[Professor Sun Dongdong from the Law School of Beijing University (or Peking University) told the media that “99% of the petitioners–if not 100%–have mental illness.” Commentators say the statement will justify some governments’ illegal usage of asylum to suppress petitions from Chinese citizens.

Illgal usage of asylum to supress petitions is rampant in China. According to a news report from SINA.com, at least 18 people are believed to have been sent to such hospitals in Xintai city in Shandong province, with some being given debilitating drugs. Another news report shows that Xintai city government openly instruct its agencies (of course this is only “to share with other agencies the experience” ) to use asylum as one of the three major ways to deal with petitioners. And obviously it has been followed by agencies from Xintai City.

Public intellectual Yan Lieshan analyzed Professor Sun’s statement, and found there was only consistant logic in his reasoning, which was simply “the government is always right, and there’s no need to change the status quo(强势一方总是有理的，现行制度没有什么要修正的).”

On April 6th Professor Sun Dongdong issued an public apology for his statement through a web media 21cn.com.]

摘自孟雪罡：《专家与访民到底谁是精神病》。

日前，国家卫生部专家委员、北京大学司法鉴定室主任孙东东称：“对那些老上访专业户，我负责任地说，不说100%，至少99%以上精神有问题，都是偏执型精神障碍。”(4月5日《都市快报》)。

上访人员“患”精神病的事例，媒体时有报道。比如山东新泰农民孙法武就曾因赴京上访被镇政府送进精神病院20余日。采取非凡手段把多次上访的公民送进精神病院，是某些做贼心虚的地方官员的惯用手段。如今，司法精神病学专家孙东东为这种非法行为提供了充足的理论依据，相信今后某些地方把上访者送进精神病院会更加理直气壮、有恃无恐了。

(“上访病人”家属不知情未见过鉴定书)

    来自新泰市信访局网站的消息，新泰今年狠抓信访工作。今年3月4日，新泰的信访工作会议上，市委书记辛显明提出，围绕全国“两会”召开和奥运会，切实做到“五个严禁”，其中“严禁发生赴省进京丢丑滋事事件”被列为第一条。

　　同样来自新泰信访局网站的一篇“经验交流”文章写道：针对个别信访人信“访”不信“法”、信“闹”不信“理”的心态，牢固树立依法打击的意识，做到“公安机关依法打击一批、精神司法鉴定治疗一批，集中办班培训‘管’掉一批”，营造“依法上访受保护、违法上访遭打击”的导向和浓厚氛围……对精神偏执的信访人也进行人文关怀，协助其进行司法鉴定，经鉴定精神异常的送医院治疗。”