Beijing Today (August 10, 2007)

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BEIJING TODAY

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Soccer fan detained for cursing Page 5

‘Good’ American is suspected INTERPOL target

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AUGUST 10 – AUGUST 16, 2007 NO. 323 CN11-0120 HTTP://BJTODAY.YNET.COM CHIEF EDITOR: JIAN RONG NEWS EDITOR: HOU MINGXIN DESIGNER: YANG GEN

Pre-Games sports special Get your travel through the grapevine Pages 20-21

The ‘Good Luck Beijing’ series Pages 8-11: Rowing & Hockey

Hockey prelim ends in tie Australia and Pakistan tied 2-2 at the prelimary match for the 2007 International Hockey Invitational Tournament yesterday. Xinhua Photo

By He Jianwei An American who spends his days collecting garbage and promoting environmental protection in China came under criminal suspicion after a Chinese netizen’s post on the China Central Television (CCTV) website, Nanfang City News reported yesterday. After CCTV ran a report in “Shehui Jilu” about this man, many viewers were moved – but not so for netizens, who quickly suspected him of being wanted by INTERPOL. Kenneth Lee Rothey arrived in Huangshi, Hubei Province, and married Meng Shunbo, a calligrapher, in February 2004. He settled in the country and has remained here ever since, the Hubei Daily reported. When Rothey finds Chinese people throwing garbage everywhere, he always picks it up. “I don’t talk to people, I just pick up the garbage and throw it away where it should have gone,” he said in the CCTV report. After its broadcast, an anonymous poster on CCTV’s website wrote that he suspects Rothey of being one of INTERPOL’s most wanted. According to the organization’s website, Kenneth Lee Rothey was born on August 1, 1939, in Utah, US. He faces five charges, including counterfeiting and forgery, money laundering, organized crime and transnational crime, people smuggling, trafficking and illegal immigration. In the Nanfang City News’s interview, Rothey said he had never been charged with any of these crimes. Beijing Today contacted INTERPOL last night. Because of the organization’s protocol, it was denied an interview and directed to fill out an interview request and wait for answers. As of press time, INTERPOL has issued no response.

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