罗拉巴切众议员警示美国对外广播，自由亚洲电台为争议中心

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Rep. Rohrabacher Sounds Alarm Regarding U.S. Overseas Broadcasting

Radio Free Asia at Center of Controversy

Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) sent a letter to members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Appropriations Committee regarding serious problems in the overseas broadcast services funded by the U.S. government.  Cong. Rohrabacher sites evidence uncovered after conducting a two year investigation while he was Chairman of the HFAC Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation during the 112th Congress.  His concerns focus on Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA), both under the supervision of the Broadcast Board of Governors.

“In October of last year,  Radio Free Asia President Libby Liu,  precipitously fired Tibet Service Director Jigme Ngapo with no accompanying explanation,” wrote Rohrabacher. “There are indications that this was the result of foreign influence, which would be a major cause for alarm. She has repeatedly failed to respond to my letters requesting details of this unwise action.”

There is no effective counterintelligence or vetting procedure for hiring employees; nor does the structure of the BBG and its agencies allow for adequate accountability to the American taxpayer.  RFA is particularly susceptible to becoming a personal fiefdom due to its structure and we may be seeing signs of that right now.

Broadcasting into Communist China and occupied Tibet is a case in point. “Jigme Ngapo needs to be reinstated as Tibetan Service Director to maintain the integrity and credibility of the RFA,” stated Rep. Rohrabacher, noting that the vast majority of RFA’s Tibet Service staff members signed a letter supporting reinstatement.

Regarding China, Rohrabacher wrote,  “I have repeatedly expressed my deep concern to VOA and RFA about their failure to cover important issues such as the ghoulish crime of forced human organ harvesting of political and religious dissidents [particularly the Falun Gong] in China, which is horrific and genocidal in nature. Calling attention to this subject infuriates the Chinese Communist government and VOA and RFA leadership refuses to give it the proper attention.”

Rep. Rohrabacher is Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.

被被自由亚洲电台总裁Libby Liu解雇的该台藏语部主任阿沛·晋美先生。

罗拉巴切众议员警示美国对外广播
自由亚洲电台为争议中心

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华盛顿特区——今天，国会议员德纳·罗拉巴切（共和党-加州）就美国政府资助的对外广播中存在的严重问题，分别写信给众院外交委员会和众院预算委员会的成员。罗拉巴切议员列举了他在担任第112届国会众院外交委员会监督与调查附属委员会主席期间，所进行的为期两年的调查所获得的证据，表示他担心的主要是广播董事会（BBG）管理下的美国之音（VOA）和自由亚洲电台（RFA）。

罗拉巴切写道:“去年十月，自由亚洲电台的总裁Libby Liu，不具足任何理由，轻率地解雇了该台藏语部的主任阿沛·晋美。有证据显示这是在外国影响下作出的决定, 这是值得我们警觉的重大原因。我写信要求她对这一不明智的行动给予详细的解释，但是她一再答非所问。”

BBG及其下属机构（电台）里，既没有有效的反间谍及检查录用手续的机制，其体制亦使其不能充分地对美国纳税人负责。RFA因其制度尤其具备演变为一个私人封建领地的危险，我们或许正在目睹这一演变的种种迹象。

对共产党中国及其占领下的图伯特（西藏）的广播是个恰当的事例。罗拉巴切议员列举RFA藏语部绝大多数工作人员署名信的要求，他说：“阿沛·晋美应恢复原职，以保持自由亚洲电台的公正和诚信。”

对于中国，罗拉巴切议员写道：“我曾一再对VOA和RFA未能报道如强制摘取活人器官以获利等重大问题深表关切。中国对政治及宗教异见人士（尤其是法轮功信徒）强制摘取活人器官以获利的残忍罪行不仅令人发指，其本质是一种自杀式的行为。向中国的共产党政府提出此事往往激怒他们，而VOA和RFA也拒绝对此给予应有的重视。”

（罗拉巴切议员是众院外交委员会欧洲、欧亚及新兴威胁附属委员会的主席。）

延伸阅读：

美国众议员罗拉巴切关注自由亚洲电台藏语部的新闻审查问题http://woeser.middle-way.net/2012/11/blog-post_18.html

阿沛·晋美事件的责任在RFA而非西藏流亡社会 ——对美国众议员罗拉巴切致信藏人行政中央司政洛桑森格的意见http://woeser.middle-way.net/2012/11/rfa.html 

《图伯特政治评论》社论：RFA争议能否化害为利？http://woeser.middle-way.net/2012/12/rfa_13.html