China Democracy Party: The 1998 July 9 Crackdown
作者：袁崛
责任编辑：罗志飞 鲁慧文 审阅：朱虞夫 翻译：鲁慧文
1998年6月25日，六四运动学生领袖之一的王有才、异议人士王东海、大学生林辉三人前去浙江省民政厅递交文件为中国民主党申请注册，这是中共建国近五十年来首次有异议人士以公开的姿态宣布筹组反对党，同时公布《中国民主党浙江筹备委员会成立公开宣言》。中共在6月29日逮捕王有才，8小时后释放。6月30日上午逮捕在街上散发《中国民主党成立宣言》传单的朱虞夫，48小时后释放。 正当外界以为中共会淡化处理此次中国民主党组党事件时，在美国总统克林顿结束中国的访问之后，中共开始了对中国民主党创党人员的大抓捕。7月8日开始，中共相继逮捕了王有才、王东海、朱虞夫、祝正明、王培剑、程凡、吴高兴等中国民主党浙江筹备委员会成员。 中共当局在杭州大肆逮捕异议人士引起中国大陆及海外民运人士的强烈谴责及抗议，并要求立即释放被扣押者。1998年4月才被中共以保外就医名义遣送至美国的天安门学运领袖王丹，与流亡美国的著名异议人士王希哲于7月11日联名发表紧急声明，除了对中共的逮捕行动表示强烈愤怒与谴责之外，同时呼吁国际社会和美国政府对此事保持高度关注，采取有效行动制止中共当局践踏人权的行为。 7月16日，国内一百多位政治反对派人士就“709”大搜捕事件致电中国国家主席江泽民和国务院总理朱镕基，要求中国政府遵守1998年签署的联合国《公民权利与政治权利国际公约》，依法保障公民基本的政治权利，停止侵犯中国公民人权，并停止在外合交场诽谤“持不同政见者”。
中国十九个省市共一百位政治反对派人士就浙江警方“７·１０”大搜捕事件以及外交部污蔑、诽谤“持不同政见者”事致江泽民、朱熔基的公开信；
江泽民主席并朱熔基总理：
惊悉浙江公安当局以危害国家安全的名义，将“中国民主党浙江筹备委员会”申请人王有才、王东海、及朱虞夫、祝正明、程凡、吴高兴、郑玉林、余铁龙、王培剑、方笑凰、王强等持不同政见者强行拘押（除前四人之外，其余七人皆已释放），惊悉今日林辉又被逮捕。对此，我们深感忧虑和痛心。
不久前，江泽民主席代表中国政府向全世界庄严承诺中国将于今年秋天签署联合国《公民权利与政治权利国际公约》。可是，浙江却发生了这一严重侵犯公民政治权利的事件。浙江公安当局的做法与我国政府承诺要“改善人权，增进民主”的精神是完全背道而驰的。故此，我们吁请中央政府督责浙江公安当局立即纠正这种侵犯人权的错误行径，尽快释放王有才、王东海、朱虞夫、祝正明等五人。与此同时，我们强烈抗议中共外交部长和外交部发言人多次指称中国“持不同政见者大多数是刑事犯罪分子”的污蔑和诽谤，提请江泽民主席和朱熔基总理责成外交部立即开展“扫除法盲”的学习，以增强外交部公务人员的法制观念，杜绝在外交场合信口雌黄。
签名（排名不分先后）：
（陕西）林 牧 张鉴康 杨 海 傅 升 郑保和 汤致平 马晓明 高军生
（北京）周国强 江棋生 沙裕光 蔡 键 杨 靖 马 强 高洪明 高 峰 何德甫 徐文立
（湖北）秦永敏 陆中明 （四川）刘贤斌 欧阳懿 杨 伟 文 强 侯多蜀 秦礼尚
（浙江）毛国良 余铁龙 程 凡 毛奇峰 毛庆祥 吴高兴 黄海燕（女） 王培剑 王杭立 王荣清 徐 光 叶文相 张耀正 朱春华
（上海）凌小平（女） 张汝隽 姚振光 周建和 李国涛 戴学忠 韩立法
（湖南）刘力军 金继武 张善光 胡卓毅 张 帆 宋 歌 唐基石 冯建如 谢长发
（山东）牟传珩 谢万军 及“不结社”的二十一位朋友
（辽宁）王泽臣 王文江 田晓明 张友嵩
（江苏）樊百华 张玉祥 邵孝澄
（重庆）邓焕武 何 兵 陶建琪
（广东）谭 力 黄志道 杨 涛
（贵州）杨在行 曾 宁
（福建）林信舒
（安徽）王洪学
（天津）吕洪来
（吉林）冷万宝
（河南）王 冰
（河北）王屹峰
（以上为法新社编辑部收到的公开信原文）
编者按：当年由于国内互联网不畅通，逮捕自8日晚、9日、10日连续进行，所以在外媒发布时用了不同的时间，这是中共第一次对中国民主党进行的大规模镇压行动。
China Democracy Party: The 1998 July 9 Crackdown
Author: Yuan Jue
Editors: Luo Zhifei, Lu Huiwen
Reviewed by: Zhu Yufu
Translated by: Lu Huiwen
On June 25, 1998, Wang Youcai, one of the student leaders of the Tiananmen Movement; dissident Wang Donghai; and university student Lin Hui went to the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Civil Affairs to submit registration documents for the China Democracy Party (CDP). This was the first time in nearly fifty years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China that dissidents had openly declared the formation of an opposition party. On the same day, they released the “Public Declaration on the Establishment of the China Democracy Party Zhejiang Preparatory Committee.”
