How I named, shamed and jailed | Anas Aremeyaw Anas

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

翻译人员: illusion Hung 校对人员: WE SHEE YAP

I am sorry I cannot show you my face,

抱歉，我无法以真面目示人

because if I do, the bad guys will come for me.

因为如果这么做，坏人会找上我

My journey started 14 years ago.

这段旅程始于14年前

I was a young reporter. I had just come out of college.

当时我是个年轻记者，刚从大学毕业

Then I got a scoop.

然后我拿到一则独家新闻

The scoop was quite a very simple story.

那则独家新闻是十分简单的故事

Police officers were taking bribes

警察向街头小贩收贿

from hawkers who were hawking on the streets.

警察向街头小贩收贿

As a young reporter, I thought that I should do it

身为一位年轻的记者，我认为必须

in a different way, so that it has a maximum impact,

以不同方式报导，使这则新闻产生最大的影响力

since everybody knew that it was happening,

因为每个人都知道这个情形

and yet there was nothing that was keeping it out of the system.

却无法杜绝这个陋习

So I decided to go there

因此我决定走上街头

and act as a seller.

扮成一个小贩

As part of selling, I was able to document

卖东西之余，我也能搜集

the hard core evidence.

核心证据

The impact was great.

效果十分显著

It was fantastic.

棒极了

This was what many call immersion journalism,

这就是人们所谓的浸入式报导

or undercover journalism.

或卧底报导

I am an undercover journalist.

我是个卧底记者

My journalism is hinged on three basic principles:

我的报导立足于三项基本原则：

naming, shaming and jailing.

揭露罪犯姓名、使其蒙羞、使其入狱

Journalism is about results.

新闻报导的重点在于结果

It's about affecting your community or your society

在于影响社区或社会

in the most progressive way.

以最具成效的方式

I have worked on this for over 14 years,

我从事这项工作已超过14年

and I can tell you, the results are very good.

我可以告诉各位，效果非常棒

One story that comes to mind

我想起其中一个故事

in my undercover pieces

来自我的卧底报导

is "Spirit Child."

标题是〈灵子〉（Spirit Child）

It was about children who were born with deformities,

内容是关于先天畸形的孩童

and their parents felt that once they were born

他们的父母认为一旦孩子先天畸形

with those deformities,

他们的父母认为一旦孩子先天畸形

they were not good enough to live in the society,

就不适合生存于这个社会

so they were given some concoction to take

因此他们被迫服用某种药汁

and as a result they died.

孩子因此丧命

So I built a prosthetic baby,

因此我订制了一个假婴儿

and I went into the village,

前往那座村庄

pretended as though this baby had been born

假装这个婴儿

with a deformity, and here was the guys who do the killing.

先天畸形，这就是那些杀婴凶手

They got themselves ready.

他们已准备就绪

In their bids to kill, I got the police on standby,

当他们准备行动时，我请警察在一旁待命

and they came that fateful morning

他们在那个命运的早晨现身，准备杀婴

to come and kill the child.

他们在那个命运的早晨现身，准备杀婴

I recall how they were seriously boiling the concoction.

我记得他们多么认真地烹煮药汁

They put it on fire. It was boiling hot,

他们将药汁放在炉火上，药汁沸腾着

getting ready to give to the kids.

准备给孩子服用

Whilst this was going on, the police I had alerted,

此时，我事先知会过的警察已在一旁待命

they were on standby,

此时，我事先知会过的警察已在一旁待命

and just as the concoction was ready,

就在药汁完成

and they were about to give it to the kids,

准备给孩子服用时

I phoned the police,

我打电话给警察

and fortunately they came and busted them.

所幸警察及时赶到，逮捕了他们

As I speak now, they are before the courts.

我叙述这个故事的当下，他们正在出庭

Don't forget the key principles:

别忘了其中的关键原则：

naming, shaming and jailing.

揭露罪犯姓名、使其蒙羞、使其入狱

The court process is taking place,

法庭程序正在进行

and I'm very sure at the end of the day

我确信那天结束前

we will find them, and we will put them

我们会找到他们，将他们送往

where they belong too.

他们该去的地方

Another key story that comes to mind,

我想到另一个重要的故事

which relates to this spirit child phenomenon,

和这个“灵子”现象有关

is "The Spell of the Albinos."

标题为〈白子诅咒〉（The Spell of the Albinos）

I'm sure most of you may have heard, in Tanzania,

我相信在座大部分人听说过，在坦桑尼亚

children who are born with albinism

罹患白化症的孩童

are sometimes considered as being unfit

有时被认为不适合

to live in society.

