看莫拉女士評論解僱晉美事件

 

                                                  （瑞典）茉莉

 

 前不久，唯色博客上轉載了莫拉·莫伊尼漢談西藏難民在印度處境的文章，我讀了之後大為震撼。在關注西藏的十幾年中，我接觸過不少支持西藏的歐美人和中國人，但很少看到這樣一位對西藏問題有如此深刻認識，對流亡藏人投入如此深厚人道關懷的支持者。

 

我開始在網上搜尋莫拉（Maura Moynihan）的其他文章，發現這位女士以自己的真名，在嘉央諾布先生的博客文章後面跟帖，就阿沛晉美被解僱的事件發表了十幾條評論。我因此有興趣把這些英文跟帖翻譯出來，讓中文讀者稍稍了解：莫拉是怎樣的一個人，她對阿沛晉美被解僱事件有何看法。

 

 ◎ 誰是莫拉·莫伊尼漢？

  

美麗的莫拉·莫伊尼漢是已故的美國參議員丹尼爾·帕特里克·莫伊尼漢的女兒。七十年代初，她的父親擔任美國駐印度大使，少女莫拉就讀於新德里的美國國際學校。在長達四十年的時間裡，莫拉和她的父親一起支持達賴喇嘛，關注西藏人權。

 

莫拉的父親莫伊尼漢先生，可以說是當代美國最有影響的一位政治家、學者和作家。他對社會公義飽含激情，深具文學素養，知識廣博，一生撰寫了19本著作。無論是在擔任美國駐印度大使時期，還是在擔任紐約州參議員期間，莫伊尼漢都竭盡所能地幫助西藏難民。由於他的努力，包括曾擔任達賴喇嘛特使的洛第嘉日（Lodi Gyari）先生在內的一些流亡藏人，得以獲得移民美國的機會。

年輕的莫拉繼承了父親追求正義的人道主義精神，她學習印度教和佛教，深受佛家慈悲的影響。她多才多藝，既是設計師和作家，撰寫了多部小說，也精通音樂、舞蹈、戲劇和瑜伽，藏語、印地語都說得極流利。

 

回顧自己在父親影響下關注西藏的人生歷程，莫拉說：“作為記者，我已經報道過三十年來的西藏狀況，我從不退縮，總是以我的誠實來面對來自任何地區的提問。”近年前她住在尼泊爾和達蘭薩拉，直面西藏難民因為缺乏公民身份的痛苦，報道他們“充斥着貧困和殘缺不全的家庭”狀況，為他們的困境而呼籲吶喊。

 

◎ 莫拉對阿沛·晉美的高度評價

  

莫拉對解僱晉美事件的態度，散見於她在嘉央諾布博客上的留言。對阿沛·晉美的個人品格及其工作成績，莫拉給予極高的評價。她說：

 

“我自從1998年來在自由亞洲電台，曾和阿沛·晉美（Jigme Ngabo）一起工作，我對此人的人格、判斷力、價值觀和舉止極為尊重。中共的長臂已經滲透到自由亞洲電台嗎？須知，這個部門是少有的尚未腐敗的為西藏服務的部門之一啊。是美國納稅人付賬的吧？”

 

莫拉為阿沛·晉美仗義執言，也對自由亞洲電台解僱阿沛·晉美所造成的後果深為憂慮：

 

“解僱了阿沛·晉美, 這已造成自由亞洲電台藏語部的一系列危機，正好是電台關於中國占領下的西藏人自焚所做的報道從來沒有這麼好的時候――這不是一個‘謊言’，晉美僅僅是報道事實。”

 

作為專業記者，莫拉深知阿沛晉美勤勤懇懇所堅守的原則——新聞的真實和公正，是何等的可貴。她因此氣憤地指責自由亞洲電台的台長劉仚，說劉因為政治原因解僱了晉美：

 

“達蘭薩拉的辦公室知道下述情況嗎？――劉仚（Libby Liu）及其助手嘎登洛卓（Kalden Lodoe）已經出於政治原因而解僱了晉美，從而傷害了自由亞洲電台藏語部，而這正是自焚激增，自由亞洲電台的工作從來沒有這麼出色、並且得到全球認可的時候。”

 

莫拉警告人們，說這個人事變動裡面可能有利己的目的：“嘎登洛卓據說有許多親戚在藏人行政中央（CTA） ，正在試圖讓一個親戚接替晉美的工作。這種裙帶關係是腐敗的有害的。”

