【新唐人2012年5月19日讯】5月8号发生三艘中国渔船被朝鲜炮艇胁持勒索的“离奇”事件，16号经媒体曝光后，引发外界高度关注。29名中国渔民被扣留，并要求在17号前交纳总计90万元的赎金，否则连人带船都要被“处理掉”。中共鼓吹的“用鲜血凝成”的“中朝友谊”神话再次被打破。评论指出，中朝无所谓友谊，有的只是互相利用。
事发本月8号，山东荣城30多艘渔船在黄海捕捞作业，作业区域为东经123度57分、北纬38度05分。三艘渔船和船上29人先后在当天凌晨和下午被扣。中方表示渔民作业区域属于中国领海。
5月9号，被劫船主张德昌收到船长来电表示，渔船被押到朝鲜海域，对方告知船主准备赎金，每船40万，共计120万元人民币。15号，张再次接到电话声称，如果两天内拿不到赎金，将把渔民和渔船都“处理掉”。
有渔民注意到当时朝鲜炮艇上有人讲中国话，并安排在中国丹东市交付赎金，因此有舆论质疑，事件可能牵涉中国黑社会与朝鲜不法军警勾结。
中共外交部16号回应说，事件“应属渔业纠纷”，并且声称尽早解决﹔但17号不再提“渔业纠纷”，而是要求朝鲜“确保中国公民安全与合法权益”。朝鲜驻华使馆17号回应说，只是从网上看到相关消息，对事件不知情。
在此之前，中国渔民在黄海与朝鲜发生渔业纠纷时，双方多私下解决，极少见诸媒体。
时事评论员蓝述：“它这种事情是很丢面子的，因为双方都不愿意在国际社会面前把脸撕破了。所以说互相之间谈条件，肯定是关着门谈的。但是它也不会谈原则问题，就是利益问题。北京你要利用平壤竖立东北亚强权的地位，它在东北亚充当北京的打手，你就要给它利，利给少了，它就要闹一闹。”
事件引起大陆舆论热议，有网民批评中共当局“可以派军舰到亚丁湾护船，却不能在家门口护渔”。也有网友表示疑惑：“事实证实，金氏王朝是不折不扣的土匪流氓，为何要把土匪当朋友？”
蓝述：“ 北韩心里是非常清楚，它和北京之间就是互相利用的关系。北京在一些小的事情上会支持它一下，在大的事情上它一定不会牺牲自己的利益去成全北韩。北韩也当然不会牺牲自己的利益去成全北京。所以大家互相能利用就利用，利用不了呢就算了。”
5月13号，中日韩三边投资协定在北京签署。时政评论专家伍凡认为，可能是因为这个触动了朝鲜，才发生了这次事件。
时政评论专家伍凡：“一定会刺激北韩。因为北韩根本就不在台面上，它也没办法做生意，人家都拒绝跟它往来。所以它就很恼火，就来个小动作。因为这个时机，正是在这个时候发生的。现在有些外电报导说是下面的人干的，我不相信。下面的人可以胡来，抓了人要钱，上面的人能不知道吗？这个就是对外推脱，实际就是对中共不满。”
有网友调侃：“不是说中朝友谊是鲜血凝成的吗？怎么成为被勒索对像了？”也有舆论猜测，这次事件是否会影响到双方的盟约关系。
蓝述指出，中朝是为数不多的共产主义极权国家，它们之间是打不散的。蓝述认为，双方的关系永远都是这样子，吵一阵，骂一阵，打一阵，然后又好了，只有等到中共垮台的那一天，它们的关系才会散。
采访/朱智善 编辑/王子琦 后制/箫宇
Three Chinese Fishing Boats Held Hostage by North Korea
On May 8, three Chinese fishing boats were held hostage
by a North Korean gunboat.
This event drew lots of media attention
after it was exposed on May 16.
The North Korean regime held 29 Chinese fishermen hostage
and demanded a ransom of 900,000 yuan (USD ~142,000).
North Korea threatened to “finish off” the boats
and fishermen if the ransom is not paid.
This act destroys the myth that “Friendship between
China-North Korea” is “formed by blood.”
Commentators pointed out, the so called friendship
is only an interest exchange.
On May 8, over 30 fishing boats were fishing in the Yellow Sea,
around coordinates 123° 57′ East, 38° 05′ North.
Three fishing boats and 29 crew members were detained.
The Chinese regime expressed that the fishing areas used
are within Chinese territory.
On May 9, the owner of the kidnapped fishing boats
Zhang Dechang received a message from the captain
expressing that the boat was detained and taken to
North Korean waters.
The kidnappers asked for 400,000 yuan per ship as ransom,
a total of 1.2 million yuan.
On May 15, Zhang received a phone call which threatened to
“finish off” the crew and the boats if the ransom was not paid within two days.
The fishermen saw people speaking Chinese on the
North Korean gunboat and the ransom exchange was arranged in Dandong City, China.
Some have suggested that this might be illegal collusion
between Chinese gangs and the North Korean military.
The CCP Foreign Ministry replied on May 16 that
this was a “Fishing dispute” and will be resolved soon.
Then on May 17, the CCP Foreign Ministry no longer said
“Fishing dispute,”
but demanded that North Korea “ensure the safety and
legal rights of Chinese citizens.”
The North Korean Embassy in China posted on its website that
North Korea “does not know about the incident.”
In the past, fishing disputes with North Korea in the Yellow Sea
were usually resolved privately, the media was rarely involved.
Social Commentator Lan Shu, “This is very embarrassing,
because both sides don’t want to show conflicts in front of the international community.
If they discuss conditions, it’s always done behind closed doors.
However, they won’t talk about principles, only interests.
Beijing is using Pyongyang’s tough stance in the northeast.
To use it (North Korea) as a fighter, you must give it some incentive, when the incentive is not enough, it will try to act up.”
This incident has drawn heated discussion in mainland China,
some netizens criticized,
“(CCP) can send battleships to Gulf of Aden to protect ships,
but can’t guard fishing boats at its doorstep.”
Some other netizens expressed, “everything proves,
the Kim dynasty is without a doubt rogue and bandit, why treat a bandit as a friend?”
Lan Shu, “North Korea knows very clearly that it has
an interest exchange relationship with Beijing.
Beijing will support it on small issues,
but will not sacrifice itself to support North Korea.
Of Course North Korea also will not sacrifice itself to support
Beijing. Both sides are trying to take advantage of each other.”
On May 13, a Japan-China-Korea Trilateral Investment
Agreement was signed in Beijing.
Social Commentator Wu Fan believes,
this might be why North Korea is acting up.
Wu Fan, “(This) will definitely anger North Korea, because
North Korea was not even at the table, it can’t do business, and everyone refuses to work with it.
That’s why it’s very angry, and takes such action.
It’s at this moment that this happened.
Some foreign media reported that it’s the lower level
that did this, I don’t believe it.
Some lower level people kidnapped people and
asked for a ransom, how can the top level not know?
This is an excuse; the reality is that it is not happy with
the Chinese regime.”
A netizen wrote, “Didn’t we say China-North Korea friendship
is formed by blood? How did (we) become targets of extortion?”
Some comments also suggested that this might affect
the relationship between the two countries.
Lan Shu pointed out, China and North Korea are the only few
totalitarian Communist countries left.
Their relationship is always like this, argue for a while,
fight for a while, then get better again;
until the day the CCP collapses,
the relationship will stay like this.
