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Unmasked: Chinese guardians
of Olympic torch
Jane Macartney and Richard Ford
London
Times
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
China’s blue-clad flame attendants, whose aggressive methods
of safeguarding the Olympic torch have provoked international
outcry, are paramilitary police from a force spun off from the
country’s army.
The squad of 30 young men from the police academy that turns
out the cream of the paramilitary security force has the job at
home of ensuring riot control, domestic stability and the protection
of diplomats.
Questions are now being asked as to who authorised their presence
as the torch was carried through London. The Conservatives demanded
clarification from the Government last night.
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The guards’ task for the torch relay is to ensure the flame
is never extinguished – although it was put out three times
in Paris – and now increasingly to prevent protesters demonstrating
against Chinese rule in Tibet from interfering with it.
But the aggression with which the guards have been pursuing their
brief has provoked anger, not least in London where they were
seen wrestling protesters to the ground and were described as
“thugs” by Lord Coe.
The Olympic medallist and organiser of the 2012 Games was overheard
saying that the officials had pushed him around as the torch made
its way through the capital on Sunday. He added that other countries
on the route should “get rid of those guys”.
Full
article here.
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