Preceded by Jia Qinglin Name Liu Qi Leader Jacques Rogge Role Chinese Politician | Nationality China Party Communist Party of China Occupation Politician Succeeded by Meng Xuenong | |
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Preceded by Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki Political party Communist Party of China Education University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 101 Middle School Similar People Wang Qishan, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai | ||
Liu Qi (simplified Chinese: 刘淇; traditional Chinese: 劉淇; pinyin: Liú Qí; born November 3, 1942 in Wujin, Changzhou, Jiangsu) is a retired Chinese politician. He formerly served as the Communist Party Secretary of Beijing, and also a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China. He was also the President of the Beijing Olympics Organizing Committee.
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Biography and career
Subject of human rights litigation
On February 7, 2002, Liu was sued in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California by the San Francisco-based human rights organization, the Center for Justice and Accountability. The plaintiffs in that case alleged that, as mayor of Beijing, Liu was responsible for formulating security policy and had control over the local police. The police were in turn alleged to have tortured the plaintiffs with beatings, electric shock, and forced feedings through tubes inserted through the plaintiffs' noses. The court issued a declaratory judgment that Liu was responsible for violating the defendants' rights to be free from torture and arbitrary detention. However, because Liu did not defend the suit, there were no hearings, trials, or findings of fact on the issues presented.