【大纪元8月19日讯】8月18日凌晨得知国内维权律师高智晟被捕，澳大利亚民主中国阵线即刻去函澳州政府和国会，知会事情的发生，以引起澳洲社会的关注。澳大利亚维多利亚州议员维克多.波顿先生得知此信息后，当即去函中华人民共和国驻墨尔本总领事馆提出抗议，同时将抗议信抄送秦晋，请见附件。
总领事先生：
据我所知：北京维权律师高智晟星期二在山东姐姐家被警察突然抓捕已两天，目前关押地点不明，与此同时，高智晟在北京的两个侄子也被带往派出所，他的妻子耿和也无法联络到。有评论认为，当局此次行动也许只为山东盲人律师陈光城18号的开审而暂时限制高智晟的自由，也可能是全国性的逮捕行动的前奏。
请告诉我以上指控是否属实，如果属实，我表示抗议，我的选民也表示抗议。
维克多.波顿
澳大利亚维多利亚州议员
My dear Consul-General,
I understand that Mr Gao Zhisheng, Beijing based civil rights attorney, was reportedly detained by his associates a couple of days ago by police in the event of visiting his elder sister in Shan Dong Province. So far the place of his detention is still unknown. Mr Gao’s two nephews were taken to the police station in Beijing and Gao’s wife is not contactable. It is speculated that the detention of Mr Gao Zhisheng could be temporarily depriving his freedom and preventing him from providing legal assistance to the court hearing on 18th August of another civil rights attorney Chen, Guangcheng, or a prelude of nation wide detention of civil rights activists.
Would you be able to advise whether these allegations are true and if so, please convey my protest and that of my constituents?
Yours sincerely,
Victor Perton
Victor Perton MP
Parliament House
Spring Street
Melbourne
Victoria 3002
Australia
+61 3 9841 5166 (office)
+61 418 744448 (mobile)
www.victorperton.com
victor.perton@parliament.vic.gov.au
Skype ID: victorperton
附秦晋给维克多的信函（受原报道的影响误把陈光城翻译成维权律师，这里表示歉意）：
Dear Victor,
The following information is the recent happening to the civil rights activists, I have converted part of the report into English for your reference.
Mr Gao Zhisheng, Beijing based civil rights attorney, was reportedly detained by his associates a couple of days ago by police in the event of visiting his elder sister in Shan Dong Province. So far the place of his detention is still unknown. Mr Gao’s two nephews were taken to the police station in Beijing and Gao’s wife is not contactable. It is speculated that the detention of Mr Gao Zhisheng could be temporarily depriving his freedom and preventing him from providing legal assistance to the court hearing on 18th August of another civil rights attorney Chen, Guangcheng, or a prelude of nation wide detention of civil rights activists.
Kind regards,
Chin Jin
──转自《六四天网》(http://www.dajiyuan.com)
