◇◇新语丝(www.xys.org)(xys5.dxiong.com)(www.xinyusi.info)(xys2.dropin.org)◇◇ 千人计划入选者潘伟平长期虐待中国大陆学者、官司缠身、学术造假(二) 以下为美国西肯塔基大学国际项目办公室原“移民专员”凯罗尔·波特就潘伟平 的问题向美国国务院教育与文化事务署投诉的信函(翻译件及原件),请求美国 国务院彻底调查ICSET(燃烧科学与环境工程实验室)虐待及不公正对待来自中 国大陆的交换学者/学生的事件。 一、翻译件 美国国务院教育与文化事务署交换合作委派办公室学术与政府项目部 华盛顿20547 第4 街301 号,S.W 820 2007年7月12日 尊敬的哈蕾女士:   我于2003 年7 月至2007 年6 月在肯塔基州保龄绿的西肯塔基大学国际项目 办公室工作。在2005 年设立“移民专员”职位之前,我是该办公室的副主任。 作为移民专员,我的工作是协助主管领导处理H-1B 签证雇员和J-1 签证访问学 者/学生的相关文档。   在我任职期间,我们办公室发现在西肯塔基大学化学系燃烧科学与环境工程 实验室(ICSET)工作学习的交换学者/学生遇到困难。该实验室的研究资金逐年 增长,对有能力从事替代能源研究的交换访问学生/学者的需求也不断增加,这 些交换学者/学生绝大部分来自中国大陆。他们定期来到我们办公室反映该实验 室恶劣的工作环境和糟糕的待遇,他们经常向我们寻求帮助,期望转到美国其它 大学,期望在美国得到公正的对待,以继续他们的研究工作。   在该实验室工作学习的许多学者告诉我们,他们不得不每天工作十到十二个 小时,每周工作七天。不得不奔波于全美国的电厂,连续工作,很少休息。在环 境恶劣、心力交瘁的情况下,为了完成那些难以完成的指标,他们甚至一次要连 续工作十七天,而几乎得不到任何休息;他们不得不在高压力下紧张、吃力地不 停地工作;他们的工作时间超长而没有补贴,与美国国内雇员相比又工资极低。 当如果他们不能完成那些超时超量的“工作”时,他们就会被当众威胁、恐吓和 降级。这一切仅仅是为了该实验室的超额利润!   我们办公室为此召集该实验室主任潘伟平和他的职员开会。潘伟平声称,这 些事实是捏造的。他有记录显示错在这些大陆学者/学生身上,且拒绝指控。由 于收到太多来自学者/学生对潘的实验室的投诉,西肯塔基大学副教务长兼国际 事务主管约翰·皮特森要求编写一本关于交换学者/学生在西肯塔基大学工作的 规范手册,这本手册在人力资源部部长托尼·格利什和国际事务办公室配合下已 经出台,其中规定了实验室工作人员的工作条件和应尽的责任,潘伟平也承诺遵 照执行。   我们希望这一正式规范手册能够解决问题。然而,我们不久即发现在该实验 室工作的交换学者/学生的处境更加艰难。他们的一言一行都被记录在案; 他们 被强迫要求签署关于工作环境的不实证词。更为恶劣的是,他们受到潘伟平及其 行政管理人员恐吓和威胁,那些他们被迫超时工作,受到虐待的原始记录遭到篡 改。潘伟平还威胁中国华北电力大学和台湾明志科技大学的交换学生。由于这些 学生需要在西肯塔基大学学习期间的学分,他们容易被操纵;而且由于他们报酬 低,潘的实验室能够从他们身上榨取更多更大的利益。   1961 年的“教育与文化交流”法案旨在通过教育与文化交流增进美国与各 国人民之间的了解。西肯塔基大学化学系燃烧科学与环境工程实验室却让这些交 换学者/学生倍感失望。在这里,他们被剥削;在这里,他们受到极不公正的对 待。由于在该实验室的境遇,他们的“美国文化体验”极为受限。为此,我正式 请求美国国务院彻底调查这一交换学者/学生受到虐待及不公正待遇的事件。   我的联系方式如下:   电话:270-799-2871 ;电子邮箱:carolportertoo@gmail.com.   此事极为重要,感谢您的关注。   此致   凯罗尔·波特 二、原件 July 12, 2007 U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and CulturalAffairs Officeof Exchange Coordination and Designation Academic and Government Programs Division (ECA/EC/AG) 301 4th St., S.W. Room 820 (SA-44) Washington D.C. 20547 ATTN: Constance Harley Dear Ms. Harley, I worked at the Office of International Programs at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green,KYfromJuly2003toJune2007. Duringthattime,IworkedasanOfficeAssociateuntil the creation of the position of Immigration Specialist in 2005. My job as Immigration Specialist was to assist the Director and Coordinator with the processing of documents for H-1B employees and J-1 ExchangeVisitors. Our office became aware that there were problems with the J-1 Exchange Visitors that worked for the research laboratory related to the Department of Chemistry called ICSET (Institute of Combustion Science and Environmental Technology). This lab has received increased funding over the years and has been using the J-1 program to get more employees with the capability to do research in the alternate fuel area. The majority of these exchange visitors come from China and began to come to our office on a regular basis to describe their adverse working conditions and treatment at ICSET. They often asked for our assistance to transfer them to another university where they would be treated decently and able continue their research. Many scholars at ICSET told us they had to work 10 –12 hours a day, 7 days a week and had to drive to different power plants in the country continuously with very few breaks. At the plants, they were in a mentally and physically demanding environment where they had to work up to 17 days at a time with very few breaks and little down time. This work was very strenuous and demanding with constant pressure to meet impossible deadlines. This