生存于这个社会

Their bodies are chopped up with machetes

他们肢体遭弯刀截下

and are supposed to be used for some concoctions

或许被用于制作药汁

or some potions for people to get money --

或供人图利的药剂

or so many, many stories people would tell about it.

或许多人们传言中的用途

It was time to go undercover again.

是再次卧底的时候了

So I went undercover as a man who was interested

因此我展开卧底行动，扮成一位

in this particular business, of course.

对这门生意感兴趣的人，当然

Again, a prosthetic arm was built.

我再次订制了一条假手臂

For the first time, I filmed on hidden camera

那是第一次，我用隐藏式摄影机

the guys who do this, and they were ready to buy the arm

拍下进行这项交易的人 他们准备购买这条手臂

and they were ready to use it to prepare

准备用它来调制药剂

those potions for people.

准备用它来调制药剂

I am glad today the Tanzanian government has taken action,

我很高兴目前坦桑尼亚政府已采取行动

but the key issue is that the Tanzanian government

但关键问题在于，坦桑尼亚政府

could only take action because the evidence was available.

只能在证据确凿的情况下采取行动

My journalism is about hard core evidence.

我的报导正是关于核心证据

If I say you have stolen, I show you the evidence

如果我指控你偷窃，我会展示你偷窃的证据

that you have stolen.

如果我指控你偷窃，我会展示你偷窃的证据

I show you how you stole it

我会揭露你偷窃的方法

and when, or what you used

偷窃的时间、工具和目的

what you had stolen to do.

偷窃的时间、工具和目的

What is the essence of journalism if it doesn't benefit society?

如果新闻报导 对社会没有好处，有何存在的必要？

My kind of journalism is a product

我的报导源于我的社会

of my society.

我的报导源于我的社会

I know that sometimes

我知道，有时

people have their own criticisms

人们对卧底报导有所争议

about undercover journalism.

人们对卧底报导有所争议

(Video) Official: He brought out some money from his pockets

（视频）官员：他从口袋里掏出一些钱

and put it on the table,

放在桌上

so that we should not be afraid.

试图让我们放心

He wants to bring the cocoa and send it to Cote d'Ivoire.

他想将可可运往科特迪瓦

So with my hidden intention, I kept quiet.

因为我有其他打算，我保持沉默

I didn't utter a word.

我一语不发

But my colleagues didn't know.

但我的同事毫不知情

So after collecting the money,

因此收了钱

when he left, we were waiting for him to bring the goods.

他离开之后，我们等他把货品带来

Immediately after he left, I told my colleagues that

他离开之后，我立刻告诉同事

since I was the leader of the group,

因为我是这个团队的领导者

I told my colleagues that if they come,

我告诉同事，如果他们前来

we will arrest them.

我们就将他们逮捕

Second official: I don't even know the place called [unclear].

第二名官员： 我甚至不知道那个叫〔不清楚〕的地方

I've never stepped there before.

我不曾去过那里

So I'm surprised.

因此我很讶异

You see a hand counting money just in front of me.

你看见有只手在我面前数钱

The next moment, you see the money in my hands,

下一秒，你看见钱在我手里数着

counting, whereas I have not come into contact with anybody.

但我不曾与任何人接触

I have not done any business with anybody.

我不曾与任何人进行交易

Reporter: When Metro News contacted investigative reporter

记者：当《都市日报》联系调查记者

Anas Aremeyaw Anas for his reaction,

Anas Aremeyaw Anas，想知道他的反应时

he just smiled and gave this video extract

他只是微笑着，提供这段

he did not use in the documentary recently shown onscreen.

不曾出现在近期播出的纪录片中的视频

The officer who earlier denied involvement

之前否认涉案的官员

pecks a calculator to compute the amount of money

按着计算器 计算他们打算对走私可可收取的贿款

they will charge on the cocoa to be smuggled.

按着计算器 计算他们打算对走私可可收取的贿款

Anas Aremeyaw Anas: This was another story on anticorruption.

Anas Aremeyaw Anas： 这是另一个与反贪污有关的故事

And here was him, denying.

这是那名矢口否认的官员

But you see, when you have the hard core evidence,

但如各位所见，当你拥有核心证据时

you are able to affect society.

