中国政府收到超過６００萬宗上訪

Recently the NHK News on-line reported the following:

直訴６００万件以上 中国 国民が政府に

11月28日 20時32分

中国政府は国内で土地の強制収用を巡るトラブルなどで国民が政府に直訴する件数が、この１０か月で６００万以上あることを明らかにし、国民の高い不満が浮き彫りになりました。

中国では、裁判のほかに住民がさまざまな問題の解決を直接、政府に訴える制度があり、直訴を受け付ける政府の担当者が２８日、北京で記者会見しました。
この中で担当者は、直訴は土地の強制収用を巡り、地元政府からきちんと補償金が支払われないと訴えるものなどが多いとしたうえで、ことし１月から１０月までの直訴の件数が、のべ６０４万件に上ることを明らかにしました。
直訴の件数は去年よりは若干減っているということですが、国民の高い不満を浮き彫りにしています。
また、担当者は直訴の件数のうち、どのくらいが解決したのか明らかにしなかったほか、直訴しようとした人が当局によって病院などに強制的に入院させられることが問題になっていることについても「把握していない」などと述べ、説明しませんでした。
さらに、記者会見場の外には各地から北京に直訴に訪れた１５人ほどの人たちが集まり、会見後、外国メディアに対して「直訴さえもなかなか聞き入れられない」などと、政府に対する不満を訴え、駆けつけた警備員たちによって訴えが書かれた紙がその場で破り捨てられる一幕もありました。

(試譯文)

It was showed clearly that in the past ten months the Chinese government had 6 million or more cases which people directly petitioned to the government about troubles involving compulsory land expropriation etc. in the country; it highlighted the high national dissatisfaction.

In China, other than a trial, there was a system to complain to the government so as to solve problems with residents directly. The person in charge of the government who received these direct appeals gave an interview in Beijing on the 28^th (November).

In this interview, the person in charge showed clearly that the number of direct appeals received from January to October this year in total was up to 6,040,000 cases. About these direct appeals, most of them involved the compulsory expropriation of land, or that the compensation was not properly paid out by the local government.

Although it was said that the number of direct appeal was becoming fewer compared to that of last year, it highlighted the high national dissatisfaction.

Moreover, the person in charge did not show clearly that among the petitions received how many cases were resolved. On the problem that people who directly tried to petition were compulsorily hospitalized etc. by the authorities, he said that "he has not grasped the details" etc. and thus could not explain that either.

Also, outside the venue where the interview was given, about 15 people who came from various regions to make direct appeal in Beijing were gathering. They spoke to the foreign media after the interview that "even direct appeal is not granted easily" etc., expressing dissatisfaction towards the government. There was also a scene that the papers on which the petition was written to make complain were on the spot torn and thrown away by the guards who arrived at the scene.

It seems that the complain system needs some improvement.