Help My Father Dr. Zhicheng Hu Come Home

My father, Dr. Zhicheng Hu, is an award-winning Chinese-American engineer whose work focuses on automobile emission control; he is listed as an inventor of 48 US, European and World patents. In November 2008, the Tianjin Police detained him while he was on a business trip to China after a competitor in Dagang-District, Tianjin, China accused him of “stealing technology.” In April 2010, Tianjin City Prosecutor’s office and Tianjin Court jointly withdrew the case against him and my father was freed without charge after 17 months of detention. Despite this, Tianjin Police continued the border control that prevents him from coming home to the United States without giving any reason. My father has been separated from our family for more than three years due to this incident; in 2011, he underwent major surgery to fix an injury that he sustained during his detention.

(Update: On November 10, 2011, two months after this petition began and 19 months after my father was freed without charge, the Tianjin police finally lifted the border control.  However, on same day, the Tianjin 2nd Intermediate Court placed my father under border control again, claiming that his competitor filed a civil suit against him on that day. My father paid the full amount requested to the court as collateral and asked the court to lift the border control. Then he was told that the competitor had withdrawn the civil suit and filed another one for the same matter, but this time asking for five times the amount of money.)

I was sixteen when we first learned of my father’s detainment. My world has changed a lot since then. My younger brother has been forced to grow up without a father for the past three years. My mother spent all of her energy trying to bring my father home and the stress has had a devastating effect on her health. We have tried many options, to no avail. Please, sign the petition and help us convince the Tianjin city government to lift the border control and let my father come home! Thank you!

请帮助我父亲胡志成博士回家 

我父亲胡志成博士是在汽车尾气净化领域颇有成就、对中国和世界环保事业做出了贡献的的海归工程师、48项欧美和世界专利的发明人，曾获得重要发明奖项。因被天津市大港区的竞争对手诬告偷窃技术、自2008年11月起遭到天津市公安局长达17个月的超期羁押；至2010年4月天津市法院和检察院撤诉、才重新获得了自由。但是，天津市公安局在法院撤诉后继续无理（即不给任何理由）设置边控阻止他回美与家人团聚。迄今，父亲被与家人拆散已三年多，他的身体也在被羁押期间受到极大伤害、不得不接受手术治疗，至今仍在恢复中。

（最新情况：2011年11月10日，在此请愿活动开始后二个月、也是父亲被无罪释放19个月后，天津市公安局终于撤销了无理的边控。但同日，天津市二中院以竞争对手于当日提起了民事诉讼为由设置了新的边控。父亲支付了全额保证金并请求解除边控。 此时他又被告知竞争对手撤销了该状，却就此事又提起新民事诉讼并把标的金额提高了五倍。）

父亲被抓时我十六岁，我的世界由此改变了很多。我弟弟也已三年多无法得到父亲的关爱。为了救父亲我母亲日夜操劳，她的身心健康受到了很大影响。我们做了很多努力但都没有结果。无奈中我在此请求您在请愿书上签名，帮助说服天津市政府撤销对我父亲的边控，让我爸爸回家。谢谢您！

SOURCES (参考文件):
New York Times -- Engineer’s Return to China Leads to Jail and Limbo
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/world/returning-to-china-engineer-finds-jail-and-then-limbo.html
AP & YahooNews -- US Scientist Trapped in China
http://news.yahoo.com/ap-exclusive-us-scientist-trapped-china-075057518.html
CBS News--Trapped in China, U.S. engineer's life in limbo
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57395076/trapped-in-china-u.s-engineers-life-in-limbo/
AP & BusinessWeek-- US engineer held in China released without charge
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9FMDH300.htm
AP & MSNBC-- China holds US engineer on trade secrets charge
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34466437/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/t/china-holds-engineer-trade-secrets-charge/
纽约时报报道译文：海归的风险
http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_read.asp?BlogID=3908674&PostID=37153091
美联社报道译文：三年梦魇 美籍华裔科学家被困中国(组图)
http://blog.tianya.cn/blogger/post_read.asp?BlogID=3908674&PostID=35933303
羊城晚报&天涯论坛及跟贴：美籍科学家“百万重金求医”
http://www.tianya.cn/publicforum/content/develop/1/840172.shtml
科学网：志成受难，工业催化专业的师生们为什么不沉默？ 
http://blog.sciencenet.cn/home.php?mod=space&uid=281175&do=blog&id=493488
人民日报：技术领先就能占领市场（创新故事）
http://ip.people.com.cn/GB/14642471.html
万维读者：海归博士胡志成被天津警方羁押一年
http://www.creaders.net/newsViewer.php?id=944839&language=big5

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