http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/04/16/1208025233089.html
Chinese 'torch attendants' could be arrested
Chinese paramilitary officers will be arrested if they "laid a hand"
on anybody during the Canberra leg of the Olympic torch relay,
organisers say.
The officers' only responsibility will be to re-light the torch if it
is extinguished at any stage tomorrow week.
Chairman of the Canberra relay taskforce Ted Quinlan says the so-
called torch attendants would have no responsibility for security.
"The answer is no they won't and, in fact, they could be subject to
arrest in fact if they laid a hand on somebody," he told ABC Radio.
Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland said security would be the
responsibility of the Australian Federal Police.
"The only role that they - the Chinese officials - will play will be
to light the torch should it be extinguished and that will be the sole
role that they will play in these events," Mr McClelland told ABC
Radio.
The army is not expected to play a role in security.
"The army will not be called out," Mr McClelland said.
"There are very strict and limited cir***stances involving for
instance a catastrophic terrorist event that is on the capacity of a
state to deal with.
"In no way, shape or form will this be of that category."
AAP
