Imtiaz Sooliman – on the return of South Africans held in China

			A very good morning to you,
doctor. Have all of the tourists
		

			return back home morning to we're
not very sure yet, because being
		

			the weekend of Eid, there's been
no contact with family members.
		

			The Chinese media said, you know
that on they left on Saturday, but
		

			some people said we they expected
either yesterday, last night or
		

			this morning. Since there's been
no communication of the family, it
		

			will be very hard to say, but most
guarantees they should be backed
		

			by today, because the deal
brokered by international
		

			relations and the Deputy President
on Friday was within 72 hours,
		

			which falls today.
		

			The trip consisted of people from
a variety of different religions,
		

			Christian, Hindu and Muslim. Do
you think they were targeted?
		

			Maybe on the basis of religion?
It's very hard to say, No, we
		

			don't have the truth. The only
truth we can have is when we speak
		

			to the family members directly,
because there's two conflicting
		

			statements the family members from
the UK sent out to release to say
		

			that this was one big
misunderstanding, and they thank
		

			the Chinese government, the South
African government, the deputy
		

			president, and whole lot of other
people, and the families and
		

			consulates at the British
government, they came to say that
		

			they are grouped that travel
China, like they've traveled USA
		

			and Israel, and it was just a
Genghis Khan documentary, but
		

			yesterday, or Saturday, the
Chinese press agency released
		

			something very Different, to say
they were watching a documentary
		

			and thereafter watching terrorist
related videos, and also they were
		

			involved in groups, arranging,
organizing terrorism, and that the
		

			nine repented for their bad
actions and left so, which is
		

			very, very conflicting, it means
that the nine people now have the
		

			label of terrorism over the head,
which I don't think is correct,
		

			and the only way we will know is
if the group members come out
		

			publicly and speak about
		

			it. Okay, so there's still
certainly some mystery shrouding
		

			this entire incident. Do you
think, however, that embassies
		

			perhaps need to learn a little bit
more about China and be more
		

			sensitive to their culture and
about their restrictions there? I
		

			think it works both ways you know
any, not only China, I think any
		

			government in the world should be
circumspect and not arrest
		

			everybody they think you know,
suspect people of terrorism or are
		

			interfering with the internal
policies of a country. People are
		

			very innocent. Sometimes they
don't know the rules. They do
		

			things which may not be harmful to
anyone, but people must perceive
		

			that as such. So it's important
that government take notice,
		

			especially if people come with
good intentions to tour the
		

			countries, to learn about culture,
building goodwill. So we have to
		

			be more careful, both from the
tourist point of view about what's
		

			allowed and what's not allowed,
and from a government point of
		

			view, they just don't label
everyone. And there's to be
		

			sensitivities on both sides. And
if the world bodies can look at
		

			that more carefully, I'm sure
tourism will be more enjoyable for
		

			people from all across the world,
alright? Thank you very much for
		

			your time this morning. Doctor MTS
Suman from gift of the givers Time
		

			now for your.