Ex-Chinese leader may be on train involved in collision - HK rights centre

Hong Kong Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy ^ | 06/29/09

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Ex-Chinese leader may be on train involved in collision - HK rights centre

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(c) 2009 The British Broadcasting Corporation. All Rights Reserved. No material may be reproduced except with the express permission of The British Broadcasting Corporation. Text of report by Hong Kong Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy on 29 June [Report: "Train Collision in Hunan's Chenzhou; Jiang Zemin May Be on Board"]

As this centre has learned, at 0240 this morning [1840 gmt 28 June], train number K9017 going from Changsha to Shenzhen collided with another train, leaving three dead and more than 60 injured. As former state leader Jiang Zemin and his wife Wang Yeping may be on board train K9017, relevant departments in Hunan province are on high alert today. Report stated that Jiang Zemin and his wife were inspecting Hunan's Changsha on 28 June, and leaving by train for Shenzhen in the evening. As K9017 was the only train leaving Changsha for Shenzhen last night, therefore, it cannot be ruled out that Jiang Zemin's special coach may be hitching on to K9017.

[TigerLikesRooster]

If he were in the train, he is not dead yet. So far no official announcement from China.

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Ping!

[Dr. Marten]

Seems unlikely that the former ‘President’ would be traveling a few hundred miles by train unless he had his own private car.

[Zhang Fei]

Seems unlikely that the former ‘President’ would be traveling a few hundred miles by train unless he had his own private car.

I'm thinking private train - without the hoi polloi anywhere to be found. Heck - I'd expect him to fly around in military transports, unless he's some kind of train buff.