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Peking University Law Professor specialized in forensics, Sun Dongdong, told China News Weekly on March 23 that 99% of China's petitioners (zh) are mentally ill and that he support for forced hospitalization of them. Here are some of Sun's words in the article pick up by Gen Wen from China News Weekly:
对那些è€ä¸Šè®¿ä¸"业户，æˆ'负责任地说，ä¸è¯´100%å§ï¼Œè‡³å°'99%以上精神有é-®é¢˜â€"â€"都是å执型精神障ç¢!他们为了实现一个妄想ç-‡çŠ¶å¯ä»¥æŠ›å®¶èˆä¸šï¼Œä¸æƒœä¸€åˆ‡ä»£ä»·ä¸Šè®¿ã€‚ä½ ä»¬å¯ä»¥åŽ»è°ƒæŸ¥é‚£äº›å¾ˆå执地上访的人。他åæ˜ çš„é-®é¢˜å®žé™…上都解决了，ç"šè‡³æ ¹æœ¬å°±æ²¡æœ‰é-®é¢˜ã€‚把他（们）é€åˆ°åŒ»é™¢å°±æ˜¯ï¼ˆå¯¹ä»–们人æƒçš„）最大的ä¿éšœã€‚
Among those expert petitioners, I am here to say responsibly that at least 99%, if not 100%, has mental problem — all have paranoid personality disorder!In order
to actualize a paranoia, they can give up their family and pay visit petition at all cost. You can do the investigation on the paranoid petitioners, the problem that they put forward had been solved,
there aren't any problem at all.To send them to hospital is the greatest protection (on their human rights).
The blogger pointed out that Sun's comment is closed to
fascism. His judgment was shared by many netizens and Sun was forced issued an apology (zh) via chinanews.com on April 6:Some of the content [of what I said in the magazine] was inappropriate, and brought forth controversy and misunderstandings. I deeply regret this. If some of the content hurt some people’s feelings, then I wish to extend my deepest apologies. I also truly hope that they [petitioners] would be able to go through legal channels to solve their issues.China Digital times' translationExplain your position please!However, not so many people buy his apology as he didn't further explain his words. Beifeng posted an open letter to Sun from Weng Yenhai from Aizhixing Institute of Health Education in Beijing:
1ã€éš¾é"仅仅是“è¯è¨€è¡¨è¿°ä¸å½"â€å-ï¼Ÿå¦‚æžœä½ è®¤ä¸ºæ˜¯è¯è¨€è¡¨è¿°ä¸å½"，那么能å¦çŽ°åœ¨è¯¦ç»†åœ°é˜è¿°ä¸€ä¸‹ä½ 对相关上访者å'Œç²¾ç¥žç–¾ç-…å…³ç³»çš„ç«‹åœºï¼Ÿä½ å¯¹ä¸Šè®¿è€…ã€ä¸Šè®¿ä¸"业户ã€è€ä¸Šè®¿ä¸"ä¸šæˆ·ç©¶ç«Ÿå¦‚ä½•çœ‹å¾…ï¼Ÿä½ è®¤ä¸ºå"ªäº›äººæ‚£æœ‰â€œå执型精神ç-…â€ï¼Ÿä½ 认为åº"该如何对待上访者？如何对待上访者ä¸çš„精神ç-…患者？æˆ'è®¤ä¸ºï¼Œä½ å¦‚æžœå'表一个谴责滥ç"¨ç²¾ç¥žç-…å¦è¿«å®³ä¸Šè®¿è€…çš„å£°æ˜Žï¼Œä½ ä¼šå¾-到原谅的。2ã€äººä»¬å¯¹ä½ 有“误解â€å-？在å"ªé‡Œè¯¯è§£ä½ 了？
å¦å¤–，人们普éå…³å¿ƒä½ ä½œä¸ºæˆ'国精神å«ç"Ÿç«‹æ³•å·¥ä½œçš„ä¸"家在立场工作ä¸çš„立场å'Œæ„è§ã€‚能å¦ç»™å¤§ä¼-è¯´æ˜Žä¸€ä¸‹ï¼Ÿè¯´æ˜Žä¸€ä¸‹åœ¨ä½ ä¸å›½ç²¾ç¥žå«ç"Ÿç«‹æ³•ä¸çš„工作èŒè´£å'Œä½ 对ä¸åŒé-®é¢˜çš„立场æ„è§ã€‚
请说明。æ¤ä¿¡å‡½æŠ„é€ä¸¤ä¸ªæˆ'ç»å¸¸ä½¿ç"¨çš„邮件组。
1. Is this a matter of expression? If you think it is an expression issue, can you elaborate on your position regarding the relation between petitioner and mental problem?
What is your stand towards petitioners, and expert petitioners? Who are suffered from paranoia? What is the appropriate way for treating petitioners? And how to treat those with mental problem? If you
made a statement criticizing the abuse of Psychiatry for abusing the petitioners, I will then forgive you. 2. Have people misunderstood you? Where exactly they have misinterpreted you?
Moreover, people are concerned about your position and opinion as a expert in legislation work regarding Psychiatry. So please spell it out. I have copied this letter to two email group.
