Axact對《紐約時報》報道的迴應

Following is Axact’s response to a New York Times article published on May 18 asserting that the Pakistan-based company is at the center of a global network of fake online schools offering unaccredited degrees for money.

以下是Axact公司對5月18日發表於《紐約時報》的一篇報道的迴應，報道指稱總部位於巴基斯坦的Axact公司創建了一個虛假在線學校全球網絡，通過出售無認證學位牟利。

The response was originally published on the company’s website here and is copied below.

這篇迴應最初發表在該公司的網站上，現轉載如下。

Axact’s Official Response to the defamatory article

Axact公司對誹謗報道的官方迴應

Axact’s official response to an article published by New York Times reporter in collaboration with its local partner Express media Group and some other media outlets to hurt the success of BOL (Express Media Group publishes International New York Times in Pakistan).

《紐約時報》記者在其當地合作伙伴“快報傳媒集團”(Express Media Group)以及其他一些媒體的配合下，發表了一篇報道，以破壞BOL集團的成就，Axact公司爲此做出正式迴應。（快報傳媒集團負責《國際紐約時報》在巴基斯坦的發行）。

This is regarding a defamatory article published by New York Times (NYT) regarding Axact.

本回應針對發表在《紐約時報》（下稱NYT）的一篇誹謗Axact公司的文章。

Axact condemns this story as baseless, substandard, maligning, defamatory, and based on false accusations and merely a figment of imagination published without taking the company’s point of view. Axact will be pursuing strict legal action against the publications and those involved.

Axact公司譴責這篇毫無根據、不合規範、惡意中傷、誹謗和誣告的報道，它在無端指控的基礎上進行了憑空想象，將本公司的角度排除在外。Axact公司將對報章及相關人等採取嚴厲的法律措施。

It is clarified that NYT in Pakistan is partnered with Express Media Group to publish International NYT in Pakistan and receive earnings from the group. Express Group was under a restraining order and contempt of court proceedings by Sind High Court for publishing a defamatory news item and further from publishing anything detrimental to Axact’s reputation. (Click here to view the courts restraining order). Hence Express Media Group to counter the success of BOL and to circumvent the court order has got this story published via its partner NYT in collaboration with some reporter called Declan Walsh.

衆所周知，NYT與快報傳媒集團合作，在巴基斯坦發行《國際版紐約時報》，並從集團獲取回報。快報集團曾因發表誹謗新聞而得到信德高等法院(Sind High Court)的禁制令以及藐視法庭的指控，禁制令禁止其進一步發佈任何損害Axact公司聲譽的內容。（點擊此處查看法院的禁制令)。因此，快報傳媒集團爲遏制BOL的成功，繞過法院禁制令，在名叫德克蘭·沃爾什(Declan Walsh)的記者配合下，通過其合作伙伴NYT發表了這篇文章。

It should also be noted that a few months back in a registered criminal case by Axact for Data Theft (Criminal case No.561/2015), Police investigations led to Mr. Sultan Lakhani as the ultimate hidden owner of that company involved in Data theft of Axact and other IT companies and his name was included in the interim police Challan. (Click here to see the police challan mentioning Sultan Lakhani). After which Mr. Sultan also tried to transfer the investigations to another Police department of his choice but on 12th May 2015 that transfer was also suspended by Sind High Court and the criminal investigation again started against Mr. Sultan Lakhani. (Click here to view the request for transfer,transfer order and court order suspending the transfer).

