《The Age》头版头条:中国留学生号召保卫堪培拉奥运圣火传递

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From a Chinese student website.




据2008年4月16日《The Age》的“今日头版头条”报道，中国留学生号召华人留学生和移民4月24日在堪培拉保卫北京奥运圣火传递活动。预计当天将有10,000名中国留学生和华人移民前往堪培拉。

国际奥委会副主席Kevan Gosper日前表示，中国蓝衣卫士有助于保护堪培拉的圣火传递安全，此番言论在澳洲立即引起骚动和争议。陆克文总理已经拒绝了这位奥委会副主席的建议。他说，奥运圣火传递时所有的中国相关官员都将被安置在一辆巴士中跟随圣火传递队伍，并且他们不得参与圣火传递的保安工作。

另据报道，堪培拉奥运圣火传递组委会主席Ted Quinlan强硬表态，如果届时中方的圣火传递护卫敢于对任何人“动手”，他们将被逮捕。这些中国卫士的唯一任务只是万一奥运圣火被熄灭，他们参与重新点燃火炬，但他们不得执行任何保安任务。

联邦政府检察总长Robert McClelland也表示，这次圣火传递的所有保安工作将由联邦警方全权负责。





Students plan mass torch 'defence'


April 16, 2008  The Age

THOUSANDS of Chinese Australians are being asked to converge on Canberra next week to rally and defend the Olympic torch against pro-Tibet protesters.

The mass campaign is being organised by Chinese student and community leaders in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, while the Chinese embassy in Canberra is also said to be actively supporting a peaceful show of strength.

Zhang Rongan, of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, said he expected more than 10,000 Chinese and Chinese Australians to go to Canberra for the torch arrival on April 24. He said he was arranging "strong men" to protect against any attacks from pro-Tibet or Falun Gong forces.

But other Chinese Australian student representatives stressed last night that there were no plans for violent protests.

Moves to mobilise Chinese Australians came as the torch's international journey continued to be disrupted by the prospect of trouble, with India and Pakistan yesterday announcing altered routes for their respective legs of the relay and Japan cancelling a big torch-related event.

There was also uproar in Australia after International Olympic Committee deputy president Kevan Gosper said Chinese security officers would help defend the torch in Canberra in the event of "really serious trouble".

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd slapped down Mr Gosper's suggestion, saying Chinese officials would be on a bus trailing the torch and would have no security role — a situation confirmed by the Australian Federal Police and local Olympic officials.

Plans to mobilise Chinese support for the torch in Australia follow an outpouring of anger among Chinese nationals and ethnic Chinese around the world over images of pro-Tibet protesters in London and Paris "attacking" the torch, which they see as a symbol of China's re-emergence in the world.

The sentiment was expressed in central Melbourne last weekend when an estimated 4000 people rallied in support of China's rule of Tibet.

Perceptions that the West is pro-Tibet and anti-China have been fuelled in China by private bloggers and the state propaganda machine.

Some of the protest leaders behind the Canberra campaign are borrowing the militaristic anti-Tibet and anti-Western rhetoric that is bubbling out of China. One letter widely circulated in Australian Chinese communities says "the China forces" in Canberra are weak and need reinforcement because the city is a "separatist base" for Falun Gong, pro-Tibet, pro-Uighur (in Xinjiang province) and other "splittists".

And it says no Chinese can tolerate being humiliated by "scum of the Chinese nation" and "running dogs".

"Whether you carry a Chinese passport or are an Australian citizen, I believe that each and every one of you, the sons and daughters of China, are as one with us in loyalty and love for the motherland!" it says.

The letter also promotes free bus rides from Sydney and Melbourne to Canberra.

This and other calls to protest are being promoted through Chinese-Australian websites such as www.aobo.com.au.

Zhang Zhuning, chairman of the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, said police were underestimating the "piles of monks" and "paid" thugs who would create trouble in Canberra. But he said he was not afraid of local Falun Gong groups because Chinese triad gangs had "quietened them down".

Other student groups played down the likelihood of trouble, at least from torch relay supporters.

Lydia Liu, of Sydney University's Chinese Students Association, said she believed students travelling to Canberra did not intend to protest. "I do know some Chinese students will go to Canberra to support the torch relay on their own initiative," she said.

"We as an organisation hope that the torch relay will peacefully pass through Australia on its way to Beijing."

Jimmy Xie, from Canberra University, said Chinese students would go to see the torch because they were proud their country was hosting the Olympics, but they would not be there to protect the torch. "The Chinese people want to be friendly to everyone," he said. "We don't want a fight. We want to wish good luck to China."

The friend-and-enemy language about Tibet and the Olympic torch is more extreme inside China. Individuals who have called for moderation or dialogue, such as an editor called Chang Ping at the Southern Metropolis Daily, have been subjected to vicious, personal denunciations on blog sites and in state-controlled newspapers.

Zhang Rongan said the Chinese embassy in Canberra "is organising buses, food and places to stay" for protesters.

A Chinese security official in Beijing has told The Age the embassy has been organising volunteers to help protect the torch. The embassy could not be contacted yesterday.

Meanwhile, Pakistan has changed the venue for its torch run and India has slashed the route for its leg of the relay amid fears of disruption.

The torch is due to arrive in Islamabad today on the first leg of its relay in Asia. "As such there's no threat but, obviously, because of the overall security environment, we didn't want to take a chance," Pakistan Olympic Association spokesman Baseer Haider said, explaining the change of venue.

