VARIOUS: CHINA DENIES GRABBING NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER FROM SOUTH KOREAN CONSULATE IN BEIJING.

Record ID: 969975

  • Title: VARIOUS: CHINA DENIES GRABBING NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER FROM SOUTH KOREAN CONSULATE IN BEIJING.
  • Date: 14th June 2002
  • Summary: (W2) BEIJING, CHINA (JUNE 13, 2002) (KBS - NO ACCESS KOREA) 1. MV: CHINESE POLICE SURROUNDING NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER INSIDE CHINESE SECURITY GUARD BOOTH IN FRONT OF SOUTH KOREAN CONSULATE IN BEIJING, CHINESE POLICEMAN SAYING: "This is China, this is China, it's China over here." 0.10 2. MV: ARGUMENT BREAKING OUT 0.23 3. MV/PAN: SCUFFLES BREAKING OUT AS CHINESE POLICE TRY TO FORCE THEIR WAY INTO POLICE BOOTH, SOUTH KOREAN DIPLOMATS TRYING TO PROTECT NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER, POLICEMEN AND DIPLOMATS FALLING OVER FENCE, CHINESE POLICEMAN PUNCHING AND THROWING MAN ON GROUND, CHINESE POLICEMEN DRAGGING NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER AWAY FROM CONSULATE 1.17 4. MV: CHINESE POLICEMAN AND SOUTH KOREAN DIPLOMAT WRESTLING WITH EACH OTHER 1.23 5. GV/PAN: UNMARKED POLICE VAN SPEEDING AWAY 1.28 6. GV: CHINESE POLICEMEN WALKING AWAY 1.32 7. GV: SOUTH KOREAN DIPLOMAT SHOWING SUIT TORN TO PIECES 1.38 (U3) BEIJING, CHINA (JUNE 14, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 8. GV/CU: EXTERIOR CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA EMBLEM (2 SHOTS) 1.48 9. GV/SV: LIU JIANCHAO, CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN ARRIVING SEATED AT BRIEFING AFTER INCIDENT IN BEIJING ON THURSDAY, WHEN CHINESE POLICEMEN DRAGGED A NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER FROM THE SOUTH KOREAN CONSULATE; JOURNALISTS (2 SHOTS) 1.57 10. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) LIU JIANCHAO, CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, SAYING: "On June 13 at 10:35 in the morning, two unidentified people tried to enter the South Korean consulate in China. The security guards, recruited by South Korea, tried to stop them after discovering they were using fake South Korean passports." 2.18 11. GV: JOURNALISTS 2.23 12. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) LIU JIANCHAO, CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, SAYING: "South Korea has ignored China's good will and has encouraged and is working hand in hand with these people. As a result, the situation has developed in such a way that South Korean diplomats obstructed and prevented Chinese security guards from carry out their duty. China expresses its dissatisfaction and regrets this ever took place." 2.39 13. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) LIU JIANCHAO, CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, SAYING: "In fact, the compound security guard did not enter the South Korean consulate to take people away." 2.52 14. GV: JOURNALISTS 2.58 (W2) SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (JUNE 14, 2002) (YTN - NO ACCESS SOUTH KOREA) 15. GV/MV/CU: VARIOUS OF SOUTH KOREAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER KIM HANG-KYUNG MEETING CHINESE AMBASSADOR LI BIN (5 SHOTS) 3.23 16. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Korean) FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SHIN JEONG-SEUNG SAYING: "It breached the international law on foreign consulate and officials that Chinese securities, without our consulate's agreement, dragged away a man by force who had already entered our consulate. We strongly protest against the incident and we demand the Chinese government restore to original quo immediately." 3.45 17. MV: JOURNALISTS 3.49 (W2) WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JUNE 13, 2002) (POOL - ACCESS ALL) 18. MCU: SOUNDBITE (English) STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN PHILIP REEKER SAYING: "We are extremely concerned at reports that Chinese police entered uninvited into the premises of the South Korean Embassy in Beijing. We certainly regard the inviolability of diplomatic and consular premises as the bedrock principle that is essential to the conduct of international relations, and we expect all nations to abide absolutely by their solemn legal obligations regarding such inviolability under the Vienna Conventions." 4.14 (U1) BEIJING, CHINA (JUNE 14, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 19. GV: EXTERIOR SOUTH KOREAN CONSULATE IN BEIJING, WHERE 18 NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKERS ARE HOLED UP 4.20 20. MV: CHINESE SECURITY GUARD OPENING MAIN GATE, LETTING UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE LEAVE CONSULATE 4.25 21. GV: POLICE CAR PARKED OUTSIDE THE CONSULATE, PLAINCLOTHES CHINESE POLICEMEN PATROLLING STREET 4.31 22. MV: CHINESE SECURITY GUARD CHECKING IDENTITY OF PEOPLE APPLYING FOR VISAS 4.36 23. GV: LINE OF PEOPLE WAITING TO GET INTO SOUTH KOREAN CONSULATE 4.42 24. GV: BARBED WIRE OUTSIDE CONSULATE, PLAINCLOTHES POLICEMAN STANDING IN STREET 4.48 25. GV: CHINESE WORKER PUTTING UP BARBED WIRE AROUND SOUTH KOREAN CONSULATE 4.53 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA AND SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA AND WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
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