此外還應指出，幾個月前Axact公司向警方報告數據盜竊刑事案件（刑事案件No.561/2015），警方的調查表明，在Axact公司和其他IT企業數據被盜案件中，蘇爾坦·拉克哈尼先生(Mr. Sultan Lakhani)是隱藏在涉案公司背後的最終所有人，他的名字被列入警方臨時指控記錄。（點擊此處查看涉及蘇爾坦·拉克哈尼的警方記錄）。此後蘇爾坦先生還試圖將調查工作移至另一個自己選擇的警察局，但該移交於2015年5月12日被信德高等法院中止，針對蘇爾坦·拉克哈尼先生的調查重新展開。（點擊此處查看案件移交申請、移交令和法院中止移交的判令）。

The story is authored by some reporter Declan Walsh of NYT who was expelled from Pakistan as Persona non-grata by Pakistan Interior Ministry allegedly due to his involvement in damaging Pakistan’s national interests. Even the media group he is affiliated with, the Express Tribune, published a story against him (click here to read more). Several other organizations have also written about him (click here to read more). This reporter has worked and devised a one-sided story without taking any input from the company. A last-minute, haphazard elusive email was sent to the company demanding an immediate response by the next day to which the attorney for Axact responded. Click here to view the response.

這則報道是由一名叫德克蘭·沃爾什的《紐約時報》記者撰寫，該記者曾作爲不受歡迎的人被巴基斯坦內政部驅逐出巴基斯坦，原因是參與破壞巴基斯坦國家利益的行動。即使是他所隸屬的傳媒集團《論壇快報》(Express Tribune)，都發表了一篇反對他的報道（點擊此處閱讀更多）。還有幾個組織也曾發表關於他的文章（點擊此處閱讀更多）。這名記者在沒有從公司獲得任何信息的情況下，捏造了一則片面的故事。在報道發出前最後一刻，公司收到一封隨意寫就、語焉不詳的電子郵件，要求公司在第二天前立即作出回覆，Axact公司律師迴應了這封郵件。點擊此處查看回應。

Moreover, this reporter has not mentioned the conflict of interest which the NYT has due to its association with Express Media as its revenue source in Pakistan. This necessary disclosure regarding the criminal cases on NYT Partner in Pakistan was deliberately omitted and is an injustice to the reader not expected of a publication like NYT.

此外，這名記者沒有提及與《紐約時報》存在的利益關係，《紐約時報》將其與快報傳媒集團的合作視爲在巴基斯坦的收入來源。鑑於《紐約時報》的巴基斯坦合作伙伴涉嫌刑事案件，這種利益關係的披露是必要的，但在文中被有意隱去，如此不義之舉，不應該是NYT這樣的媒體所爲。

In an exemplary display of poor journalistic skills and yellow journalism, the writer quoted references from several imaginary employees to corroborate accusations made out of thin air. None of these accusations have been substantiated with any real proof. Search engines have been used to type ‘fake degrees’ and whatever images have turned up have been portrayed as evidence. Additionally, no proof has been given linking any of these sites and allegations to Axact and widely recognized names such as that of John Kerry have been used to increase the impact of the story. In fact the writer himself admits that when he approached these universities, they denied having any links with Axact. Furthermore, in a glaring display of bias, he didn’t even mention the fact that all these previous published allegations have been more than adequately addressed by Axact earlier in the civil suit 907/2013 filed against GEO and others.

作者在文中引用了若干虛構員工的話，以證實一些無中生有的指控，堪稱蹩腳的報道技巧和黃色新聞寫作的典型。所有的指控都沒有任何真正的證據支持。作者在搜索引擎中鍵入“假學位”，顯示的所有圖片都被其稱爲證明。此外，沒有證據表明這些網站和事實陳述與Axact有關。一些大人物的名字也被用來提高故事的衝擊力，例如約翰·克里(John Kerry)。事實上，作者承認，當他聯繫這些大學時，它們都否認同Axact有關係。此外還有一個非常醒目的證據證明作者具有偏向性：作者甚至沒有提到，在此前對GEO及其它公司發起的民事訴訟907/2013中，Axact已經對報道中提及的指控做出了極其充分的闡述。

One aspect that stands very clear from all this is that a personal grudge has been displayed by the writer. Parallels laded with negativity have been drawn with the portrayal of positive Pakistan and also including references to the Silicon Valley as if offering world-class facilities to employees is something that we should be ashamed about when it is our pride. This reminds us of the story made by Forbes against NYT reporters of publishing false stories. Click here to read more

