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May 20th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
“I am gratified the Chinese government dealt with the situation with restraint
and calm,” he said.
However, he vowed to keep fighting for human rights in China and said: “I hope
to see that [the government] continues to open discourse and earn the
respect and trust of the people.”
The 40-year-old, his wife and two children spent the day resting in their new
apartment in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, which the university had stocked
with Chinese food ahead of their arrival.
Well-wishers left presents at his building, including a large stuffed Snoopy
toy, but only Jerome Cohen, the professor who secured his place at the law
school, is believed to have seen him.
Bob Fu, a US-based human rights activist who has been one of the key voices
lobbying the American government to help Mr Chen, said that the dissident
would be thinking of supporters in China who may be left more vulnerable by
his departure.
“We’re very happy for the Chen family to finally be able to breathe free air
but we also know it has been a bittersweet journey for them. In Chen’s heart
I know that if he and his family could be guaranteed safety and basic rights
in China then he would not have chosen this course of coming to the US,” Mr
Fu told the Telegraph.
Among activists’ top concerns is the fate of Mr Chen’s nephew, Chen Kegui, who
has been charged with intentional homicide after fighting security officials
who came to his home following his uncle’s escape.
Although no one was killed in the incident, Kegui is still being held in
Shandong province and denied access to lawyers. His mother, Ren Zongju, is
reportedly facing charges for harboring a criminal.
Mr Fu also expressed concern that the Chinese government would continue to
monitor Mr Chen in New York, saying he had several “suspicious encounters”
and was some times followed after his own flight from China in 1997.
The State Department refused to comment on whether it was providing the Chen
family with protection.
Mr Chen, who helped exposed the forced abortions carried out under China’s
one-child policy, had been held prisoner in his own home for nearly 20
months before escaping on April 22 and making his way to the US Embassy.
After initially saying he wanted to stay in China, he changed his mind and
asked to come to the US, beseeching the help of Hillary Clinton and making
two dramatic calls to a Congressional hearing in Washington.
While China has accused the US of meddling in its internal affairs,
authorities are thought to be pleased to have Mr Chen out of the country, in
the hope it will reduce his impact as a dissident.
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