 

◎ 關於美國議員羅拉巴切的信

  

據有關報道，去年十一月，美國眾議院外交事務委員會監督和調查小組委員主席羅拉巴克（（Dana Rohrabacher）），寫信給自由亞洲電台台長Libby Liu，質詢藏語部主任阿沛·晉美為何突然遭到解職。三天后，羅拉巴克又致信西藏流亡政府總理洛桑森格，就他和其他流亡政府領導人試圖操縱自由亞洲電台藏語組的新聞報道一事表示憤怒。

 

羅拉巴克致洛桑森格的信公開發表後，莫拉女士說：“我已經在這裡和別處讀到許多侮辱和抨擊這位美國眾議員的跟帖。”“不管你是誰，請勿以粗鄙糞臭的評論玷污這個部落格。記住：援助西藏的美國國會的資金（the US congressional funds for ANY Tibet aid）, 以及自由亞洲電台（RFA），富布萊特法案基金（Fulbright）, 等等，是在多年辛苦工作之後贏得的。”

 

莫拉指出美國援助西藏的資金，其中就有羅拉巴克議員的一份辛苦努力，還指出《圖伯特政治評論》（TPR）就這個問題寫出了好評論。她說：“ 難懂的真實在於，在美國，中國的遊說團伙如此強大，而對西藏的支持卻十分脆弱。西藏運動僅僅贏得不充分的道德的勝利。因此，當關心西藏的稀有的國會議員之一，或圖伯特政治評論（TPR）就自由亞洲電台的醜聞寫出持平的好文章時，你們要辱罵的話，請三思。”

 

◎ 談自由亞洲電台台長劉仚造成的傷害

 

對於自由亞洲電台台長劉仚（Libby Liu）女士的所作所為，莫拉毫不客氣地指責她給各方面造成的嚴重傷害：一是傷害了藏語部的工作，二是傷害了流亡西藏的事業。莫拉說：

 

“我已經對華盛頓與美國政府有聯繫的多個提供資料的人說過，他們都看到劉仚（Libby Liu）和洛桑森格先後在2012年7月和2012年10月23日在倫敦兩度見面。達賴喇嘛那時在倫敦出席一個討論會。洛桑森格從捷克共和國飛來，正好是為這個事情，為了會見劉仚。

 

“一位目擊者說：‘劉仚（Libby Liu）總是以一種太貼近的愜意的方式坐在尊者旁邊’。剛好一周之後，正當西藏危機日甚一日，而自由亞洲電台的工作從未如此出色之際，出於私人的和政治的原因，她解僱了阿沛·晉美，導致對自由亞洲電台的西藏報道的極大傷害。”

 

莫拉呼籲說：“我非常憂慮地看到中國的權力日益膨脹――流亡藏人需要懂得對西藏的支持實際上多麼脆弱。藏人行政中央需要懂得，他們必須保護尊者達賴喇嘛免受劉仚之類的人的傷害。”

 

 ◎ 對西藏流亡政府首相洛桑森格的質疑

 

作為一個信奉普世價值的美國人，莫拉堅持美國新聞機構應有的獨立和尊嚴。她明確地對洛桑森格說：“自由亞洲電台是美國納稅人提供資金的，因此，它不是一個為達蘭薩拉工作的非政府組織。”

 

“洛桑森格剛剛在新德里會見了劉仚。討論的是什麼? 做了什麼交易? 洛桑森格先生需要解釋，2012年7月，當技術上只有自由亞洲電台的職員應當遊說廣播理事會（BBG）的時候，他要會見廣播理事會的理事。洛桑森格先生應當知道規矩。”

 

此外，莫拉還有正式的文章及其跟帖，質疑洛桑森格先生的綠卡和房屋貸款問題。唯色博客已經轉載了中文譯文。由於那些質疑與此文無關，筆者因此不再贅述。

 

筆者想要補充的是：作為民選的流亡政府首相，洛桑森格先生沒有任何理由不回答莫拉女士的質疑。西藏流亡政府的聲譽是六十多年藏人的苦難血淚凝成的，希望洛桑森格先生懂得珍惜。

 

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下面附上莫拉·莫伊尼漢的英語原文：

 

從2012年11月27日至2012年12月25日，嘉央諾布（Jamyang Norbu）共發表了7篇關於晉美的博文，莫拉·莫伊尼漢（Maura Moynihan）在其中5篇下發表了11條評論。

 

 

CAN SOME GOOD COME FROM THE RFA CONTROVERSY?

