Open letter to education minister demands anti-sexual-harassment law on campus  

256人联名上书教育部长 要求彻查厦大性骚扰案

据《法制日报》报道9日，由256位来自国内外高校教师、学者和学生参与联署的两封公开信，分别被寄给厦门大学校长朱崇实和教育部部长袁贵仁，呼吁彻查厦大性骚扰事件，建议教育部以此事为契机，制定出台《高等教育学校性骚扰防治管理办法》，同时建议厦大率先建立高校性骚扰防范机制。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Altogether 256 professors, scholars and students have signed and sent an open letter to the country's education minister, demanding nationwide anti-sexual-harassment regulations on campus on Tuesday, ahead of Teachers' Day.

This was prompted by a scandal at Xiamen University involving history professor Wu Chunming being accused of seducing and raping students in June.

Wu had his teaching qualification temporarily revoked during July while the University said a special team had been established to investigate the case, though results have still to be disclosed.

In a separate letter also by them sent to Xiamen University head Zhu Chongshi on the same day, petitioners asked for an overall investigation of the scandal and demanded the university take the lead in establishing a prevention system for sexual harassment on campus.

Ke Qianting, a professor at Zhongshan University who edited the letters, said she received several complaints regarding sexual harassment on campus, but has failed to help victims due to lack of regulations.

Jin Yihong, visiting professor at Nanjing University who also signed the letters, said a prevention system is the only way by which to prevent sexual harassment and protect students.

In the open letters, scholars have also drafted a law against sexual harassment on campus and suggested that a "gender equality work team" should handle such complaints.