Open letter to education minister demands anti-sexual-harassment law on campus  

256人聯名上書教育部長 要求徹查廈大性騷擾案

據《法制日報》報道9日，由256位來自國內外高校教師、學者和學生參與聯署的兩封公開信，分別被寄給廈門大學校長朱崇實和教育部部長袁貴仁，呼吁徹查廈大性騷擾事件，建議教育部以此事為契機，制定出臺《高等教育學校性騷擾防治管理辦法》，同時建議廈大率先建立高校性騷擾防范機制。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Altogether 256 professors, scholars and students have signed and sent an open letter to the country's education minister, demanding nationwide anti-sexual-harassment regulations on campus on Tuesday, ahead of Teachers' Day.

This was prompted by a scandal at Xiamen University involving history professor Wu Chunming being accused of seducing and raping students in June.

Wu had his teaching qualification temporarily revoked during July while the University said a special team had been established to investigate the case, though results have still to be disclosed.

In a separate letter also by them sent to Xiamen University head Zhu Chongshi on the same day, petitioners asked for an overall investigation of the scandal and demanded the university take the lead in establishing a prevention system for sexual harassment on campus.

Ke Qianting, a professor at Zhongshan University who edited the letters, said she received several complaints regarding sexual harassment on campus, but has failed to help victims due to lack of regulations.

Jin Yihong, visiting professor at Nanjing University who also signed the letters, said a prevention system is the only way by which to prevent sexual harassment and protect students.

In the open letters, scholars have also drafted a law against sexual harassment on campus and suggested that a "gender equality work team" should handle such complaints.