China-FM Briefing/France
Beijing, China - March 28, 2017
1. New briefing of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Hua Chunying, spokeswoman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"On the evening of March 26 local time in France, a Chinese national was shot dead at his home in Paris by a French plain-clothes policeman. Some people from Chinese community in France went to local police bureau to present a petition and clashed with the police. Learning that, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs paid high attention and immediately instructed the Chinese embassy in France to activate the emergency response mechanism. The ministry lodged representations with France in the first time, urging France to find out the truth in a quick manner and take practical and effective measures to safeguard the security and legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens in France and deal with the reaction of Chinese community to the incident in a rational way. The Chinese embassy in France has sent staff members to visit and console the family of the dead man, and got ready to provide related assistance. The competent department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had an emergency meeting with the head of the French embassy in China today and lodged representations, and will work together with the Chinese embassy in France to continue to keep close watch and follow up the progress of the incident to maintain the security and legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens and institutions in France. At the same time, we also hope the Chinese in France can express their petitions in a rational and legitimate way."
3. Various of reporters
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged the French authorities to quickly find out the truth about a Chinese national being shot dead at his Paris home by a policeman on Sunday night, its spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
"On the evening of March 26 local time in France, a Chinese national was shot dead at his home in Paris by a French plain-clothes policeman. Some people from Chinese community in France went to local police bureau to present a petition and clashed with the police. Learning that, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs paid high attention and immediately instructed the Chinese embassy in France to activate the emergency response mechanism. The ministry lodged representations with France in the first time, urging France to find out the truth in a quick manner and take practical and effective measures to safeguard the security and legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens in France and deal with the reaction of Chinese community to the incident in a rational way," said Hua Chunying at a routine news briefing.
"The Chinese embassy in France has sent staff members to visit and console the family of the dead man, and got ready to provide related assistance. The competent department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had an emergency meeting with the head of the French embassy in China today and lodged representations, and will work together with the Chinese embassy in France to continue to keep close watch and follow up the progress of the incident to maintain the security and legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens and institutions in France. At the same time, we also hope the Chinese in France can express their petitions in a rational and legitimate way," she added.
Some French media reports described the killing as a "legitimate defense" against "an assailant with scissors." However, local Chinese media reports, quoting a daughter of the man, said the 160-cm-tall man, a father of five children, did not attack the policeman at all.
The French police and inspectors have started investigating the incident.
China-FM Briefing/France
Dateline : March 28, 2017
Location : Beijing,China
Duration : 1'32
Beijing, China - March 28, 2017
1. New briefing of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Hua Chunying, spokeswoman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
"On the evening of March 26 local time in France, a Chinese national was shot dead at his home in Paris by a French plain-clothes policeman. Some people from Chinese community in France went to local police bureau to present a petition and clashed with the police. Learning that, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs paid high attention and immediately instructed the Chinese embassy in France to activate the emergency response mechanism. The ministry lodged representations with France in the first time, urging France to find out the truth in a quick manner and take practical and effective measures to safeguard the security and legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens in France and deal with the reaction of Chinese community to the incident in a rational way. The Chinese embassy in France has sent staff members to visit and console the family of the dead man, and got ready to provide related assistance. The competent department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had an emergency meeting with the head of the French embassy in China today and lodged representations, and will work together with the Chinese embassy in France to continue to keep close watch and follow up the progress of the incident to maintain the security and legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens and institutions in France. At the same time, we also hope the Chinese in France can express their petitions in a rational and legitimate way."
3. Various of reporters
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged the French authorities to quickly find out the truth about a Chinese national being shot dead at his Paris home by a policeman on Sunday night, its spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
"On the evening of March 26 local time in France, a Chinese national was shot dead at his home in Paris by a French plain-clothes policeman. Some people from Chinese community in France went to local police bureau to present a petition and clashed with the police. Learning that, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs paid high attention and immediately instructed the Chinese embassy in France to activate the emergency response mechanism. The ministry lodged representations with France in the first time, urging France to find out the truth in a quick manner and take practical and effective measures to safeguard the security and legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens in France and deal with the reaction of Chinese community to the incident in a rational way," said Hua Chunying at a routine news briefing.
"The Chinese embassy in France has sent staff members to visit and console the family of the dead man, and got ready to provide related assistance. The competent department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had an emergency meeting with the head of the French embassy in China today and lodged representations, and will work together with the Chinese embassy in France to continue to keep close watch and follow up the progress of the incident to maintain the security and legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens and institutions in France. At the same time, we also hope the Chinese in France can express their petitions in a rational and legitimate way," she added.
Some French media reports described the killing as a "legitimate defense" against "an assailant with scissors." However, local Chinese media reports, quoting a daughter of the man, said the 160-cm-tall man, a father of five children, did not attack the policeman at all.
The French police and inspectors have started investigating the incident.
ID : 8046555
Published : 2017-03-28 16:25
Last Modified : 2017-05-09 22:06:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
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