Twelve hours later, Zhang Guan accepted an exclusive interview with an international media.
"I originally thought they were just a few gangsters looking for trouble, but I never expected that it was an attack specifically targeted at me. What chilled me even more was that my attackers could openly appear in front of the public, on the Internet and in newspapers. Speak up online, on social media, and on TV to win the sympathy of the public! But I, the victim, have always been held accountable by the public. As for the mastermind behind the murder, he is still at large!"
"I am an athlete. I cannot choose where the competition will be held. For example, the next Olympics will be held in the UK. I hope the British government can face up to this matter and protect the rights and interests of athletes competing in the UK. At least the athletes should be protected. personal safety. I don’t think any athlete is willing to risk his or her life to participate in the competition.”
Zhang Guan's interview was like throwing a stone into a pond. After a "pop", the stone disappeared, but the water ripples spread to a wider area around it.
The first person to speak out was tennis king Federer: "As a competition organizer, we have the obligation to ensure the personal safety of participating athletes. As the host of the next Olympics, the UK should take practical measures to ensure the personal safety of athletes, as Zhang Guan said Say, I am not willing to risk my life to participate in the Olympics!"
Immediately afterwards, Bolt also said: "When I was competing in the UK, someone once reminded me not to go to certain places at night, as it would be dangerous. Now it seems that even during the day, there are still people in London. There are a lot of dangers. In the next Olympics, will thousands of athletes from all over the world have to compete in this kind of environment?"
Nadal, Isinbayeva, Powell... well-known athletes came forward one after another, demanding that the UK ensure the personal safety of athletes. Even Zidane, who has retired for several years, also shared his experience playing in the UK.
“Playing in the UK, it was such a bad experience! It’s the same whether I win or lose. I remember another time I played in the UK and I took the bus away after the game. I saw people gathering outside the bus. I thought they were enthusiastic. Fans, I waved to them through the glass window, but what greeted me were mineral water bottles smashed at me, and middle fingers raised at me! I can guarantee that if I was not sitting in the car at that time, I would definitely Dead!"
Zidane's words have aroused the recognition of many football players. British football hooligans are famous all over the world, but among all players who have participated in football matches in the UK, which one has not been affected by football hooligans? Normally no one would talk about it, but now someone took the opportunity to mention it, and football players all over Europe started talking.
At the same time, London is also the venue for the next Olympic Games, so ensuring the personal safety of participating athletes is obviously a very important matter. Therefore, the President of the International Olympic Committee also expressed in an interview that he hopes that the London Olympic Organizing Committee can take practical and effective measures to ensure the safety of every participating athlete.
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Sebastian was worried again for a while, as long as anything related to the Olympics would naturally involve him.
"Athletes' personal safety should be a matter for the police. Why are they all coming to me? Even the football hooligan troubles are on my head! Can I solve the problems that have not been solved in the UK for decades? Zhang Guan Is it my fault that they were attacked? Is it my fault that London is unsafe? Everyone is standing and talking without pain. Which city is free of criminals? And it’s not just London. Paris, Berlin, Madrid... Which city doesn’t have slums? There are all slums. It’s an unsafe place and you can’t go there at night, so how can you only talk about London?”
Sebastian roared in the office, but he felt extremely aggrieved in his heart.
Safety issues are obviously a matter for the police. No matter if you are robbed or beaten anywhere, you should go to the police, not the sports director. Although Sebastian is much older than the sports director, he cannot control the personal safety of athletes.
But at this time, the London police began to "play dead" and acted like "we caught the gangster very well", allowing Sebastian to take the blame.
The assistant knocked on the door cautiously and said softly: "Mr. Chairman, we have just received notification that the foreign affairs department has requested the Indian government to extradite Omi Mallya back to the UK for trial!"
"That damn criminal deserves it for getting into so much trouble! A harsh sentence, it's best to imprison him for the rest of his life!" Sebastian said cursingly.
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"Father, don't abandon me, I don't want to be extradited to the UK, I don't want to go to jail!" Omi wailed and knelt in front of his father.
"Then what do you want me to do? The British side has clearly requested that our government must extradite you back to the UK to face trial! What do you want me to do?" Old Maliya also looked distressed.
"But I am an Indian. I am not a British person. Even if the trial is to be tried, it should be tried in India. Why should it be in the UK?" Omi said with a sad face.
"The country where the crime occurred can be the subject of extradition. We are a member of the Commonwealth, and we have signed the Commonwealth Indian Criminal Suite Plan. British judges even have the power to directly issue an arrest warrant for you! What's more, what do you think? Is our government willing to offend Britain for you?" Old Maliya said.
"Father, our Maliya family is the top family in India. You can go to those members of Congress. We can put pressure on the government and the Prime Minister to ask them not to hand me over..." Omi said anxiously.
"Do you think our family will offend the British government for you?" Old Maliya looked at his son with hatred, and he continued: "Don't you understand now? The family has given up on you. Got it!"
"Father, am I your son? Do you really have the heart to watch your son go to jail?" Omi started crying as he said this.
"I have no choice. For the sake of the family, I can only pretend that I never gave birth to your son!" Old Malia looked at her son, sighed, and then said: "Omi, go and plead guilty. I hope that Britain The judge can give you a lighter sentence, get out of prison as soon as possible, and then go back to the countryside. I have prepared a sum of money for you, which will be enough for you to eat and drink for the rest of your life... "
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Winchester Men's Prison, Hampshire, UK.
Omi walked slowly along the corridor under the leadership of the prison guards. The whistles coming from the surrounding cells and the sound of prisoners knocking on the iron doors seemed to be death reminders in Omi's ears.
"Don't pick up soap, don't pick up soap, don't pick up soap..." Omi muttered these words silently in his heart, while looking around in horror, the eyes inside the bars were looking at him as if they were looking for prey. , and Omi's performance obviously made the people behind bars quite excited.
An old prison guard looked at this scene and shook his head helplessly. There was more numbness in his eyes. He could tell that it was the first time for Omi to enter prison. He also knew that what would greet Omi next was What.
The prison guard leading the way stopped, opened one of the iron doors, pushed Omi in, and then closed the door. Not long after, there was a collision and Omi's scream from inside the door.
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The Chief Inspector of Prisons has warned that Britain's prisons have become "unacceptably violent and dangerous places" and are in their worst state in 10 years. At Winchester Men's Prison in southern England alone, there were more than 1,000 attacks last year, a 27% increase from the previous year.
This piece of news was not eye-catching, and was quickly overshadowed by various current political news, celebrity gossip, and strange anecdotes...
(End of chapter)