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Coffin of Chinese hostage back home
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-10-17 09:21
The dead body of Wang Peng, the victimized Chinese hostage in Pakistan,
returned to Jinan, the capital city of east China's Shandong Province Saturday
night.
Guardsmen carry the
coffin of the Chinese engineer Wang Peng in Jinan, east China's
Shandong Province, Oct. 16, 2004. Wang Peng, one of the two Chinese
engineers held hostage in west Pakistan's tribal region, was failed to be
rescued and his coffin was transported back to China Saturday.
[Xinhua] |
Wang Peng was killed in a military operation launched by Pakistan forces
Thursday to free the two Chinese hostages. Wang Ende, the rescued hostage, had
returned to Beijing on Friday night.
On behalf of the Chinese government, Vice Governor of Shandong Xie Yutang
extended condolence to Wang Peng and expressed sympathy for his family and for
Wang Ende.
The Chinese side strongly condemned the terrorist act to kidnap hostages, Xie
said, noting that governments and peoples of China and Pakistan will continue to
make efforts for promoting friendly and cooperative ties between the two sides.
Pakistani ambassador to China Riaz Mohammad Khan extended the great grief
from the Pakistani government and people, saying that it is the crime of
terrorism that caused this tragedy.
The Pakistani government will ensure the security of Chinese friends there
within capacity, Riaz said.
Gunmen kidnapped Wang Ende and Wang Peng, the engineers workingon a water dam
and a canal in the region for the China National Water Resources and Hydropower
Engineering Group Corporation, on Oct. 9 near Jandala in Pakistan's restive
South Waziristan Tribal Agency bordering Afghanistan.
Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and other leaders attached
great importance to the hostage issue and showed deep concern over the security
of the hostages. In order to deal with the aftermath of the issue, the Chinese
side had dispatched working teams for Pakistan.
Concerned departments of China and Pakistan will continue to make
consultations over further taking effective measures to ensure the security of
Chinese citizens in Pakistan, sources with the Chinese Foreign Ministry
said.
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