美国伯克利音乐学院（美國波士顿Berklee College of Music)

事件回顧：

一中国留学生威胁旅美中国民主人士遭美联邦调查局逮捕

联邦调查局(FBI)宣布，已逮捕就读马萨诸塞州波士顿伯克利音乐学院(Berklee College of Music)的25岁中国留学生吴晓雷(Xiaolei Wu，音译)，他被控多次跟踪骚扰一名倡议民主的女性中国旅美人士，并透过通讯软件、社群媒体和电邮发讯息给受害人，威胁砍掉这名女子的双手。美国司法部宣布，一个联邦大陪审团已经对一名中国留学生涉嫌暴力威胁另一名支持中国民主发展的人士的行为正式提出起诉。

司法部在星期二（2023年1月10日）的一份声明中说，波士顿伯克利音乐学院25岁的中国留学生吴晓雷（Xiaolei Wu音译）涉嫌在网上以及通过跨州联络方式威胁一名张贴海报支持中国民主变革的女子两项罪名。如果被定罪，吴将因此分别面临5年监禁、3年狱外监管和25万美元罚款的处置。

指控书称，吴在今年10月22日至24日之间通过微信、电子邮件、Instagram对一名在校园或附近张贴“我们要自由”（We Want Freedom）等海报的个人进行了语言攻击，并威胁要剁掉她的手。此外，吴还告诉受害者他已经将她的行为举报给了中国安全部门，说国安会造访她在中国的家人。吴还通过他人找出了受害者的电邮地址，并公开了她的联系方式，希望大家都去骚扰她。

执法人员曾在去年12月13日将吴逮捕。伯克利音乐学院也暂时注销了这位中国留学生的学籍。

吴晓雷涉嫌骚扰和暴力威胁张贴民主海报人士的事件发生在北京四通桥事件后不久。去年10月13日，一名网名为“彭载舟”的男子在北京四通桥上贴出横幅，反对新冠“清零”政策和中国领导人习近平的统治。他的“不要封控要自由”等标语在西方的中国留学生群体中引起共鸣。上百所外国高校的留学生纷纷开始张贴海报，要求民主自由。

但他们张贴的海报常常被可能是“小粉红”的其他中国学生撕毁，张贴海报的一些中国留学生遭到不同程度的骚扰。人们指责与中国使领馆关系密切的中国学生和学者联谊会（CSSA）与校园里的骚扰行动有关。

美国胡佛研究所早前的一份报告说，在中国大使馆和领事馆的直接支持下，中国学生学者联谊会有时会向中国使、领馆汇报，损害其他中国学生和学者在美国校园的学术自由。

伯克利音樂學院在一份聲明中表示，這名學生的行為「令人擔憂」，但稱目前案件仍在調查中，拒絕進一步評論此案。

該名示威者是來自中國的美國合法永久居民，家人仍居住在中國。 10月22日，他在Instagram上發布了一張照片並寫道： 「與中國人民站在一起」、「我們要自由」和「我們要民主」。

11月底，中國多個城市爆發「白紙運動」，民眾上街頭抗議政府嚴格的防疫政策，並提出自由及民主訴求。

檢察官說，Xiaolei Wu是透過微信，在一個擁有300多名成員、以伯克利為中心的群組內發言，要求示威人士撕下相關抗議傳單，並表示他將向中國公安機關進行舉報。Xiaolei Wu寫道：「我已經撥打國內（中國）舉報電話，公安機關會去問候你的家人。」

美國當局表示，他們認為Xiaolei Wu所指的舉報單位，是中國公安部或中國國家安全部。 「這兩個部門都在調查政治異見人士，包括那些表態支持民主的人。」

根據此案的刑事起訴文件記載，Xiaolei Wu後來還在微信發文詢問網友，欲得知這位不願透露姓名的示威者居住地址，並於10月24日寄送電子郵件警告該示威者回到中國後將被逮捕，且他相信該示威者的家人將收到一份來自中國政府的「政治審查」通知。

