Letter to Scholars at Risk (New York)

9/27/2000 2:48 AM
Subject: Re: National Cheng Kung UniversityTo: rquinn@midway.uchicago.edu,


Robert Quinn
Director
Scholars at Risk Network
http://scholarsatrisk.uchicago.edu

c/o Human Rights Program
University of Chicago, Pick 124
5828 South University Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
tel: 773-834-4408
fax: 773-702-9286
e-mail: rquinn@uchicago.edu

26 September 2000

Dear Dr. Quinn,

This is another followup to previous email regarding abuses of legal
rights at National Cheng Kung University in Tainan.
I enclose, on the advise of a Chinese colleague, a scanned image file
of a letter signed by the president of National Cheng Kung University and
dated 20 April, 1993.
The letter

(a) suggests the concerns then current on the part of foreign faculty
concerning equal treatment at the university; and
(b) the assurance or promise of equal treatment;
(c) the violation of that promise the very next year by the illegal and
unethical dismissal action against a foreign professor in 1994 (cf.
documents previously sent to you);
(d) the violation of that promise in 1999 by another illegal and
unethical dismissal action against a foreign professor. Violations in this
case are grievous, have been fully documented by the Faculty Union of
National Cheng Kung University, and have been sent to you in English
translation.

It must be emphasized that President Maa's promise of equal rights and
equal treatment was reiterated by the subsequent university president, Wu
Jin. (This document is in Chinese, but can be sent on request.) This
promise has also been ignored by university officials.
I hope that the attached is of additional help to you.

Sincerely,

Richard de Canio.