有一點是非常明確的，作者在文中表現出了私人恩怨。文章將此事和巴基斯坦的正面描繪進行了充滿負面的對比，還用硅谷(Silicon Valley)作爲參照，彷彿爲員工提供世界一流環境這樣一個引以爲榮的事，是我們應該感到羞恥的。這令我們想起之前福布斯(Forbes)的一則報道，指出《紐約時報》記者曾發表假新聞。詳情請點擊這裏

For information on Axact Education Unit, it is hereby clarified that Axact provides a comprehensive education management system that benefits diverse bodies of students and caters to all types of educational institutions—online and traditional. It is a 360 degree solution for students and faculty around the globe, available on multiple educational platforms being its core capability. For details on this, click here.

關於Axact教育部門的信息，本公司特此澄清，Axact提供完整的教育管理系統，惠及多元化的學生羣體，滿足各類教育機構——不管是線上還是傳統機構的需求。對全球的學生和學校，這都是一個完美的選擇。本系統的核心能力是適用於多個教育平臺。詳情請點擊這裏

Furthermore, Axact’s Online Education Management System is World’s Leader outside North America. And Axact is now collaborating with other renowned education groups in the USA to provide its Education Management System and is poised to be a major player in the online education industry of USA by 2018.

此外，Axact的線上教育管理系統，在北美以外的地方是處於領先的。目前，我們正在與美國一些知名教育團體合作創建教育管理系統，準備在2018年時成爲美國線上教育產業的主要參與者。

All ten business units of Axact are completely legitimate, legal and committed to enhancing the quality of IT services across the world.

Axact下屬十個業務部門全部是完全正規、合法的，均致力於提高全球IT服務的質量。

From the very first day of announcement of BOL, certain elements have started campaigning against Axact and BOL. The GEO/Jang group and Express Media Group being direct competitors of BOL (initiated by Axact) have started a defamation campaign and other criminal pursuits since last 2 years accusing BOL of belonging to multiple groups, sometimes establishment, sometimes a real estate tycoon and sometimes other controversial personalities and were coining all kind of conspiracy theories. Now they have planned this story in collaboration with this reporter as evident from the fact that within less than 60 seconds of the publishing of this article, these media outlets started spreading this maligning campaign via different means. It is also come to our notice that they are planning with other foreign media groups to publish this story with different angles.

從宣佈創辦BOL的那一天起，一些人就發起了反對Axact和BOL的運動。GEO/Jang集團和快報傳媒集團是BOL（由Axact創辦）的直接競爭者。兩年前開始，它們發起了污衊BOL的宣傳運動，同時還對BOL提起刑事訴訟，指控BOL屬於多個集團，有的時候說是權力階層，有的時候說是地產大亨，有的時候是一些有爭議的人物。它們捏造了各種陰謀論。現在它們又跟這位記者一同策劃了這個故事。證據很明顯，這篇文章發表後的60秒內，這些媒體機構就開始在各種渠道散播污衊的言論。我們還注意到，它們還在計劃與國外媒體一起以多個角度刊發這個故事。

It should be noted that the announcement of BOL as a positive and pro-Pakistan channel in Pakistan who cares for its employees has shaken these traditional media houses who have promoted hatred, despair, negativity and hopelessness in Pakistan. Axact and BOL have vigorously pursued these elements that are desperate to malign BOL and Axact.

需要指出的是，BOL作爲一個正面的、支持巴基斯坦、尊重其僱員的渠道的聲明動搖了這些傳統媒體。這些媒體宣傳巴基斯坦的仇恨、絕望、消極和無望。Axact和BOL對這些正面信息的積極追求，引來這些媒體的誹謗與中傷。

BOL has addressed this in the past and the following link on its website gives details of these defamation and other criminal activities and how Axact and BOL have addressed these legally.

BOL在過去也處理過這些問題，點擊以下的鏈接可以閱讀關於這些誹謗和犯罪活動的詳細信息，以及過去Axact和BOL是如何通過法律途徑來解決問題的。