Based on this
https://www.checkpointusa.org/DHS/dhsBeating.htm
Don't blame if you never heard this piece of new, western media like CNN never give a damn to western world HR violation.Just look how US dealing with this police violence. Chinese apology is totally unnecessary.
Homeland Security Beating Incident
On July 21, 2004 - a Border Patrol agent stationed near the U.S. - Canadian border in Niagara Falls severely beat a female Chinese tourist who had entered the country legally & had done nothing unlawful during her stay. Her only crime was being in the wrong place at the wrong time and running afoul of an out of control BP agent. I have included a link to a Boston Herald article related to the incident along with a copy of an email forwarded to me.
US Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has expressed "great regret" over the beating of Chinese businesswoman Zhao Yan by officers of the US Customs and Border Protection last week, officials of the Chinese embassy said on Thursday.
In a telephone call to Lan Lijun, charge d'affaires of the Chinese embassy, Ridge described the beating of the Chinese businesswoman as "a horrible incident" which was "totally unacceptable" and expressed "great regret" to the Chinese government and people.
Ridge said that Robert Rhodes, the first officer of the US Customs and Border Protection to attack Zhao Yan, had been charged with felony assault, Chinese embassy officials said.
Ridge said he had asked the US Customs and Border Protection officers to take measures to prevent such incidents from happening again, Chinese embassy officials said.
Lan Lijun urged the US side to make thorough investigations into the case, punish persons responsible and keep the Chinese side informed of the investigation and handling process.
Zhao Yan, a businesswoman from China's northern coastal city of Tianjin, was on her first US business trip when she was attacked at the Niagara Falls near the US-Canadian border on July 21 by Rhodes and other officers of the US Customs and Border Protection.
Zhao Yan said on Wednesday that six days after she was brutally attacked, she was still suffering from a bad headache, swollen eyes and mental trauma. She also had a broken tooth and severe back pains which forced her to ride a wheelchair.
Because of the sharp physical pain and mental trauma caused by the beating, she could "barely sleep two to three hours a day."
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, during a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Monday, urged the US government to carry out a thorough investigation intothe attack and bring those responsible for the incident to justice.
Zhao Yan: It's barbarous. [newsphoto]
"We regret the apparent mistreatment of a Chinese national by a US customs officer in Niagara Falls ," the US State Department said in a statement Thursday.
"We have communicated to the Chinese Government that the US customs officer was arrested by Customs and Border Patrol Police and his case referred for criminal prosecution," it said.
Powell also wrote to his Chinese counterpart Li Zhaoxing after their phone conversation that the United States government would thoroughly investigate the beating case of a Chinese citizen Zhao Yan according to US laws.
In a letter that Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing received in Beijing on Thursday, Powell said he felt deeply disturbed when he learned of the mistreatment that Chinese citizen Zhao Yan underwent at the hands of US Customs and Border Protection officers.
Powell said that the accused officer has been suspended from his post and detained on charges of felony assault, pledging that the US government would continue its thorough investigation.
Zhao Yan, a Chinese business woman from Tianjin , was on her first US business trip when she was attacked at Niagara Falls near the US-Canadian border on July 21 by US Customs and Border Protection police. The attack came in disregard of all normal procedures.
>Zhao said she had a broken tooth and severe back pain, which forced her to ride in a wheelchair. Because of sharp physical pain and mental trauma caused by the beating, she could "barely sleep two to three hours a day."
Zhao's nightmare has drawn much attention from the Chinese government and media.
Her eyes were nearly swollen shut, the front of her forehead was also swollen and she had bruises around the eyes and a contusion high on her forehead.
"Secretary Powell has been very clear that America is an open society; we welcome visitors from around the world, and our goal is to ensure that they have a safe and enjoyable stay in the United States ," the State Department statement said.
It said the United States would ensure that such incidents did not recur.
The department had pledged earlier this week that the US authorities would get to the bottom of the case.
Zhao, from Tianjin city, had complained that she told the officers who stopped her that she had legal documents, including a passport and business visa, but they beat her anyway, according to the Chinese media.
"I have been to many countries in the past for business purposes, and the United States is the most barbarous," Zhao was quoted as saying.
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And the bastard Rob US boarder patrol just totally got away from his barbaric beating an innocent woman. China just need to learn from that.
Arbitrator orders cleared NY border agent reinstated
June 13, 2008 - 9:06pm
By CAROLYN THOMPSON
Associated Press Writer
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A federal arbitrator has ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection to reinstate an officer who was fired over a confrontation with a Chinese tourist even after he had been acquitted in a criminal case.
The arbitrator also ruled this week that Robert Rhodes should receive back pay with interest.
Rhodes was arrested in 2004 and accused of pushing a female tourist's head to the pavement and striking her with his knee after she ran from him and other border agents at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls.
The officers mistakenly believed the woman was a drug smuggler.
A U.S. District Court jury in 2005 acquitted Rhodes of violating the tourist's civil rights but Homeland Security officials refused to give him his job back, saying Rhodes had acted too quickly to pepper spray the woman and lied about his actions.
Rhodes was suspended without pay after the incident and fired in April 2006.
"The arbitrator made it crystal clear there was no credibility to the agency's position, that none of the allegations against Rob were credible and that Rob acted absolutely appropriately," said Rhodes' lawyer, Steven Cohen. "It is a complete vindication for Rob."
Cohen said Customs and Border Protection officials have 30 days to contact Rhodes with a start date for his return to work, though the agency may appeal the arbitrator's ruling.
CBP spokesman Kevin Corsaro said he could not comment on the case because of ongoing litigation.
Rhodes, who has two pending lawsuits over the firing, said he was forced to live on public assistance and food stamps while out of work and caring for his elderly father. He said he is eager to return to the position he held for 17 years. He was earning about $70,000 a year with overtime, he said.
"I recently had my uniform pressed and cleaned and I'm ready to go back," he said.
The tourist, Zhao Yan, has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the United States.
By CAROLYN THOMPSON
Associated Press Writer
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A federal arbitrator has ordered U.S. Customs and Border Protection to reinstate an officer who was fired over a confrontation with a Chinese tourist even after he had been acquitted in a criminal case.
The arbitrator also ruled this week that Robert Rhodes should receive back pay with interest.
Rhodes was arrested in 2004 and accused of pushing a female tourist's head to the pavement and striking her with his knee after she ran from him and other border agents at the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls.
The officers mistakenly believed the woman was a drug smuggler.
A U.S. District Court jury in 2005 acquitted Rhodes of violating the tourist's civil rights but Homeland Security officials refused to give him his job back, saying Rhodes had acted too quickly to pepper spray the woman and lied about his actions.
Rhodes was suspended without pay after the incident and fired in April 2006.
"The arbitrator made it crystal clear there was no credibility to the agency's position, that none of the allegations against Rob were credible and that Rob acted absolutely appropriately," said Rhodes' lawyer, Steven Cohen. "It is a complete vindication for Rob."
Cohen said Customs and Border Protection officials have 30 days to contact Rhodes with a start date for his return to work, though the agency may appeal the arbitrator's ruling.
CBP spokesman Kevin Corsaro said he could not comment on the case because of ongoing litigation.
Rhodes, who has two pending lawsuits over the firing, said he was forced to live on public assistance and food stamps while out of work and caring for his elderly father. He said he is eager to return to the position he held for 17 years. He was earning about $70,000 a year with overtime, he said.
"I recently had my uniform pressed and cleaned and I'm ready to go back," he said.
The tourist, Zhao Yan, has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the United States.
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