, we can correct and apologize;
if it is really serious, we go to court.
If we lose, we deserve to pay or close our door,
But the fact proves that we are too naïve.”

Huang Liangtian: “Now the police and government
departments have turned into thugs for the capitalists.
Reporters encounter enormous difficulties,
and they are facing a very strong public power.”

Zoomlion was founded in 1992, and mainly engaged
in construction, energy, engineering, environmental engineering,
traffic engineering and other infrastructure required
or the development of major high-tech manufacturing equipment.
The company is registered with 7.706 billion capital
and 30,000 employees.
Last year, Zoomlion had revenue over 90 billion yuan,
profits and taxes totaling more than 12 billion.