【新唐人2015年02月10日訊】最近，大陸民間集資巨額投資款去向不明，所作承諾無法兌現，負責人丟下企業跑路的現象不斷湧現。民眾因為投資血本無歸，討錢維權的事件相應而生。而這些被披露出來的非法集資案，不少是曾經受到官方褒獎的民間企業。
大陸媒體日前披露河北省「三地合作社」非法集資案，涉及全國16個省市，涉案金額達到80多億元。
「三地合作社」的董事長，曾經獲得所謂的「新農村時代建設先鋒」、「中國誠信企業家」、「公益典範先進人物」等多項褒獎。河北當地黨報還對他進行過眾多正面報導。
另外，據媒體報導指，十年前以擴建為由進行民間集資的西安聯合學院，集資款項高達57億元。上週開始，省內各地的投資辦事處人去樓空，幾百名集資者4號和5號前往省政府請願求助。有4人被警察帶走，並一度被關押。有目擊者在微博裡透露，一些警察連拖帶拽的把幾個年輕示威者抬上警車，對老人家又踢又罵。
據說，西安聯合學院集資的受害人數可能高達20萬人。
實際上，早在2007年開始，網上已經流傳披露西安聯合學院非法集資的文章，也有民眾在陝西省政府的官方網站上舉報和投訴。但一直沒有得到重視。
據了解，四川各地近期也陸續發生多起涉及公眾的集資金融詐騙案。
2月6號，四川自貢市民眾來到當地政府請願，要求協助追回被貴州一家旅遊公司騙走的投資款項，當局出動大批警察趕到現場。
同時，當地一家金融諮詢公司的一百多名投資者，也曾多次到政府請願，要求政府協助追討受騙的款項。
中國天網人權事務中心負責人黃琦：「由於市場執法不力，監管不嚴，再加上官商勾結，產生了很多非法集資的案件，現在隨著經濟形勢的變化，特別是反腐敗在中國的推廣，很多地方的官員不願意再充當保護傘了，類似的問題就全面爆發出來。」
事情出來後，這一類集資，多數被政府定為非法集資。據去年11月底《新華網》的報導，瀋陽的多個集資詐騙跑路案中，警方拘捕了38人。
不過，民間認為，不少非法集資案中，當局負有不可推卸的責任。
大陸媒體人王思想：「非法集資第一是被政府逼出來的，政府總是把銀行的錢向國企輸出太多，沒有錢了，他只好向社會去尋求資金，民眾的資金也沒有地方去投資，兩廂結合，必然會出現所謂的非法集資，非法只是政府定義的非法而已，我認為政府是要改變的，而不是指責民眾去做這件事情。」
據報導，西安聯合學院集資受害者大部分為老人，集資者利用老人想多賺一點錢的心理，採取給老人送米、送油，送禮品和免費旅遊等方式，用10%到20%的年回報率吸引老人，讓他們掏出多年的積蓄。
而西安聯合學院是獲得當局多次頒牌讚許的民辦高校，老人因為信任政府而把錢交給了集資者。忽然一下子所有業務員都聯繫不上了，這讓不少受害者慾哭無淚。
王思想：「正因為政府是打壓的，民間是偷偷摸摸來做的，它肯定是有一些問題的，一方面沒有受到監管，肯定是有一些問題的，一種確實是為了詐騙而跑，有一種確實是因為這兩年經濟不景氣，他只好走路。」
中國天網人權事務中心負責人黃琦指出，參與集資的民眾大多是中產階層。目前中國的維權形勢，已經由以前的社會底層逐漸轉入中層。
採訪編輯/劉惠 後製/鍾元
Private Fundraisers Flee From Paying Back Dept to Investors.
Who is Responsible?
Recently a phenomenon has been occurring on
a regular basis.
Private fundraisers have invested huge amounts of funds
in to China, which some say have gone nowhere.
The expected returns for these investments has not been
recognised and the fundraisers have now deserted the enterprises.
Because the investors lost everything, even the original
capital of the investment,
as such, the situation whereby the re-claiming of debts
and defending of rights has occurred.
Many illegal fundraising cases which were disclosed
are connected to the private enterprises,
which otherwise have been praised by the official agencies.
