【新唐人2013年10月28日訊】連日來持續發酵的廣州《新快報》記者陳永洲遭警方跨省事件，出現驚人逆轉，先是中共喉舌《央視》播出了陳永洲「認罪」的報導，隨後，原本力挺陳永洲的自家報社《新快報》也公開發表道歉聲明，承認陳永洲報導失實。對此，外界普遍質疑警方有屈打成招之嫌，並譴責《央視》「未審案，先定罪」的做法，是在藉輿論干擾司法公正。
10月27號凌晨，廣州《新快報》就陳永洲事件發表「道歉信」，信中說：陳永洲受人指使收人錢財，發表大量「失實」報導，嚴重違反了新聞工作者的職業道德準則﹔報社對稿件的審核把關不嚴等。《新快報》的一反常態，令民間對「道歉」的可信度產生了質疑。
前《畢節日報》記者李元龍：「因為一篇新聞報導要出來的話，那不是說記者想登就登的，有編輯、有總編、有編委會……現在他們態度這樣轉變了，這是不符合常情的，也不符合新聞的規律的。它這個轉變太大了。」
據大陸媒體報導，就在《新快報》「道歉」的前一天，《央視》曾播出陳永洲對自己涉嫌犯罪事實「供認不諱」。陳永洲在報導中承認自己受人指使，收人錢財，在未經核實的情況下連續發表針對湖南上市公司「中聯重科」的大量失實報導。但細心的網友發現陳永洲在播出的畫面中，他的脖子上有條明顯的血痕。
輿論普遍認為，按照中共的慣例，無論是陳永洲「認罪」還是《新快報》的「道歉」，極有可能都是在被脅迫、和壓力下，甚至被刑訊逼供產生的。
北京時政觀察人士華頗：「這種環境之下，他們還有別的選擇嗎?陳永洲被關押在拘留所裡，他遇到了甚麼情況？在那一個封閉環境裡邊，他就可以說是一個任人宰割的羔羊。所以他認罪，是真心還是迫不得已﹖這要畫一個大大的問號。《新快報》道歉那是肯定的，體制給他那麼大的壓力，它只能是低下頭啊。」
曾曝光貴州畢節「五男童被垃圾箱悶死事件」的前《畢節日報》記者李元龍指出，對媒體和記者施加壓力，迫使他們發出違心的言論，是中共的一貫伎倆。
前《畢節日報》記者李元龍：「有可能是受到很大的壓力、受到公關甚麼的。它們（中共）採用這樣的手段，來做這樣的事，這個是經常的。像我報導5個孩子的事情，廣東宣傳部、貴州宣傳部這邊就跟那邊溝通啊，就刪我的帖子、封我的帖子，還給那邊的記者打招呼。」
與此同時，一些學者和法律界人士也指出，《央視》在法院沒有對陳永洲審判和定罪之前，就公布了他的所謂「罪狀」，已經違背了法律原則。而長沙警方在整個辦案過程中，也有多處涉嫌違法和濫用職權的行為。
原《大公報》《大週刊》主筆兼新聞部主任朱健國：「從司法案件處理中，從來沒有在一個案件還處於抽審的狀態，沒有完全結束的時候，就由《央視》來公開的、來公布。這是一種提前介入，可以說是輿論影響司法，也是違法的﹔從陳永洲鏡頭看，他已經被剃了光頭，而通常剃光頭是已經經過法院的宣判之後，在這種拘押審訊期間，按照現有的法律來看，它也是違法的。」
此外，網上還出現了大量的質疑聲浪，包括﹕對於「湖南警方駕駛中聯重科的賓士車跨省抓捕，兩者之間存在甚麼關係？」、「如果陳永洲是受指使，為何還要冒險實名舉報？」、「誰是陳永洲的指使人？證據何在？」等。
原《大公報》《大週刊》主筆兼新聞部主任朱健國分析，當局高調處理陳永洲一案，可能是即將對《南方》報系進行打壓、整肅的一個重大信號。朱健國認為，接下來會有更多的新聞媒體，尤其是一些「不聽話」的媒體，將成為下一個被中共開刀的對象。
採訪/易如 編輯/張天宇 後製/李智遠
Chen Yongzhou’s TV Confession and New Express Daily’s Apology Faked?
