Protest attempt at Olympic event
It didn’t take long for protests to invade the Olympic events themselves.
Ms Chan sat in the front row of the dressage arena in the Sha Tin district of Hong Kong, when the first full day of the Games got under way.
Christina Chan refused to leave and was later removedShe was holding a Tibetan flag concealed under a Canadian flag, and when she and another protester tried to display it, several security officials covered her with a blue cloth.
She was asked to leave, but refused to do so, and was later carried out of the venue.
“She was sort of disturbing other spectators around her, which is against the house rules,” equestrian event spokesman Mark Pinkstone said.
Sound and looks like the security was doing all the disturbing to me.
What’s really just pathetic is this bit of information.
China bans the Tibetan flag from events under rules which prevent the display of flags of countries not competing in the Games.
Seriously, if the Nazis came back today, I think the IOC would hold the Olympic games in Berlin all over again.