practice ensures ICSET a high profit because these employees are underpaid compared to domestic employees and work long hours without compensation. When they did not consistently perform over and beyond the scope of duties, they were threatened, intimidated, and degraded verbally in front ofthe other employees. Our office requested a meeting with Dr.Wei-Ping Pan and his subordinates. He told us the incidents were fabricated and untrue. Dr. Pan had documentation that showed the employees were at fault and he denied the accusations. Because there were so many complaints against ICSET by the scholars/students, Dr. John Petersen of Academic Affairs at WKU requested guidelines be written concerning the J-1 Exchange Visitors and their treatment while working at the university. These guidelines were written in coordination with the Director of Human Resources, Tony Glisson, and the Office of International Programs. They became effective on December 1, 2005 and posted on the Human Resource website. Dr. Pan also implemented Employee Specifications for the employees outlining their work conditions and the responsibilities of theprogram. We hoped this would correct the problems but soon realized that the situation had become even more difficult for the scholars and students at ICSET. They were documented more closely and made to sign statements regarding their working conditions that were untrue. Again, they were intimidated and threatened by Dr. Pan and his staff. Logs and records were altered to show the exchange visitors were not being overworked and abused by the program. Dr. Pan initiated student exchanges with the North China Electric Power University and Ming-Chi University. These exchanges benefit ICSET and WKU because the students are less expensive and more easily influenced since they are given credit for the training period here. The administration at WKU condones this behavior because it is an extremely profitable business for them with high prestige in the research area. Tony Glisson consistently requested that our office not be involved with situations where employees were injured on the job and seeking medical help through Workmen’s Compensation. Our health care system is confusing to us so you can imagine how difficult it is for these international exchange visitors who are in pain and require assistance with their medical needs. The Director of Human Resources encourages them to go home and requests that their DS 2019 not be extended which is unbelievably cruel in these cases. The Mutual Education and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 is to promote mutual understanding between people in the U.S. and other countries by education and cultural exchange. ICSET at WKU has not given these exchange visitors a positive experience in the U.S. These people are exploited and treated unfairly while working for this research lab. Their cultural experience here is extremely limited and not a priority for ICSET. I formally request that the State Department investigate the plight of the exchange visitors who are being abused by the program at Western Kentucky University. I am including documents that illustrate the situation at ICSET. Please contact me at 270-799-2871 or carolportertoo@gmail.com if you need any more information or have any questions. Thank you in advance for your assistance with this very important matter. Sincerely, Carol L. Porter (XYS20110428) ◇◇新语丝(www.xys.org)(xys5.dxiong.com)(www.xinyusi.info)(xys2.dropin.org)◇◇