 

MAURA |?DECEMBER 10TH, 2012 | 12:48 PM

DAVENO – whoever you are, please do not sully this blog with your crude and scatological comments. And bear in mind that theUScongressional funds for ANYTibetaid, with RFA, Fulbright, etc. were won after YEARS of hard work, so the TPR is quite correct to point out that the letters sent to Cong. Rorabacher by the Sikyong and the CTA could have been less strident and more professional. I have read so many posts here and elsewhere insulting and attacking theUScongressman, when 99% of Tibetan refugees in South Asia would pay crores of ruppees to a criminal visa broken in aback alley of Majnu ka Tila to get to theUnited States. The hard truth is that in theUSA, theChinalobby is SO powerful, but support forTibetis very thin. The Tibet movement only wins moral victories which are not enough. So think twice before you insult one of the very few members of Congress who cares about Tibet, or the TPR when they present a balanced and well written article about the RRA scandal.

 

MAURA |?DECEMBER 10TH, 2012 | 3:26 PM

DHASA YOGI thank you for you very kind words about my late father Senator Moynihan. Our family first came to know of the Chinese Communist Occupation of Tibet in the early 70′s when my father was the US Ambassador to India so it has been 40 years that we have supported HH Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people.

 

I am frankly appalled by so many of the foul language and insults in these comments on this blog and others, when hard and ugly facts are presented about serious issues such as the firing of Jigme Ngabo and the involvement of the CTA with Libby Liu. Attacking the messenger makes the problem worse. I am very concerned to seeChina’s power growing MORE AND MORE – the exile Tibetans need to understand just how fragile support forTibetreally is. The CTA needs to understand that they must PROECT HH Dalai Lama from people like Libby Liu, who is photographed holding HH Dalai Lam’a hand, then does irreparable harm to the RFA Tibet service at a time when RFA’s work HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER and the crisis in TIbet HAS NEVER BEEN WORSE.

 

The CTA must PROECT His Holiness and not exploit him to make connections or any other personal purpose of whatever individual wants to use His Holiness. I have seen it far too often and it is painful to watch.

 

Lobsang Sangay just met with Libby Liu in New Delhi at the Hyatt. What was discussed? What deals were made? Mr. Sangay needs to explain WHY he met with the BBG Board in JULY 2012 when technically only RFA staff should lobby the BBG. Mr. Sangay should know the rules.

 

Mr. Sangay owns a home inMedford, Mass, he paid off his mortgage fully a week before he was sworn in as Kalon Tripa. He claims that he has never sought US citizenship and only holds an Indian RC, but US sources say he has a green card if not already a US Passport. So he is not stranded in a poor, isolated refugee camp inIndiaand he went to Harvard, he should be more forthcoming about WHAT exactly did he discuss with RFA and BBG members. RFA isUStaxpayer funded so it is not an NGO that works for Dharamshala.

 

 

PROTECT KUNDUN, FREE RFA

 

MAURA |?DECEMBER 4TH, 2012 | 3:56 AM

Hello Mr TIBETAN – your language smacks of the CCP’s 50 cent club. Just for the record, neither I nor Jamyang Norbu fired Jigme Ngabo, which has created a serious crisis in the RFA Tibet service at a time when RFA’s reporting on the self immolations in Chinese Occupied Tibet has NEVER BEEN BETTER – this isn’t a “lie”, Jamyang is simply reporting the facts. Clearly that makes you, whomever you are, very agitated. Sorry about that.

 

 

ANOTHER SENIOR CTA OFFICIAL JOINS “FREE RFA” DEBATE

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MAURA |?DECEMBER 2ND, 2012 | 3:13 PM

DOES the private office in Dharamshala know that Liby Liu, with the assist of Kalden Lodoe, has fired Jigme Ngabo for political reasons, thereby harming RFA’s Tibet service at a time when the self immolations are exploding and RFA’s work has never been better and is getting recognitions around the globe?? Why does Kalden Lodoe have the power to get private audiences with HH Dalai Lama for his cronies, when many much more deserving people who have worked so hard for Tibet for so long, CANNOT????? Kalden Lodoe is said to have many relatives in the CTA and is trying to get a relative into Jigme’s job. This nepotism is abusive and harmful.