On June 29, the Chinese authorities arrested Wang Youcai, but released him eight hours later. On the morning of June 30, Zhu Yufu was arrested for distributing leaflets containing the party’s declaration on the streets. He was released 48 hours later.
Just as the outside world thought the authorities might handle the CDP formation with restraint, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began a large-scale crackdown on CDP founders after U.S. President Bill Clinton concluded his visit to China. Starting from July 8, the CCP successively arrested several members of the CDP Zhejiang Preparatory Committee, including Wang Youcai, Wang Donghai, Zhu Yufu, Zhu Zhengming, Wang Peijian, Cheng Fan, and Wu Gaoxing.
The mass arrests in Hangzhou triggered strong condemnation and protests from dissidents both inside China and abroad, who demanded the immediate release of the detainees. On July 11, Wang Dan—another student leader of the Tiananmen movement who had been exiled to the U.S. in April under the pretense of medical parole—joined prominent U.S.-based dissident Wang Xizhe in issuing an emergency joint statement. They expressed deep anger and condemnation of the arrests and urged the international community and the U.S. government to stay closely informed and take effective measures to stop the CCP’s human rights abuses.
On July 16, more than 100 political dissidents across China sent a public letter to Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji regarding the “7/09 Mass Arrests.” They called on the government to honor its recent pledge—signed in 1998—to accede to the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and to legally safeguard basic political rights of citizens. The letter also demanded an end to human rights violations and slander against dissidents in foreign diplomacy.
Public Letter to Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji from Dissidents in 19 Provinces
To President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji,
We were shocked to learn that the Zhejiang Public Security Bureau, under the pretense of “endangering national security,” forcibly detained several individuals involved in registering the China Democracy Party Zhejiang Preparatory Committee—namely Wang Youcai, Wang Donghai, Zhu Yufu, Zhu Zhengming, Cheng Fan, Wu Gaoxing, Zheng Yulin, Yu Tielong, Wang Peijian, Fang Xiaohuang, Wang Qiang, and others. All but the first four have been released; however, today we were alarmed to hear that Lin Hui has also been arrested.
This situation causes us deep concern and sorrow.
Not long ago, President Jiang Zemin solemnly promised on behalf of the Chinese government that China would sign the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in the fall of this year. Yet Zhejiang is now the scene of a serious violation of citizens’ political rights. The actions of the Zhejiang police completely contradict the government’s stated intention to “improve human rights and promote democracy.”
Therefore, we call on the central government to hold the Zhejiang Public Security Bureau accountable, correct this human rights abuse, and immediately release Wang Youcai, Wang Donghai, Zhu Yufu, Zhu Zhengming, and others. At the same time, we strongly protest repeated remarks made by the Foreign Minister and spokespersons of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who have maliciously labeled most Chinese dissidents as criminal offenders. We urge President Jiang and Premier Zhu to direct the Foreign Ministry to launch a “legal education campaign” to enhance the legal awareness of its staff and prevent reckless statements in diplomatic settings.
Signatories (in no particular order):
Shaanxi: Lin Mu, Zhang Jiankang, Yang Hai, Fu Sheng, Zheng Baohe, Tang Zhiping, Ma Xiaoming, Gao Junsheng
Beijing: Zhou Guoqiang, Jiang Qisheng, Sha Yugang, Cai Jian, Yang Jing, Ma Qiang, Gao Hongming, Gao Feng, He Defu, Xu Wenli
Hubei: Qin Yongmin, Lu Zhongming
Sichuan: Liu Xianbin, Ouyang Yi, Yang Wei, Wen Qiang, Hou Duoshu, Qin Lishang
Zhejiang: Mao Guoliang, Yu Tielong, Cheng Fan, Mao Qifeng, Mao Qingxiang, Wu Gaoxing, Huang Haiyan (female), Wang Peijian, Wang Hangli, Wang Rongqing, Xu Guang, Ye Wenxiang, Zhang Yaozheng, Zhu Chunhua
Shanghai: Ling Xiaoping (female), Zhang Rujun, Yao Zhenguang, Zhou Jianhe, Li Guotao, Dai Xuezhong, Han Lifa
Hunan: Liu Lijun, Jin Jiwu, Zhang Shanguang, Hu Zhuoyi, Zhang Fan, Song Ge, Tang Jishi, Feng Jianru, Xie Changfa
Shandong: Mou Chuanheng, Xie Wanjun, and 21 unaffiliated friends
Liaoning: Wang Zechen, Wang Wenjiang, Tian Xiaoming, Zhang Yousong
Jiangsu: Fan Baihua, Zhang Yuxiang, Shao Xiaocheng
Chongqing: Deng Huanwu, He Bing, Tao Jianqi
Guangdong: Tan Li, Huang Zhidao, Yang Tao
Guizhou: Yang Zaixing, Zeng Ning
Fujian: Lin Xinshu
Anhui: Wang Hongxue
Tianjin: Lü Honglai
Jilin: Leng Wanbao
Henan: Wang Bing
Hebei: Wang Yifeng
(This is the full text of the open letter received by the AFP editorial department.)
Editor’s Note: Due to limited internet access in China at the time, arrests occurred continuously from the night of July 8 through July 10. As a result, different foreign media sources reported varying dates. This was the first large-scale crackdown by the Chinese government against the China Democracy Party.