就能影响社会

Sometimes these are some of the headlines that come. (Music)

有时报上会出现这样的头条（音乐）

[I will curse Anas to death]

〈我诅咒Anas不得好死〉

[Anas Lies]

〈Anas谎话连篇〉

[Alarm Blows Over Anas' News for Cash Video]

〈Anas用以图利的新闻视频引起轩然大波〉

[Agenda Against Top CEPS Officials Exposed]

〈对抗缉私局高层官员计划曝光〉

[Anas Operates with Invisible Powers?]

〈Anas拥有看不见的力量？〉

[Gov't Wobbles Over Anas Video]

〈Anas的视频令政府不安〉

[Hunting the Hunter]

〈猎捕猎人〉

[Anas 'Bribe' Men in Court]

〈Anas贿赂出庭者〉

[15 Heads Roll Over Anas Tape]

〈Anas的视频害死15人〉

[Finance Minister Backs Anas]

〈财政部长力挺Anas〉

[11 Given Queries Over Anas' Story]

〈对Anas报导的11个质疑〉

[GJA Stands By Anas]

〈加纳记者联盟支持Anas〉

[Prez. Mills Storms Tema Harbour Over Anas Video]

〈Anas的视频 使Mills总统于特马港大发雷霆〉

["Late Prof. John Evans Atta Mills: Former president of Ghana"]

〈加纳前总统John Evans Atta Mills〉

John Evans Atta Mills: What Anas says

John Evans Atta Mills： 很多人对Anas报导的事件

is not something which is unknown to many of us,

并非毫不知情

but please, those of you who are agents,

但听着，各位特工

and who are leading the customs officers into temptation,

还有使海关官员陷入诱惑的人

I'm telling you, Ghana is not going to say

我告诉你们，加纳不会对你们客气

any good things to you about this.

我告诉你们，加纳不会对你们客气

AAA: That was my president.

AAA：那是我国前总统

I thought that I couldn't come here

我想，既然来到这里

without giving you something special.

我必须给你们一些特别的东西

I have a piece, and I'm excited that

我有个故事，很高兴

I'm sharing it for the first time with you here.

能在这里第一次分享

I have been undercover in the prisons.

我曾经在监狱卧底

I have been there for a long time.

我在那里待了很长一段时间

And I can tell you, what I saw is not nice.

我可以告诉各位，我目睹的情形糟透了

But again, I can only affect society

但同样地，我无法影响社会

and affect government if I bring out the hard core evidence.

影响政府，除非我携出核心证据

Many times, the prison authorities have denied

无数次地，狱方矢口否认

ever having issues of drug abuse,

存在毒品滥用问题

issues of sodomy, so many issues they would deny

存在鸡奸问题 他们否认太多曾经发生过的事

that it ever happens.

存在鸡奸问题 他们否认太多曾经发生过的事

How can you obtain the hard core evidence?

如何才能取得核心证据？

So I was in the prison. ["Nsawan Prison"]

因此我进了监狱 〈Nsawan监狱〉

Now, what you are seeing is a pile of dead bodies.

好，你们眼中所见的是一堆尸体

Now, I happen to have followed one of my inmates,

我碰巧目睹一位室友

one of my friends, from his sick bed till death,

一位狱友，从卧病在床到死亡的过程

and I can tell you it was not a nice thing at all.

我可以告诉各位，简直惨不忍睹

There were issues of bad food being served

狱中的问题包括伙食极差

as I recall that some of the food I ate

我记得有些食物

is just not good for a human being.

并不适合人类食用

Toilet facilities: very bad.

厕所设备：非常差

I mean, you had to queue to get proper toilets to attend --

我指的是，你得排队才能用到象样的厕所

and that's what I call proper,

我所谓的象样是指

when four of us are on a manhole.

四人合用一个茅坑

It is something that if you narrate it to somebody,

这是即使说给某个人听

the person wouldn't believe it.

那个人也不会相信的情况

The only way that you can let the person believe

使那个人相信的唯一办法就是

is when you show hard core evidence.

让他目睹核心证据

Of course, drugs were abundant.

当然，毒品随处可见

It was easier to get cannabis, heroin and cocaine,

在监狱里取得大麻、海洛因和古柯碱

faster even, in the prison than outside the prison.

甚至比外面更快、更容易

Evil in the society is an extreme disease.

社会中的邪恶是一种重病

If you have extreme diseases,

如果罹患重病

you need to get extreme remedies.

就必须下重药

My kind of journalism might not fit in other continents

我的报导或许不适用于其他洲

or other countries,

或其他国家

but I can tell you, it works in my part of the continent

但我可以告诉各位，它适用于我所在的

of Africa, because usually, when people talk

非洲地区，因为人们谈到贪污时 通常会问，“证据在哪里？”

about corruption, they ask, "Where is the evidence?