Over the weekend, an astonishing turn was seen in the widely watched case of Chen Yongzhou, a reporter for Guangzhou-based New Express Daily newspaper who was arrested by Hunan police.
The Communist Party’s mouthpiece CCTV had broadcast Chen’s “confession to his crimes”
Shortly after, New Express Daily also issued an apology for Chen’s “false”reports despite all its previous strong calls for Chen’s release.
It is widely suspected that police forced Chen to make a confession under duress.
Many also criticized CCTV’s declaring Chen guilty before trial, interfering with judicial justice via propaganda.
Early on Oct. 27th, the Guangzhou-based New Express Daily newspaper issued an “apology” for the Chen Yongzhou case.
It said, “Chen accepted bribes and was used to publish many ‘false’ reports, seriously violating professional journalistic ethics and regulations”, “Our paper not strict enough about thoroughly
fact-checking drafts of the reports”.
Such a sudden change in attitude of the newspaper makes the public question how real the “apology” is.
Li Yuanlong, former reporter for Bijie Daily: “It’s not like a reporter can publish whatever he wants to. Before any news report can be published, it has to be approved by an editor, the chief editor or even an editorial board. Now they have changed their attitude like this. This does not seem natural, and doesn’t comply with the process of news production either. The change is just too abrupt.”
According to mainland Chinese media, on the day before the New Express Daily’s apology, Chen appeared on CCTV and completely “confessed” to his crimes.
On the CCTV program, Chen said that he had accepted bribes and was used by others to publish a series of “false” reports about Zoomlion (a Hunan listed company) without fact-checking.
However, some netizens with a keen eye noticed a scar on Chen’s neck from the CCTV’s footage.
Most non-Chinese media remark that, according to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) “tradition”, Chen’s “confession” and New Express Daily’s “apology”
were probably both made under political pressure,
or even duress and torture.
Hua Po, Beijing political observer: “Is there any other choice for them under such a situation? Chen was imprisoned in a detention center. Who knows what happened to him? He was totally vulnerable in such a closed environment. So it’s very questionable whether his confession was real or coerced. Of course New Express Daily apologized. Under the huge pressure of the whole regime,all they could do was to surrender.”
Former Bijie Daily reporter Li Yuanlong was the one who reported the deaths of five homeless boys who suffocated in a dumpster in Bijie City, Guizhou Province.
Li says that the CCP has always used pressure to force false words out of the media and journalists.
Li Yuanlong: “It may be due to either overwhelming pressure or someone was bought off, or something.They (the CCP) frequently uses such tricks to handle issues such as this. For example, after I reported the deaths of five boys, the provincial propaganda departments of Guangdong and Guizhou had communicated a lot. They deleted or blocked my online posts and also made notifications to journalists in places I visited.”
Moreover, some scholars and legal professionals say the CCTV’s declaring Chen’s so-called crimes before he’d had any trial or conviction has violated the principle of rule of law.
Changsha City police were accused of multiple misconducts of violating the law and abusing power throughout the incident.
Zhu Jianguo, former news director at Hong Kong-based Ta Kung Pao: “In judicial procedures, there has never been any case that was directly broadcast by CCTV before a formal trial took place. This is interference with judicial process in advance by media, which is illegal. From the CCTV footage of Chen, we see his head has been shaved. This is usually done only after court conviction. As of now Chen is still under detention for interrogation,which is also illegal according to current laws.”
On the internet, an outcry from Chinese netizens also question Chen’s confession, asking questions such as: “Hunan police used a Zoomlion vehicle to arrest Chen in Guangdong,
so what is the relation between them?”
“If Chen was ordered by someone to do the reports, why would he take the risk of reporting in his real name?”
“Who bribed Chen to make those reports and where is there evidence to prove this?”
Former news director Zhu Jianguo says the CCP authorities handled Chen’s case in such a high-profile manner that it may be a big sign of a coming suppression and crackdown on the Southern Newspaper Media Group. Zhu says the CCP will target more news units to attack, especially those which are “unwilling to follow CCP orders”.