A streak of interrogations began on January 7 and will continue until mid-next week. The vast majority are officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Along the way, a string of internal documents from various authorities are presented.
They show that the Foreign Ministry has for years been preoccupied with Chinese “sensibilities” and demands to be free of “insulting demonstrations”. From sympathizers with Tibet or from followers of Falun Gong, which is described as a partially religiously based movement.
* 1998 – Visit by Deputy Prime Minister Li Langqing. The police plan stated: “Furthermore, it is the strategic intention to limit any disturbances in the form of demonstrations”.
* 1999 – Visit by Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan. According to the plan, the police would be “safe to possibly. Demonstrators not unnecessarily forules the Chinese Foreign Minister”.
* 2002 – Visit of Prime Minister Zhu Rongji. Fifteen times, Chinese authorities have expressed concern about protesters. The Chinese Embassy demanded that Falun Gong representatives be located 500 meters from the Radisson Hotel. Police officers have explained that demonstrators were placed so that they were not visible. Some were herded around behind a hedge.
* 2004 – During a visit by the Speaker of the People’s Congress, Wu Bangguo, the police planned for protesters to be out of sight during a visit to The Little Mermaid.
* 2009 – Climate Conference COP 15. The State Department was dissatisfied with the police’s original plan, which would allow Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to spot about 15 Falun Gong practitioners at the Bella Center.
* 2011 – Visit by Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. Demonstration was moved. The police planned to place a large car in front of the protesters.
* 2012 – State visit by President Hu Jintao. Demonstration was hidden from the president, and for example, officers tore Tibetan flags out of the hands of several citizens. “Take the flag from them, come!”, It sounded on the police radio.
* More than 100 citizens have received compensation because the police violated their constitutional rights.
* 2013 – Visit by Speaker Yu Zhengsheng. The police again prevented protesters in being visible. Falun Gong was given access to a press conference, prompting Lisbet Zilmer-Johns, then head of the State Department, to write the following message to the State Department: “It’s a huge steak.”
Source: The Nordic Page