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Is the Chinese ambassador connected to the death of the late Czech President of the Senate?

“The Czech president and the Chinese Consulate General did not want him to visit Taiwan...and then he died.” A major political scandal was exposed in the Czech Republic on 27 April. The Czech political guru who participated in the Velvet Revolution, the late President of the Senate Jaroslav Kubera originally planned to visit Taiwan in February. All of a sudden, on the eve on his departure, he died of a heart attack on 20 January.

Two months after his death, his wife and daughter openly accused the Czech president and Chinese embassy for constantly threatening and pressuring Kubera to cancel his visit to Taiwan before his death. In an interview with the national TV Česká televize, Mrs Kubera stated he was invited to the Chinese New Year banquet organised by the Chinese embassy 3 days before his death. He had an “unpleasant private conversation inside the room” with Chinese representatives.

When sorting out the belongings of Kubera, the family found two “threatening letters” in his briefcase, one from the Czech president and one from the Chinese embassy. They not only tried to deter Kubera’s Taiwan visit, they actually “threatened the safety of his families”.

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Chinese ambassador #XiaoQian interrupted by multiple protesters during speech at University of Technology Sydney

//China's ambassador Xiao Qian has echoed calls for "concrete action" to "reset" the relationship with Australia in a speech that was repeatedly disrupted by a series of coordinated protests.

But several protesters interjected during Mr Xiao's address. 

One described Mr Xiao as a "representative of a dictatorship" and accused the Chinese government of committing genocide against the Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.

He was ushered out by security guards.

One man was asked to leave the venue prior to the event because he was dressed in a Cultural Revolution-era military costume that security described as "confronting".

Another protester held a sign reading "Free Tibet", and other stood up and declared they were a Uyghur and not a terrorist. 

Yet another was escorted out after standing up and criticising China's censorship, saying people in Hong Kong and Tibet were unable to express their views freely...

Professor James Laurenceson, director of the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney, asked Mr Xiao a number of questions that were provided to the embassy before the event.

He asked Mr Xiao if he could provide any hope for the families of detained Australians Cheng Lei and Yang Hengjun, or for Uyghurs in Australia who have been unable to contact loved ones in Xinjiang for years. 

"With all my respect for you… I do disagree with you," Mr Xiao said. 

"Freedom of speech is different from absolute freedom. In this world, there's no such thing as absolute freedom. Freedom is freedom within rule of law.

"These are individual cases and the relevant authorities are dealing with these cases according to Chinese rules or regulations.

"So long as they respect the rules and laws, there's no reason for them to worry," the Chinese ambassador said.//

Source: ABC #Jun23

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