'Torch relay protesters out to hijack Olympics'
CHINA: China said Tuesday that protesters were out to hijack
the Olympic Games as the torch relay embarked on a world tour that is
certain to ignite demonstrations.
Pro-Tibet activists, human rights campaigners and groups seeking to
end the crisis in Darfur say they plan protests during the relay, which
is scheduled to last 130 days and cover 137,000 kilometres (85,000
miles). "No plot to hijack the Beijing Olympics deserves the moral high
ground it claims," the official China Daily said Tuesday in an
editorial.
China maintains that protesters are attempting to politicise the
August 8-24 Olympics and that they are doomed to fail, claiming most
people around the world are opposed to linking controversies with the
showpiece events. Beijing, Tuesday, AFP |
