Pro-Tibet activist Thomas Goetz stood Friday afternoon in front of Christiansborg palace, with the ‘forbidden’ tibetan flag in his hand.
The one-man demonstration was in honor of the China-sent politician Lobsang Gyalten, who would hold a lunch with The Foreign affairs policy Board.
The 63-year-old webmaster and activist Thomas Goetz would a peaceful protest to show his dissatisfaction with the oppression of the tibetan people. The country was occupied by China in 1950.
– I hope, the politicians ask him some critical questions about why the tibetans are not allowed to hoist their flag or appoint their own Dalai Lama, he says.
The red lines symbolize the six different clans in Tibet. The flag has been the symbol of the tibetan uprising against China.
Lobsang Gyalten is a member of the chinese party congress, and is a former mayor of Tibetan capital Lhasa. After frokostmødet with Danish politicians, was the tibetan-chinese politician, was led out from the Palace at the rear entrance – without the opportunity for questions from the press.
But here was Thomas Goetz ready at the gate, where he let the Tibet flag flutter, while the chinese delegation drove away.
It was a larger delegation from the chinese embassy, which followed the chinese issued.
It was a happy activist with cold feet, who finally was allowed to exercise its democratic right.
– I think that he saw the flag, even though he tried to ignore it. It was also a bit strange, that he should out of the rear entrance, says Thomas Goetz with the flag, which must not appear in China, in the hand.
A completely legal demonstration was completed, when the chinese sent ran out.
‘Take the flags from them, come!’ was the order of politiradioen, when the chinese president Hu Jintao visited Denmark in 2015.
Thomas Goetz was detained in the King’s Garden, and the police asked him to remove the flag, and he could not move for 70 minutes.
Tibet-the commission concluded subsequently that it was two middle managers in the police’s responsibility, that the peaceful protesters in violation of the constitution was hindered in expressing themselves in front of the chinese president.
Therefore, it was with great excitement that Thomas Goetz equipped with flag and camera, this time would show its support for the tibetan people.
– you Had a little hope that the police would come today?
– No, I had not, but had I not the last time. I had hoped that there were several protesters, but they are all at work, he says.
So, finally for Thomas Goetz to display the flag and his dissatisfaction to a representative of China.
To frokostmødet at Christiansborg got the tibetan representative for China the opportunity to exchange views with former foreign minister Mogens Lykketoft (S) and vice-president of the foreign affairs policy board, Nick Hækkerup (S).
But the chairman of The Foreign policy Board, the DF’s Søren Espersen, was not present. He had not heard about the meeting with the chinese representative.
I didn’t actually know that there was meeting today. But I also have many important meetings and a christmas party, I need to, says Søren Espersen.
– What do you think about that, that will be demonstrated outside in the day?
– We live fortunately still in a free country, so it is as excellent, ” says Søren Espersen, who has previously been strongly critical of ‘communist China’ and their way to deal with Denmark.