@JennyYamada: This afternoon, I sent a “government information disclosure request” to CCTV, asking it to publicly investigate and respond to the String v. Zhu Jun sexual harassment case.
In the case of String v. Zhu Jun, String has been speaking to the public and the media as an individual and explaining her experience time and time again, while Zhu Jun has only recently responded on Weibo and CCTV has been invisible throughout the incident. But this incident is not a personal case of String against Zhu Jun personally, it is a case of sexual harassment of an intern by a powerful chief producer/host in the workplace, and CCTV has failed in its duty to manage the system and trust the public response in the whole incident. The public image Zhu Jun has built over the years, and the favoritism he has received from public opinion since String’s exposure of his sexual harassment by him, relies heavily on the endorsement of CCTV’s credibility. CCTV has been taking the attitude of not facing, not dealing with, not transparent, at this time and Zhu Jun personal cut, Zhu Jun and “discipline” requirements to shirk the responsibility of facing string and the public.
CCTV’s silence is an accomplice to sexual harassment in the workplace. Did CCTV investigate Zhu Jun, and what were the findings? What is the reason for CCTV’s “hiding” Zhu Jun after he was exposed to sexual harassment by him in 2018? The reason for this is that Zhu Jun has been frequently exposed on microblogs as having physical contact with female hosts and guests on TV shows, and it seems that CCTV is tacitly allowing this kind of sexual harassment in the workplace. Has CCTV received any other reports of sexual harassment and what has CCTV done about it?
I was in Chengdu, more than a thousand kilometers away from Beijing on the day of the court hearing, but I felt like I was standing with those friends who were guarding String outside the court, crying and laughing with the TAs. When I wrote my name on the application form, I felt the feeling of “participation in politics” and “citizenship” written in my high school political science textbook. I wrote those words harder than ever before. It was a small but solemn moment. The three thin application forms I sent today, I am not alone, I am waiting for CCTV’s answer together with String, those who stood outside the court for eight hours in the freezing weather, and many others who are united by common beliefs and concerns.
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