Liu [Qi] was promoted in 2002 to Beijing Communist Party secretary and given a seat on the country’s 25-member Politburo, China’s top decision-making body. Last May, Liu made Time magazine’s “Time 100,” a list of “100 men and women whose power, talent or moral example is transforming the world.” wrote Shahien Nasiripour, who first published the article in Truth dig, April 24, 2008. Read here
President Sarkozy of France, and current President of the European Union, might want to change his travel plans to attend the Beijing opening ceremonies and have a word with Liu about certain criminal charges brought against him in America in 2004:
[I]n an extensive legal opinion, the U.S. District Court in San Francisco determined that Liu was responsible for the illegal detention and torture of two Chinese nationals and a sexual assault against a French woman in China. Source: See above
What effect will this matter have on the status of Liu and his position as head of the Beijing games? None I suspect. However, it is gratifying to read that Anita L. DeFrantz was quite relaxed about Liu’s private life, when informed of the criminal charges brought against him: indeed, she is quoted as saying:
“What difference does it make?” asked Anita L. DeFrantz, the senior U.S. member of the International Olympic Committee, when informed of the judgment against Liu. “I care very deeply about human rights,” DeFrantz said. “[But] this doesn’t tarnish the Games.” Source: see above
But there was no need to worry about the Games, the champion of democracy in the Free World George Bush entered the fray, urging the court to dismiss the case.
“We would respectfully urge the Court to fashion its final orders in a manner that would minimize the potential injury to the foreign relations of the United States,” the State Department said”. Source: see above
What about the injury sustained by three women? And how many others women and men have seen justice perverted in support of corporate interest over human rights in Beijin since Liu has been responsible for the management of the Beijin Olympic Games?
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