 

 

CTA JOINS “FREE RFA” DEBATE

 

MAURA |?NOVEMBER 29TH, 2012 | 3:25 PM

I have spoken to several sources inWashingtonconnected with theUSgovernment, who SAW Libby Liu and Lobsang Sangay inLondontwice this year, in July 2012 and on October 23rd, 2012. HH Dalai Lama was inLondonfor a symposium on that date. Lobsang Sangay flew in from theCzech Republicjust for the event and to meet with Libby Liu. A witness said: “Libby Liu was always seated next to His Holiness in a way that was too close for comfort”. And just a week later, she fires Jigme Ngabo for personal and political reasons, causing immense harm to Radio Free Asia’sTibetreporting at a time when the crisis inTibetis escalating and RFA’s work has never been better. Ms. Liu, Kalden Lodroe and Arthur Ashe, a BBG Board member, are presently in Mundgod, for HH Dalai Lama’s teaching, and documents now available on-line from Kalden Lodroe requested Lobsang Sangay’s office to arrange VIP treatment for Ms. Liu. After she has done such irreparable harm to theTibetservice at RFA, why is she getting such favorable treatment from Lobsang Sangay and his colleagues???

 

MAURA |?NOVEMBER 29TH, 2012 | 6:06 PM

FROM THE BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS: Meeting with Lobsang Sangay and Lobsang Nyandak in 2012, shortly before the firing of Jigme Ngabo and the termination of Jamyang Norbu’s RFA contract:

http://staging.bbg.gov/press-release/bbg-assures-key-tibetan-leader-of-commitment-to-providing-information-through-a-variety-of-media/

 

 

MAURA |?NOVEMBER 30TH, 2012 | 4:09 PM

For a detailed account of the Chinese Communist delegation that visited Dharamshala in August 2012, here is a post by Jayadeva Ranade, a senior Indian intelligence official:

http://www.mikeldunham.blogs.com/mikeldunham/2012/10/lumbini-the-tibet-maoist-apecf-connection.html

 

 

MAURA |?NOVEMBER 30TH, 2012 | 4:20 PM

May I respond to the childish and insulting comments by “TIBETAN”, posted above. As a journalist, I have reported about conditions inTibetfor 3 decades and I have never once had to print a retraction or have had my integrity or standards questioned from any quarter. What then, may I ask, are the “horrible things” you allege I am engaged with, other than reporting the hard facts about visa brokers and criminals operating freely and causing immense harm to the Tibetan community? These stories are well known to Indian, American and European officials, who have serious concerns about protecting the Tibetan people. I am very familiar with insulting posts from the Chinese “50 cent” internet brigade, and your language smacks of it. If you are in the employ of the Chinese Communist Party, defaming the Tibetan people by and their freedom struggle is a cheap way to get some easy cash. Every journalist knows these tricks and are not fooled.

 

MAURA |?NOVEMBER 30TH, 2012 | 5:13 PM

PLEAS READ JAYADEVA RANADE’s ARTICLE on the Chinese Communist Delegation meeting with Lobsang Sangay in Dharamshala in August 2012:

http://www.mikeldunham.blogs.com/mikeldunham/2012/10/lumbini-the-tibet-maoist-apecf-connection.html

 

 

MAURA |?DECEMBER 3RD, 2012 | 1:10 AM

THANK YOU AJO CHE – I hope that my articles will start a rational discussion about how to help the Tibetans in exile get citizenship legally, and NOT be trapped by unscrupulous visa brokers. Why do these visa brokers operate so freely and so openly, breaking laws and ruining lives? Why are people afraid to talk about it?

 

FREE RADIO FREEASIA!

 

MAURA |?NOVEMBER 27TH, 2012 | 9:25 PM

THANK YOU JAMYANG for connecting the dots fromBeijing, through Dharamshala,to Xinhua in the Washington Post, and New York Times and to Radio Free Asia, which under Jigme Ngabo’s superb leadership had been reporting the hard and ugly facts about the crisis inTIBET. Indeed, Jigme’s unjustified dismissal could not come at a worse time for the people inTibet.

 

I have worked with Radio Free Asia since 1998, with Jigme Ngabo, and I have the utmost respect for his character, judgement, values and conduct. Has the long arm of the CCP penetrated Radio Free Asia, one of the very fewTibetservices yet uncorrupted? And paid for byUnited Statestaxpayers?

 

（感謝茉莉同意在我博客上首發這篇文章。）

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