同時，Xiaolei Wu還在網路上公布了受害人電郵地址，希望教唆更多人一起辱罵受害人。

檢方指，Xiaolei Wu遭指控犯下的跟蹤騷擾，最高可判處5年監禁、3年監督釋放和最高25萬美元的罰款。目前此案仍在起訴中，判決將交由聯邦地區法院法官裁定。

根据法庭文件和审判时提供的证据，经过为期四天的陪审团审判，26 岁的吴晓蕾 (Xiaolei Wu) 被定罪，罪名包括一项网络跟踪罪、一项州际传输威胁通信罪和一项跟踪罪。

网络跟踪罪，最高法定刑罚为五年监禁、三年监管释放以及最高 25 万美元的罚款； 州际传输威胁通信，最高可判处五年监禁、三年监管释放以及最高 25 万美元的罚款。 法官将在考虑美国量刑指南和其他法定因素后做出判决。

---- 伯克利的學生及網友在熱議：

～黨國会把他当作英雄？！

～还是把他当成垃圾一样抛弃？！

猜猜他的結局…。

美国媒体报道原文：

Berklee College of Music Student Convicted of Stalking, Threatening Individual Promoting Democracy in China

Thursday, January 25, 2024

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Defendant, a Citizen of the People’s Republic of China, Initiated Stalking and Threats Campaign Against Individual Who Promoted Freedom and Democracy in China

A federal jury convicted a People’s Republic of China (PRC) national and Berklee College of Music student for stalking and threatening an individual who posted fliers in support of democracy in China around the Berklee campus area.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Xiaolei Wu, 26, was convicted following a four-day jury trial of one count of cyberstalking, one count of interstate transmissions of threatening communication and one count of stalking. Wu was arrested and charged by criminal complaint in December 2022 and subsequently indicted by a federal grand jury in January 2023.

“Today’s verdict by a jury in the District of Massachusetts underscores the Department’s commitment to ensuring all U.S. residents are able to freely exercise their fundamental rights,” said Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen of the Justice Department’s National Security Division.

“No one in this country should ever be subjected to threats of violence or a cyberstalking harassment campaign for expressing their political views. Mr. Wu now stands as a convicted felon for his illegal efforts to suppress speech by a fellow Berklee School of Music student who was critical of the government of China. This type of conduct will never be tolerated,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy for the District of Massachusetts. “The Department of Justice is committed to safeguarding the fundamental right to free speech for all. Our office will hold accountable individuals whose actions threaten or violate this fundamental tenet of our democratic society.”

“What Xiaolei Wu did in attempting to silence and intimidate an activist who expressed dissension with the ruling Communist Party of China is not only criminal, but completely against our country’s democratic values,” said Special Agent in Charge Jodi Cohen of the FBI Boston Division. “Today’s conviction upholds one of our most fundamental rights – freedom of speech – and the FBI will ensure that anyone who tries to infringe on this right using threats or harassment will face the same fate as Mr. Wu.”

White sign with black writing which reads:WE WANT FREEDOM WE WANT FOOD ON OUR TABLES WE WANT TO BREATHE WE WANT ART WE WANT DEMOCRACY WE WANT TO LOVE STAND WITH CHINESE PEOPLE

Beginning on or about Oct. 22, 2022, and continuing until Oct. 24, 2022, Wu made a series of communications via WeChat, email and Instagram directed towards the victim who posted the flier. Among other things, Wu said, “Post more, I will chop your bastard hands off.” He also told the victim that he had informed the public security agency in China about the victim’s actions and that the public security agency in China would “greet” the victim’s family. Additionally, Wu solicited others to find out where the victim was living and publicly posted the victim’s email address in the hopes that others would abuse the victim online, and he reported the victim’s information back to a member of the Chinese government.

Wu was convicted of cyberstalking, which carries a maximum statutory penalty of five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000; and interstate transmissions of threatening communication, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The FBI investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Timothy H. Kistner and Alathea E. Porter for the District of Massachusetts are prosecuting the case with the assistance of Trial Attorney Menno Goedman of the National Security Division’s Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.

Updated January 25, 2024