Mainland media recently revealed that the illegal fund-raising
case of Hebei, “Three-Place Cooperative Organisation",
included 16 provinces and provincial-level city municipalities
across China,
reaching a total of more than 8 billion RMB
(US$ 128 million)
has won the so-called “pioneer of the era for constructing
new countryside",
also “Chinese entrepreneurs integrity" and “role model
of public charity", with many more other testimonials.
Hebei local party newspaper also reported his stories
many times in a positive way.
In addition, according to media reports, Xi’an Union College
has raised funds of up to 5.7 billion RMB (US$ 90 million)
with the poor excuse they have been expanding the size
of their site for the past 10 years.
But from last week, the investment offices across Shaanxi
Province have become empty and deserted.
Hundreds of investors appealed to the Provincial Government
on Feb. 4 and 5 for help.
Four petitioners were taken away by police finding
themselves detained by the authorities.
Witnesses said upon Weibo, police pulled a few young petitioners
in to police vehicles,
and swore and kicked the elderly petitioners.
It is said that the number of victims involved in the finance case
of Xi’An Union College, could be as many as 200 thousand people.
In fact, as early as 2007, articles which disclosed the illegal
fund-raising case of Xi’An Union College,
has been circulated on the Internet.
Some investors reported and made complaints to the official
website of the Shaanxi provincial government.
But this has not been taken seriously.
It is understood that recently a few financial fraud cases
involving the public in Sichuan Province,
have also been reported.
On Feb. 6 some local citizens of Zigong City, Sichuan
Province, petitioned at the local government
asking for assistance re-claiming the investment funds which
were deceived by a travel company from Guizhou Province.
The local authorities deployed large numbers
of police to the scene.
Meanwhile, more than a hundred investors who invested
in a local financial consulting firm,
have repeatedly petitioned to the local government
for the help of claiming the cheated funds.
The head of China Tianwang Human Rights Service
Mr Huang Qi:
“Due to insufficient market law enforcement,
lax oversight of the market,
coupled with the collaboration among the officials
and the merchants,
a lot of illegal fund-raising cases have been produced.
Now, along with the changing economic situation,
especially the promotion of anti-corruption in China,
many local officials in many places are no longer
willing to act as the umbrellas of the illegal fundraising cases,
and now similar problems are full-blown."
After such incidents occurred, most of such fund-raising cases
were identified by the local government as illegal fund-raising.
According to a “Xinhua" network report, at the end
of November of last year,
a number of fund-raising fraud cases in Shenyang occurred
with fundraisers fleeing to escape,
the police later arrested 38 relevant people.
But the public think, among many illegal fund-raising cases,
the local authorities cannot shirk their responsibilities.
Mainland media professional Wang Sixiang:
“Illegal fund-raising is forced to happen
by the government.
The output of money from the bank in to state-owned
enterprises it too high.
Because they have no money, they had to seek funds
from the public, whereas the people’s money
has no place to invest.
Then the two sides need to be combined,
so it is inevitable for seeing the illegal fund-raising cases.
Its illegal tag is only defined by the government,
and I think the government is going to change,
rather than accusing people of doing this thing."
According to reports, the majority of Xi’an Union College
fundraising victims, are mostly the elderly,
and the fundraisers cheated the elderly with 10 percent
up to 20 percent annual rate of return via
exploiting the thought of making more money off of others.
They applied the methods of charging more when people sent rice,
oil, gifts and sort free travel.
By such ways, people have been exploited and their savings
have diminished over the years.
However, Xi’An Union College was awarded a license
by the local authorities,
repeatedly praised the private colleges whilst the elderly gave
their money to the fundraisers because they trusted the government,
subsequently they then handed over their money to the fundraisers.
All of a sudden all of the salesmen in the College
cannot be contacted.
This makes for a sad scenario, making a lot of victims
who cry without tears.
Wang Sixiang: “Because the government suppressed
the private fund raising,
this then makes the private fund raising sneaky and hard to do,
it certainly has its own problems.
On the one hand, it is not subject to the regulation,
which definitely has some issues.
On the other hand, the cases which include people fleeing
to avoid fraud charges, occurs.
But the economic downturn in the recent two years,
forced them to leave."
Huang Qi indicated that, most of the investors involved
in raising the funds are middle class.
At present, China’s human rights defending situation,
has been gradually transferred from the previous bottom line
of society up to the middle line of society.
Interview & Edit/LiuHui Post-Production/ZhongYuan