In India, the torch's planned journey through a New Delhi neighbourhood tomorrow has been cut by two-thirds, according to local media reports.

In Japan, a public celebration linked to the torch relay in the city of Nagano has been cancelled due to security concerns.

With REUTERS, AFP

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Chinese 'torch attendants' could be arrested


April 16, 2008 - 9:08AM

Chinese paramilitary officers will be arrested if they "laid a hand" on anybody during the Canberra leg of the Olympic torch relay, organisers say.

The officers' only responsibility will be to re-light the torch if it is extinguished at any stage tomorrow week.

Chairman of the Canberra relay taskforce Ted Quinlan says the so-called torch attendants would have no responsibility for security.

"The answer is no they won't and, in fact, they could be subject to arrest in fact if they laid a hand on somebody," he told ABC Radio.

Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland said security would be the responsibility of the Australian Federal Police.

"The only role that they - the Chinese officials - will play will be to light the torch should it be extinguished and that will be the sole role that they will play in these events," Mr McClelland told ABC Radio.

The army is not expected to play a role in security.

"The army will not be called out," Mr McClelland said.

"There are very strict and limited circumstances involving for instance a catastrophic terrorist event that is on the capacity of a state to deal with.

"In no way, shape or form will this be of that category."

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WTFAUS

是不是以前火炬传递，都是只有主办国提供安全护卫，还是这次中国自己搞出来的？

villa

据2008年4月16日《悉尼晨锋报》报道，4月24日在首都堪培拉举行的北京奥运圣火传递活动中，澳洲联邦警察AFP被授于额外的更大权力，制止任何可能干扰奥运圣火传递仪式的行为。

警方有权在圣火传递沿线截停行人并进行搜查，禁止和没收任何象球类、鸡蛋、颜料炸弹等敏感物品和攻击性武器。警方相信，一些物品会被用来干扰圣火传递，这些物品包括灭火器，水桶，装满顏料的气球等。其他被禁的还包括玻璃制品，烟雾弹，汽油，球类，鸡蛋等物品。





AFP get extra powers for Oly torch relay

   
April 16, 2008 - 10:28AM  Sydney Morning Herald

Australian Federal Police will be given tough new powers to deal with any attempts to disrupt the Olympic torch relay in Canberra next week.

Police will be specially authorised to stop and search people along the relay route and ban them from carrying "prohibited items" including "balls, eggs, paint bombs and any similar item that is likely to be used as a projectile".

ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope said the AFP had asked for the increased powers.

"The police powers provide, just for this day, enhanced powers of search and they do prohibit the taking into a designated area certain offensive weapons and certain materials," Mr Stanhope told ABC radio.

Prohibited materials included items that "police would have a reasonable belief would be used to disrupt the torch relay" such as fire extinguishers, buckets of water and balloons filled with paint.

Also on the banned list are glass items, smoke bombs, petrol and other dangerous goods, balls and eggs.

The declaration is being made under the Major Events Security Act 2000 which was introduced in the ACT at the time of the Sydney Olympic Games.

It will cover the 20km relay route from the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin to Parliament House and along Commonwealth Avenue to Canberra's main business precinct, Civic.

The bulked-up powers will be in place for eight hours on the day before the relay, April 23, and for all of April 24.

Despite the chief minister saying the declaration would be in place for just one day, a spokesman for Attorney-General Simon Corbell confirmed the it would apply for a pre-relay briefing at the National Convention Centre for media and torchbearers on April 23.

Mr Stanhope said the extra powers were needed to deal with a potential clash between pro-Chinese and pro-Tibetan demonstrators.

Thousands of Chinese Australians are planning to defend the Beijing torch in Canberra.

"It's in the context of a potential for a clash between two competing groups of demonstrators or protesters that the police have asked for these additional powers," Mr Stanhope said.

Anyone entering the designated areas would be subject to enhanced powers, he said.

Mr Corbell said the powers were similar to those used for major sporting events in Sydney or Melbourne.

ACT Policing was continuing to develop its plan for protecting the torch.

"I won't be disclosing the exact number of police, but it will be a very significant police presence," Mr Corbell told ABC radio.

Meanwhile, organisers say Chinese paramilitary officers would be arrested if they "laid a hand" on anybody during the torch relay.

The officers' only responsibility will be to re-light the torch if it is extinguished at any stage.

Chairman of the Canberra relay taskforce Ted Quinlan says the so-called torch attendants would have no responsibility for security.

"The answer is no they won't and, in fact, they could be subject to arrest in fact if they laid a hand on somebody," he told ABC Radio.

Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland said security would be the responsibility of the Australian Federal Police.

"The only role that they - the Chinese officials - will play will be to light the torch should it be extinguished and that will be the sole role that they will play in these events," Mr McClelland told ABC Radio.

The army is not expected to play a role in security.

"The army will not be called out," Mr McClelland said.

"There are very strict and limited circumstances involving for instance a catastrophic terrorist event that is on the capacity of a state to deal with.

"In no way, shape or form will this be of that category."

intel5858

Another One.

Chinese 'torch attendants' could be arrested

http://www.theage.com.au/news/na ... /1208025233089.html

qqyang

We should show the manner as a good Australian citizen, report all suspect terrorists to the AFP.