Mr. Wang Jinyao, Bian Zhongyun's widower (who the undersigned interviewed (for three days) in 2008)), has issued the following statement. This is from China Digital Times, via Dr. Weimin Mo, who I thank for the translation as it forestalls me committing terrorist acts against Google Translate.
Song Binbin’s Apology
Rejected by Bian Zhongyun’s Husband
“Without Truth, No Reconciliation”
Song
Binbin’s apology was rejected by 93-year-old Wang Jingrao, Bian’s husband. Over
the past decades, he has been accusing Song Binbin and some others of their
attempt to cover up their role in the death of Bian, which occurred on August
5, 1966.
Bian’s
husband said Song and some others have never directly apologized to him. He
only got the news about the apology through media. Wang was quoted saying, “She
is an evil person because of all the things she did. She and some others were
supported by Mao Zedong, who was the source of all the crimes. He committed so
many atrocities. It by no means was a personal matter… the whole Communist Party
and Mao should be held responsible.”
Seven years
ago, the glamorous anniversary celebration of the school failed to muffle
Bian’s husband’s outcry and condemnation of the murderers. Wang, upon hearing
that the school selected Song Binbin to be included in the list of school’s
celebrity alumnus, issued a declaration of three points which was widely read
on internet but never mentioned in official media:
First, On
August 5, 1966, the Red Guards of the then Girls’ School of Beijing Normal
University tortured, in broad daylight, Comrade Bian Zhongyun to death. Those
merciless murderers beat up Bian with clubs of sharp nails, whipped her with
military belts with a heavy metal buckle attached, and kicked her with military
boots, for hours. The whole process was unspeakably brutal. The current school
authorities, regardless of unmistaken opposition from people who knew the
truth, insisted such honor of “celebrity alumnus be converted to Song Binbin.
For that reason, I must protest strongly.
Second, the
current school authorities have openly violated the conclusion made by the
Central Committee of Chines Communist Party on the Cultural Revolution by
bragging Song’s activities and the 8/18 Incident as glorious achievements. That
seriously hurts victims of the Cultural Revolution and their families a second
time. That blasphemes the history. The kind of outrageous behaviors are
dangerous signals for openly inviting the Cultural Revolution to come back. It
should have alerted the party and the people nationwide.
Third, I
demand that the school authorities reasonably handle the issue by revoking the
honorable title of celebrity alumnus and report how they handled the issue to
all alumni at home and abroad as well as to the faculty and students currently in
school. They also must organize a serious discussion among faculty/staff and
students on campus, especially the young students, on the decision the Central
Committee of CPC made on the Cultural Revolution so that the young students
clearly understand the humongous disasters the Cultural Revolution has cause
our nation and people.