非洲地区，因为人们谈到贪污时 通常会问，“证据在哪里？”

Show me the evidence."

“我要看证据”

I say, "This is the evidence."

我说，“这就是证据”

And that has aided in me putting a lot of people behind bars.

它帮助我将许多人送进监狱

You see, we on the continent are able

你们知道，在我身处的非洲

to tell the story better because we face the conditions

揭露这些故事较具影响力，因为我们能面对局势

and we see the conditions.

看清局势

That is why I was particularly excited

这就是为何我格外兴奋

when we launched our "Africa Investigates" series

当我们的《非洲调查》影集播出时

where we investigated a lot of African countries.

我们调查了许多非洲国家

As a result of the success of the "Africa Investigates" series,

由于《非洲调查》影集的成功

we are moving on to World Investigates.

我们打算着手进行《世界调查》

By the end of it, a lot more bad guys

调查结束时 将有更多非洲坏人被送进监狱

on our continent will be put behind bars.

调查结束时 将有更多非洲坏人被送进监狱

This will not stop.

调查不会停止

I'm going to carry on with this kind of journalism,

我打算继续从事这类报导

because I know that when evil men destroy,

因为我知道，欲打击坏人

good men must build and bind.

好人必须携手合作

Thank you very much.

十分感谢

(Applause)

（掌声）

Chris Anderson: Thank you. Thank you.

Chris Anderson：谢谢，谢谢

I have some questions for you.

我想请教一些问题

How did you end up in jail? This was just a few weeks ago, I believe, yeah?

你是怎么入狱的？ 这只是几星期前的事，对吗？

AAA: Sure. You know, undercover is all about

AAA：是的，你知道，卧底的重点在于

setting the priorities right, so we got people

安排好行动优先顺序 因此我们找人把我送上法庭

to take me to court.

安排好行动优先顺序 因此我们找人把我送上法庭

So I went through the very legal process,

因此我经由完全合法的程序入狱

because at the end of the day, the prison authorities

因为那天结束时 狱方会确认你是否确实上过法庭

want to check whether indeed you have been there or not,

因为那天结束时 狱方会确认你是否确实上过法庭

and that's how I got in there.

那就是我入狱的方法

CA: So someone sued you in court,

CA：因此有人控告你

and they took you there, and you were in remand custody

他们把你送上法庭，你因涉案遭到拘留

for part of it, and you did that deliberately.

AAA：是的 CA：你是故意这么做的？

AAA: Yes, yes.

AAA：是的，没错

CA: Talk to me just about fear

CA：我们谈谈关于恐惧的话题

and how you manage that,

你怎么处理这种感觉

because you're regularly putting your life at risk.

因为你经常让自己身处险境

How do you do that?

你如何克服这一点？

AAA: You see, undercover is always a last resort.

AAA：你知道，卧底一向是最后手段

Before we go undercover, we follow the rules.

进行卧底之前，我们一向照规矩行事

And I'm only comfortable and I'm purged of fear

只有在确认所有步骤都就绪之后 我才会感到自在、无所畏惧

whenever I am sure that all the steps

只有在确认所有步骤都就绪之后 我才会感到自在、无所畏惧

have been taken. I don't do it alone. I have a backup team

我并非独立作业，我有一个后援团队

who help ensure that the safety and all the systems

确保我的安全及整个系统

are put in place, but you've got to take

正确运作，但状况发生时

very intelligent decisions whenever they are happening.

你必须做出非常明智的决定

If you don't, you will end up losing your life.

如果做不到，就会送命

So yes, when the backup systems are put in place,

因此，当后援系统准备就绪

I'm okay, I go in. Risky, yes,

我就没问题 我会勇往直前，危险当然存在

but it's a hazard of a profession.

但这就是职业风险

I mean, everybody has their hazard.

我是指，任何人都可能遭遇风险

And once you say that is yours,

一旦你知道自己面临什么风险

you've got to take it, as and when it comes.

就必须承担风险来临时的后果

CA: Well, you're an amazing human and you've done amazing work

CA：嗯，你是个 了不起的人，从事了不起的工作

and you've taught us a story

我想你告诉我们的是

like no story I think any of us have heard before.

所有听众都不曾耳闻的故事

And we're appreciative. We salute you. Thank you so much, Anas.

十分感谢，我们向你致敬，非常感谢，Anas

AAA: Thank you.

AAA：谢谢

CA: Thank you. Stay safe. (Applause)

CA：谢谢，保重 （掌声）