From: wing@pegasus.com (Wing Ng)
Subject: [FWD] IFCSS on Shen Tong
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Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 23:42:27 GMT

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Subject:      IFCSS HQ NR-4013: Help Shen Tong!
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IFCSS Headquarters News Release No. 4013     September 2, 1992 
                   HELP SHEN TONG 
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Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS)
   733 15th Street, N.W., Suite 440, Washington, D.C.20005 
         Tel. (202)347-0017  Fax: (202)347-0018 
                Email: ifcss@wam.umd.edu 
 
         IFCSS Calls on Chinese Students to Help Shen Tong 
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Dear Fellow Students: 
 
    In the early morning of September 1, Shen Tong, a Boston
University student on a home-visiting trip, was arrested in 
his home in Beijing. Two other students, Qi Dafeng and Qian 
Liyun, were also arrested along with Shen Tong. 
 
    According to people who had contact with Shen Tong before 
his arrest, Shen had contacted government officials in China 
about the possibility of setting up an office in Beijing to 
promote constructive changes in China and received positive 
responses. As a result, Shen Tong went ahead to hire two 
employees for the office (Qi and Qian). 
 
    Shen's activities in Beijing had the full knowledge and 
consent of related government officials and the whole project
proceeded strictly within the framework of the existing Chinese 
law. 
 
    IFCSS regards the arrest of Shen Tong and his colleagues as 
a serious setback of the government's policy encouraging the 
return of overseas Chinese students, a move politically unwise 
and morally unjust. We call on Chinese students and scholars 
across the United States to act immediately to help Shen, Qi 
and Qian to regain their freedom. You may call or write to 
the Chinese Embassy or related government agencies in China.
You may also enlist support from United States government 
by contacting members of Congress from your area or contacting 
the State Department. A concerted appeal from all of us is 
very important.
 
    IFCSS will continue to closely monitor the situation and 
will work with all forces for the release of these students. 
 
    Agencies and numbers to call: 
 
    State Council:                86-1-335987 
    National Peoples' Congress    86-1-3098674 
    Ministry of Justice           86-1-4081613
    State Education Commission    86-1-6011049 
    Beijing Municipal Government  86-1-5121175 
 
    Chinese Embassy               202-328-2500 
    2300 Connecticut Ave. N.W. 
    Washington, D.C. 20008 
 
 
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