针对《纽约时报》上周五发表的长篇报道“总理家人隐秘的财富”,北京君合律师事务所的白涛律师和国浩律师事务所的王卫东律师在北京时间星期六(10月27日)夜间针对《纽约时报》的报道在The South China Morning Post-南中国早报上发布声明,称: “《纽约时报》中提及的所谓温家宝家人的“秘密资产”并不存在。
Chinese Premier’s Family Disputes Article on Riches By KEITH BRADSHER,Published: October 27, 2012
The statement was not a sweeping denial of the article. The statement acknowledged that some family members were active in business and that they “are responsible for all their own business activities.”
While the statement disputed that Mr. Wen’s mother had held assets, it did not address the calculation in the article that the family had controlled assets worth at least $2.7 billion.
Eileen Murphy, a spokeswoman for The Times, expressed confidence in the article. “We are standing by our story, which we are incredibly proud of and which is an example of the quality investigative journalism The Times is known for,” she wrote in an e-mail.
The lawyers’ statement represents an unusual move for the family of a senior Chinese leader. When Bloomberg News published an article in late June describing real estate and other assets held by the family of Vice President Xi Jinping, his family did not respond publicly.