By DPA,
Sydney : Olympic organisers Tuesday appeared to countermand Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd with a declaration that Chinese military personnel would be guarding the Olympic torch in Canberra later this month.
“The security people from China – they call themselves the torch protectors – will be there, but they’ll be in a bus behind the event, and will only be called upon if there was really serious trouble,” International Olympic Committee (IOC) deputy president Kevan Gosper said.
Gosper, Australia’s most senior IOC official, said the torch protectors would not get off the bus unless Australian security officials decide they needed assistance.
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