Duke University student Wang's father says he doesn't need police protection

QINGDAO, Shandong, April 24 (Xinhua) -- Wang Deyu, father of controversial Duke University student Grace Wang, has remained at work and seldom returns home in Qingdao City these days, after his daughter became a target of protests mainly in Internet forums for her support of "Free Tibet" protestors in the United States.

"Wang refused a meeting with the police on matters of individual harassment outside his apartment. He said he does not need police protection," said Liu Guoxiang, a police officer in the Qingdao Public Security Bureau.

Wang, a human resource manager in a cargo tally company under the Qingdao Bureau of Port Affairs in Shandong Province, has shunned contacts with the outside.

Protesting words such as "Wake up. No Fun to Be a Traitor" were painted on the outside wall of Wang's apartment.

"We have purged the graffiti, and are preparing to whitewash the wall," said Dai Guilan, a senior woman in charge of the residential committee of Zhenjiang Road, where Wang's home is.

She said that the neighborhood was not disturbed, nor were there any signs of protest, despite calls for such on the Internet. Many neighbors don't even know of the matter, she said.

"We don't see Wang Deyu and his wife very often. They seldom lived here even before the incident," said Dai.

Wang's daughter, Wang Qianyuan, more widely known since the incident at Duke University by her English name of Grace Wang, was reported to have been criticized by her fellow Chinese students for wearing a "Free Tibet" T-shirt on a campus protest.