Animal ProfessorIn ifeng's
discussion thread, there are more than 9884 comments on Sun Dongdong's incident, here are some of the top comments:From Chongqin city posted on April 3 with 5635 supporters:Moreover, people are concerned about your position and opinion as a expert in legislation work regarding Psychiatry. So please spell it out. I have copied this letter to two email group.
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Sun Dongdong must have mental problem, or else he couldn't have said such senseless, heartless, and groundless thing?!!! This is shameless.
From Shandong posted
on April 3 with 2705 supporters:别胡扯了，99％的上访者都是有冤屈å¾-ä¸åˆ°å¦¥å–„的解决。这个é»'æš-混乱的社会，在农æ'çš„ä¸å…¬å¹³äº‹ä»¶å°¤ä¸ºä¸¥é‡ï¼Œå†œæ'大多数穷的è¦å'½ï¼Œè€Œå¹²éƒ¨ä»¬å´è…败横行，å¸åŠ¡æ··ä¹±ï¼ŒåœŸåœ°ä¹±å–。è…败如æ¤ä¸‹åŽ»ï¼Œä¸åŽæ°'æ-确实就没有希望了ã€ã€ã€ã€ã€ã€ã€ã€ã€
Don't bullshit, 99% of the visit petitioners has suffered from unresolved injustice. This is a dark and chaotic society, especially in the rural villages, the issue of
justice is critical. Peasants are so poor while government officials are so corrupted. Their accounting is very chaotic and they sell out peasants' land without any accountability. If such
corruption continues, Chinese people won't have hope…
From China posted on April 3 with 1760 supporters:天å'€ï¼ï¼ï¼è¿™å°±æ˜¯åŒ-大教兽ï¼ï¼ï¼
My God!!! This is Peking University' animal professor!!!
From Shenzhen posted on April 3 with 1131 supporters:å™ä¸œä¸œåŒ»æ²»ç²¾ç¥žç-…多了,他自已也是精神ç-…了。现在社会贫富ä¸å‡è€Œä¸"å·®è·å¤§,åŠ ä¸Šä¸ªåˆ«æ"¿åºœæœºæž„为所欲为。社会ä¸å…¬çŽ°è±¡ä¸¥é‡å˜åœ¨,特别是基层è€ç™¾å§"。ä¸ç»å®¶å±žåŒæ„将上访人å'˜å¼ºåˆ¶é€åŒ»é™¢æ˜¯è¿æ³•è¡Œä¸ºã€‚
Sun Dongdong has treated too many mentally ill patients, now he becomes one of them. The wealth disparity problem is getting more serious. In addition, some governmental
bodies are corrupted without accountability. Social injustice is very serious especially among grassroots. To force petitioners into mental hospital without family members' approval is illegal.
From Jiansu posted on April 3 with 994 supporters:ä¸å›½æœ‰å¦‚æ¤æ•™æŽˆï¼ŒçœŸè®©äººèŽ«å惊诧。
“公安部信访办:ç»å¤§å¤šæ•°ä¸Šè®¿è€…诉求是有é"ç†çš„â€ï¼ˆ2009å¹´03月12æ-¥ 14:16ä¸å›½é'年报）
This is terrifying that China has such kind of
professor.
According to China Youth daily, 12 of March, 2009. The Police Petition Bureau said that most of the petitioners have their reason in their demand.
From Liaoling posted on
April 3 with 948 supporters:According to China Youth daily, 12 of March, 2009. The Police Petition Bureau said that most of the petitioners have their reason in their demand.
æˆ'看åº"该首先将这个ç‹-庇å™ä¸œä¸œé€å…¥ç²¾ç¥žç-…院åŠæ‰"三天ï¼ï¼ï¼
I suggest to first put this dog ass Sun Dongdong in mental hospital and beat him up for three day.
Sun on Melamine: Don't create troubleActually this is not the first time that Sun Dongdong stood out to defend government policy. During the Melamine poisonous milk incident, he said the government had no flaw in dealing with the problem and criticized media and netizens for blaming the government (via Tianya Sept 2008):
æˆ'想大家关注很æ£å¸¸ï¼Œæˆ'们社会需è¦æœ‰è´£ä»»æ„Ÿçš„人，但是有æ-¶å€™åª'ä½"ã€ç½'å‹å…³æ³¨çš„å，å在也走å¾-æžç«¯ï¼Œä¸Šæ¥å…ˆæƒ³æ€Žä¹ˆç´¢èµ"。æˆ'觉å¾-首先åº"è¯¥å…ˆæ‰¾åŽŸå› ã€‚å¦å¤–一个没有必è¦åŽ»ç»™æœ‰å…³éƒ¨é-¨æ‰¾éº»çƒ¦ï¼Œä½ 现在麻烦找å¾-越多，越去质ç–'什么的，å¯èƒ½ä¸åˆ©äºŽäº‹æƒ…的解决。
It is normal that people concern about the issue. However, our society needs people with responsibility, sometimes media and netizens are too extreme. All they think about is
compensation. I think we need to identify the reason first. Moreover, there is no need to find trouble for government department. The more troubles and questions you posted would probably make it more
difficult for getting the issue solved.
There were 8255 comments in the post and a majority were criticizing Sun.
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