茉莉：看莫拉女士评论解雇晋美事件

文/（瑞典）茉莉

莫拉•莫伊尼汉（Maura Moynihan）是美国作家
和著名的有关图伯特难民的人权活动人士，
同时还长年担任自由亚洲电台顾问。

前不久，唯色博客上转载了莫拉·莫伊尼汉（Maura Moynihan）谈西藏难民在印度处境的文章，我读了之后大为震撼。在关注西藏的十几年中，我接触过不少支持西藏的欧美人和中国人，但很少看到这样一位对西藏问题有如此深刻认识，对流亡藏人投入如此深厚人道关怀的支持者。

我开始在网上搜寻莫拉的其他文章，发现这位女士以自己的真名，在嘉央诺布先生的博客文章后面跟帖，就阿沛晋美被解雇的事件发表了十几条评论。我因此有兴趣把这些英文跟帖翻译出来，让中文读者稍稍了解：莫拉是怎样的一个人，她对阿沛晋美被解雇事件有何看法。

◎ 谁是莫拉·莫伊尼汉？

美丽的莫拉·莫伊尼汉是已故的美国参议员丹尼尔·帕特里克·莫伊尼汉的女儿。七十年代初，她的父亲担任美国驻印度大使，少女莫拉就读于新德里的美国国际学校。在长达四十年的时间里，莫拉和她的父亲一起支持达赖喇嘛，关注西藏人权。

莫拉的父亲莫伊尼汉先生，可以说是当代美国最有影响的一位政治家、学者和作家。他对社会公义饱含激情，深具文学素养，知识广博，一生撰写了19本著作。无论是在担任美国驻印度大使时期，还是在担任纽约州参议员期间，莫伊尼汉都竭尽所能地帮助西藏难民。由于他的努力，包括曾担任达赖喇嘛特使的洛第嘉日（Lodi Gyari）先生在内的一些流亡藏人，得以获得移民美国的机会。

年轻的莫拉继承了父亲追求正义的人道主义精神，她学习印度教和佛教，深受佛家慈悲的影响。她多才多艺，既是设计师和作家，撰写了多部小说，也精通音乐、舞蹈、戏剧和瑜伽，藏语、印地语都说得极流利。

回顾自己在父亲影响下关注西藏的人生历程，莫拉说：“作为记者，我已经报道过三十年来的西藏状况，我从不退缩，总是以我的诚实来面对来自任何地区的提问。”近年前她住在尼泊尔和达兰萨拉，直面西藏难民因为缺乏公民身份的痛苦，报道他们“充斥着贫困和残缺不全的家庭”状况，为他们的困境而呼吁呐喊。

◎ 莫拉对阿沛·晋美的高度评价

莫拉对解雇晋美事件的态度，散见于她在嘉央诺布博客上的留言。对阿沛·晋美的个人品格及其工作成绩，莫拉给予极高的评价。她说：

“我自从1998年来在自由亚洲电台，曾和阿沛·晋美（Jigme Ngabo）一起工作，我对此人的人格、判断力、价值观和举止极为尊重。中共的长臂已经渗透到自由亚洲电台吗？须知，这个部门是少有的尚未腐败的为西藏服务的部门之一啊。是美国纳税人付账的吧？”

莫拉为阿沛·晋美仗义执言，也对自由亚洲电台解雇阿沛·晋美所造成的后果深为忧虑：

“解雇了阿沛·晋美, 这已造成自由亚洲电台藏语部的一系列危机，正好是电台关于中国占领下的西藏人自焚所做的报道从来没有这么好的时候――这不是一个‘谎言’，晋美仅仅是报道事实。”

作为专业记者，莫拉深知阿沛晋美勤勤恳恳所坚守的原则——新闻的真实和公正，是何等的可贵。她因此气愤地指责自由亚洲电台的台长刘仚，说刘因为政治原因解雇了晋美：

“达兰萨拉的办公室知道下述情况吗？――刘仚（Libby Liu）及其助手嘎登洛卓（Kalden Lodoe）已经出于政治原因而解雇了晋美，从而伤害了自由亚洲电台藏语部，而这正是自焚激增，自由亚洲电台的工作从来没有这么出色、并且得到全球认可的时候。”

莫拉警告人们，说这个人事变动里面可能有利己的目的：“嘎登洛卓据说有许多亲戚在藏人行政中央（CTA） ，正在试图让一个亲戚接替晋美的工作。这种裙带关系是腐败的有害的。”

◎ 关于美国议员罗拉巴切的信

据有关报道，去年十一月，美国众议院外交事务委员会监督和调查小组委员主席罗拉巴克（（Dana Rohrabacher）），写信给自由亚洲电台台长Libby Liu，质询藏语部主任阿沛·晋美为何突然遭到解职。三天后，罗拉巴克又致信西藏流亡政府总理洛桑森格，就他和其他流亡政府领导人试图操纵自由亚洲电台藏语组的新闻报道一事表示愤怒。

