【新唐人2013年11月29日讯】大陆《财经》杂志副主编罗昌平，日前被宣布免去副主编职务，调往同为《财经》杂志主管方下属的“财经研究院”任职。外界对于罗昌平遭调职的消息感到扑朔迷离，在微博上也引起广泛的议论。
去年12月，大陆《财经》杂志副主编罗昌平在新浪博客和认证的微博上，实名举报国家发改委副主任刘铁男涉嫌学历造假、官商勾结、包养情妇等一系列贪腐行为。当时刘铁男兼任国家能源局局长。
今年5月，刘铁男因涉嫌严重违纪接受调查，并被“双规”落马。舆论普遍认为，是罗昌平将刘铁男拉下马。
业界普遍认为，罗昌平这次被免职，与他高调举报刘铁男有关。因此质疑罗昌平是遭到“秋后算账”。
曾任《南方人才市场报》副总编，香港《大公报》《大周刊》主笔兼新闻部主任的政论专栏作家朱建国认为，罗昌平事件给中国的记者带来一定程度的恐惧。
中国政论专栏作家朱建国：“像罗昌平这样一个推动改革反腐败的新闻媒体人，不但没有受到奖励，提拔重要，反而被调离新闻工作岗位，这也是很明确的给大家示意，必须有真正的思想自由，你才可能真正的实现改革，否则那一切都是空的。”
今年33岁的罗昌平祖籍湖南，当过《中国商报》的首席记者、《新京报》深度报导部主编，2009年12月成为《财经》杂志副主编。
因为揭发刘铁男的贪腐事迹，罗昌平荣获“国际透明组织颁发“2013年度清廉奖”，也成为这个奖项创办10多年来，第一位获奖的中国大陆公民。
讽刺的是，罗昌平传出被免职的前一天——11月26号，获颁“2013网易中国英雄谱”传媒奖。
罗昌平这次被调离记者工作，最直接的导火索，可能是他今年去德国领取“透明国际年度清廉奖”时发表的感言。罗昌平不顾当局阻挠，坚持去德国领奖，并以“在政治雾霾中前行”为题发表致词，他说，“在中国若要驱散政治阴霾，推进腐败防治工作，不可能只靠政府，也需要公民社会和私领域的共同努力。”
外界认为，罗昌平在德国柏林的发言内容，触动了中共高层的敏感神经。
独立评论员 邢天行：“不管怎样，它都是体现了中共这种意识型态，和它一贯对媒体的箝制打压，这个本身使它（中共）对罗昌平这种敢讲真话的人，带着一种深深的戒备和恐惧，那么这种人是不希望他(罗)长硬翅膀和他(罗)的影响力越来越大，所以它(中共)肯定是要采取一些手段。”
罗昌平同时是《财经》姊妹杂志《Lens视觉》的副主编。
今年4月7号，大陆传媒《Lens视觉》发表《走出“马三家”》一文，披露了“辽宁马三家女子劳教所”令人怵目惊心的酷刑内幕，在国际引起轰动。很多人这才知道罗昌平与《视觉》的关系。
台湾《联合报》报导，最近中国大陆的记者、网路大咖被刑拘的消息不断传出，“有关部门”重点抓捕监督政府者，重创舆论监督力量，而出现寒蝉效应。
不过，前媒体人“邵芳卿”在微博发表消息说，我向罗昌平求证，得到的回答是“这是好事”，目前新职务暂未确定，研究院刚起步，白纸一张，空间很大。
《法国国际广播电台》引述评论人士的话表示，罗昌平此去“财经研究院”，基本上是投闲置散，但或者也是“联办”对他的一种低调隐忍的保护。
据了解，《财经》杂志和“财经研究院”的上级单位是“证券交易所研究设计联合办公室”，简称“联办”，一九九一年改名为“中国证券市场研究设计中心”。“财经研究院”是半年前刚成立的研究机构，但发展方向和定位不明。
采访/陈汉 编辑/黄亿美 后制/李勇
Media Whistleblower Luo Changping Demoted
Luo Changping is Vice Chief Editor of Mainland China’s Caijing magazine. Luo was recently demoted to Caijing Research Institute a branch agency of the magazine. This move demotion has puzzled the media, and been widely discussed on micro-blogs.
