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| Detainee swallows razor blades | |
| 2007-09-12 | |
| A CHINESE man due to be deported to face serious criminal charges at home is in a Sydney hospital after swallowing razor blades. The man, known as Mr Qi, has been held in detention since his visa was revoked in February 2004, when Chinese authorities issued a warrant for his arrest. He had been due to be deported to China today to face charges of kidnap and murder, after the Federal Government was given an undertaking from Beijing that he would not face the death penalty if convicted.
Mr Qi had swallowed razor blades last night inside Villawood detention centre, he said. "He would rather die here than go back," Mr Rintoul said. "The deportation's off today but how much longer it's off I don't know. It might stall things for a little while." Mr Qi had previously been on suicide watch at Villawood, Mr Rintoul said. In parliament, Human Services Minister Chris Ellison at first declined to answer directly when asked by Australian Democrats senator Andrew Bartlett if Mr Qi had been taken to hospital after attempting self-harm. But a spokeswoman for Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews later confirmed the episode. "(The razor blades) have been successfully removed at the hospital today," she said. "The Australian Government intends to have him removed from Australia as soon as he is assessed as fit to fly." Refugee advocates are considering taking out an injunction to block Mr Qi from being sent back to China, where they fear he could be executed. Asylum Seeker Resource Centre co-ordinator Pamela Curr said yesterday she was concerned that Mr Qi was being sent home on the basis of dubious documentation. She feared the man named on the unsigned and undated Chinese arrest warrant was not actually Mr Qi, citing insufficient identity checking. The United Nations has asked the Government to postpone the deportation pending further investigations. | |
| Posted by:Delphi |
| #4 Hey, Norm. Ya need any razor blades? |
| Posted by: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton 2007-09-12 19:42 |
| #3 And we're supposed to care about this mook because....? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-09-12 19:00 |
| #2 How did this guy hear about Joe Pyne, the old time Radio Talk Show guy... "Pyne to offer his opinions on various topics. Listeners would then call in to ask questions, offer their own opinions, or raise new topics. Pyne would often argue with or insult listeners he disagreed with. One of his most famous trademark insults was to "go gargle with razor blades." Pyne was generally a conservative and supported the Vietnam War and ridiculed hippies (a favorite target) and the women's movement. But Pyne also spoke out against racial discrimination and in favor of labor unions. Pyne was confrontational with guests on his show and often attempted to throw them off-balance by opening the conversation with an insult. One occasion when this backfired was when he began a dialogue with Frank Zappa by saying, "So I guess your long hair makes you a woman." Zappa responded with "So I guess your wooden leg makes you a table." (Pyne a Marine Vet from the Korean War) His show was verbally aggressive and at times even physically violent, with chairs being thrown at him by a guest being interviewed. If the "discussion" got too heated, the guest would often walk off or Pyne would throw the guest off the show. Pyne once described himself as an "overly compensating introvert." Pyne had a phobia of never shaking anyone's hand. His line was "don't touch me unless you love me". Other famous quotes of Pyne: He suggested a caller "take your false teeth out, put them in backwards and bite yourself in the neck." "Look, lady, every time you call this program and open your mouth to speak...nothing but garbage falls out...get OFF THE LINE, YOU CREEP." (This "get off the line, you..." line continues to be used today by hosts such as Bob Grant and Mark Levin.) “I could make a monkey out of you but why should I take the credit?” - From wikipedia |
| Posted by: BigEd 2007-09-12 18:46 |
| #1 Give him some strong acid to dissolve the razor blades. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2007-09-12 18:18 |