罗拉巴克致洛桑森格的信公开发表后，莫拉女士说：“我已经在这里和别处读到许多侮辱和抨击这位美国众议员的跟帖。”“不管你是谁，请勿以粗鄙粪臭的评论玷污这个部落格。记住：援助西藏的美国国会的资金（the US congressional funds for ANY Tibet aid）, 以及自由亚洲电台（RFA），富布莱特法案基金（Fulbright）, 等等，是在多年辛苦工作之后赢得的。”

莫拉指出美国援助西藏的资金，其中就有罗拉巴克议员的一份辛苦努力，还指出《图伯特政治评论》（TPR）就这个问题写出了好评论。她说：“ 难懂的真实在于，在美国，中国的游说团伙如此强大，而对西藏的支持却十分脆弱。西藏运动仅仅赢得不充分的道德的胜利。因此，当关心西藏的稀有的国会议员之一，或图伯特政治评论（TPR）就自由亚洲电台的丑闻写出持平的好文章时，你们要辱骂的话，请三思。”

◎ 谈自由亚洲电台台长刘仚造成的伤害

对于自由亚洲电台台长刘仚（Libby Liu）女士的所作所为，莫拉毫不客气地指责她给各方面造成的严重伤害：一是伤害了藏语部的工作，二是伤害了流亡西藏的事业。莫拉说：

“我已经对华盛顿与美国政府有联系的多个提供资料的人说过，他们都看到刘仚（Libby Liu）和洛桑森格先后在2012年7月和2012年10月23日在伦敦两度见面。达赖喇嘛那时在伦敦出席一个讨论会。洛桑森格从捷克共和国飞来，正好是为这个事情，为了会见刘仚。

“一位目击者说：‘刘仚（Libby Liu）总是以一种太贴近的惬意的方式坐在尊者旁边’。刚好一周之后，正当西藏危机日甚一日，而自由亚洲电台的工作从未如此出色之际，出于私人的和政治的原因，她解雇了阿沛·晋美，导致对自由亚洲电台的西藏报道的极大伤害。”

莫拉呼吁说：“我非常忧虑地看到中国的权力日益膨胀――流亡藏人需要懂得对西藏的支持实际上多么脆弱。藏人行政中央需要懂得，他们必须保护尊者达赖喇嘛免受刘仚之类的人的伤害。”

◎ 对西藏流亡政府首相洛桑森格的质疑

作为一个信奉普世价值的美国人，莫拉坚持美国新闻机构应有的独立和尊严。她明确地对洛桑森格说：“自由亚洲电台是美国纳税人提供资金的，因此，它不是一个为达兰萨拉工作的非政府组织。”

“洛桑森格刚刚在新德里会见了刘仚。讨论的是什么? 做了什么交易? 洛桑森格先生需要解释，2012年7月，当技术上只有自由亚洲电台的职员应当游说广播理事会（BBG）的时候，他要会见广播理事会的理事。洛桑森格先生应当知道规矩。”

此外，莫拉还有正式的文章及其跟帖，质疑洛桑森格先生的绿卡和房屋贷款问题。唯色博客已经转载了中文译文。由于那些质疑与此文无关，笔者因此不再赘述。

笔者想要补充的是：作为民选的流亡政府首相，洛桑森格先生没有任何理由不回答莫拉女士的质疑。西藏流亡政府的声誉是六十多年藏人的苦难血泪凝成的，希望洛桑森格先生懂得珍惜。


下面附上莫拉·莫伊尼汉的英语原文：

从2012年11月27日至2012年12月25日，嘉央诺布（Jamyang Norbu）共发表了7篇关于晋美的博文，莫拉·莫伊尼汉（Maura Moynihan）在其中5篇下发表了11条评论。

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 the US congressional funds for ANY Tibet aid, 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 the US congressman, 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 the United States. The hard truth is that in the USA, the China lobby is SO powerful, but support for Tibet is 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 see China’s power growing MORE AND MORE – the exile Tibetans need to understand just how fragile support for Tibet really 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 in Medford, 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 in India and he went to Harvard, he should be more forthcoming about WHAT exactly did he discuss with RFA and BBG members. RFA is US taxpayer 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 in Washington connected with the US government, who SAW Libby Liu and Lobsang Sangay in London twice this year, in July 2012 and on October 23rd, 2012. HH Dalai Lama was in London for a symposium on that date. Lobsang Sangay flew in from the Czech Republic just 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’s Tibet reporting at a time when the crisis in Tibet is 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 the Tibet service 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 in Tibet for 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 FREE ASIA !

MAURA |?NOVEMBER 27TH, 2012 | 9:25 PM
THANK YOU JAMYANG for connecting the dots from Beijing, 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 in TIBET. Indeed, Jigme’s unjustified dismissal could not come at a worse time for the people in Tibet.

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 few Tibet services yet uncorrupted? And paid for by United States taxpayers?

（感谢茉莉同意在我博客上首发这篇文章。）