In December 2012, Luo Changping used his real-name to whistleblow the Deputy Director of the National Development & Reform Commission Liu Tienan. This involved revealing misconduct and corruption, including falsifying academic diplomas, collaboration with businessmenand keeping a mistress. At that time, Liu Tienan was taking a position as Director of the National Energy Agency.
In May this year, Liu was investigated on suspicion of illegal behavior and dismissed through “Twin Regulations". The media widely agreed that it was Luo who acted as a whistleblower in this case.
Journalist widely regard Luo’s demotion as being linked to his high-profile whistleblowing of Liu Tienan. It is questioned whether Luo has suffered a typical day of reckoning.
Mr Zhu Jianguo is a former Deputy Chief Editor of Southern Employment Market Newspaper. He was also a key political column writer, and Chief of News Department of Hong Kong-based Takungbao, and Big Weekly. He suggests that to a certain extent, this event has caused a terrifying situation.
Zhu Jianguo: “A person like Luo Changping, as a media practitioner pushing reforms and anti-corruption, does not receive any recognition. On the contrary, he is required to leave the news media field. This event signals that only real freedom of thought can be achieved through real reforms, otherwise, everything is null."
Luo Changping is 33 years old, and his family originate from Hunan Province. He took the position of the Chief Journalist of China Business Herald News Weekly. He was also Chief Editor of In-Depth Reporting at The Beijing News. Following this, he was appointed as the Deputy Chief Editor of Caijing Magazine, in December 2009.
Because of his actions as a whistleblower, Luo was issued with the 2013 Integrity Award by Transparency International. He became the first Mainland Chinese citizen to win the award.
Just one day before Luo was demoted,he was awarded with a media prize, for the 2013 Netease Chinese Hero List, on November 26.
The direct trigger for his demotion was perhaps his speech when he took the award from Transparency International in Germany. Despite attempts by the Chinese authorities to block him, Luo insisted on collecting the prize in Germany. His speech at the award ceremony was called, “Moving Forward During The Political Haze." He said that, “if China wants to dispel the political haze and enforces prevention of corruption, it is impossible to only rely on the Government. It requires joint efforts of citizen society and the private sectors."
It is considered that Luo’s speech in Berlin touched sensitive nerves in the higher echelons of the Chinese regime.
Xing Tianxing, Independent Commentator: “Nevertheless, this reflects the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ideology. With it’s usual suppression of the media, they have a deep caution and fear towards Luo, who dared to tell the truth. Hence, people like Luo are not expected to develop with stronger wings, nor to have a significant influence. Therefore, the CCP has to take measures to control it.”
Luo is also the Deputy Chief Editor of Lens Magazine, a sister publication of Caijing Magazine.
On April 7, 2013, Lens Magazine published an article titled Going Out Masanjia Labor Camp. It revealed appalling, inhuman torture taking place in this re-education unit, bringing it to international attention. Many people knew the relationship between Luo and Lens Magazine.
Taiwan-based United Daily News reported that many Chinese journalists and influential bloggers were arrested. Some concerned governmental departments focused on catching whistleblowers and those monitoring the regime. This heavily hit media supervisory abilities.
Former media practitioner Shao Fangqing commented in a micro-blog, confirming the news of Luo’s demotion. He discussed Luo’s response, that it was “a good thing." Currently, Luo’s new position in the branch is not defined. The branch institute is like a blank sheet of paper, and there is a plenty of space for him.
Radio France Internationale cited sources, that demotion may mean placing Luo in a position of less influence. However, it may also be a form of low-profile protection.
It is understood that Caijing Magazine and Caijing Institute are both managed by Security Exchange Institute Joint Office. This was known by it’s short name of ‘Joint Office’. In 1991, it was renamed as “China Security Market Institute Design Centre." The Caijing Institute is a new institute, which has just been established without specific orientation.
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