Chinese man arrested after calling Kenya's president a 'monkey'

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NAIROBI: Kenya has arrested a Chinese businessman after a video of him making a string of racist remarks was widely shared on social media, the government said Thursday (Sep 6).

 

The Chinese national, identified as Liu Jiaqi, has been arrested and is being processed for deportation, said Kenya's immigration department.

 

 

"His work permit has been canceled and (he) will be deported on racism grounds," the immigration service said on its Twitter feed.

 

In the two and a half minute video shared on Twitter and elsewhere, Liu, who appears to be in the midst of a dispute with one of his employees, is recorded issuing a litany of racist slurs.

 

"Every one, every Kenyan ... like a monkey, even Uhuru Kenyatta. All of them," he said.

 

After the employee suggests Liu should "go back to China" if he feels that way, the businessman responds with further abuse.

 

 

"I don't belong to here. I don't like here, like monkey people, I don't like talk with them, it smells bad, and poor, and foolish, and black. I don't like them. Why not [like] the white people, like the American?"

 

He added that he only stays in Kenya because "money is important."

 

It was not clear from the video exactly what Liu's job was in Kenya.

 

Some Kenyans on social media have called for Liu to be charged rather than simply deported.

 

Zhang Gang, a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Nairobi, said that according to Liu's employer, the clip was recorded in June "and he has already been punished by his company for his wrongdoing and apologised to his Kenyan colleague".

 

"The personal talk and personal feeling of this young man does not represent the views of the vast majority of Chinese people," he said, adding Chinese nationals were urged to make "positive contributions to the friendship and cooperation between China and Kenya."

 

This is not the first time Chinese workers in Kenya have been accused of racism.

 

Three years ago a small Chinese restaurant in the capital Nairobi was shut down by authorities and the owner charged for operating a "no blacks" policy after 5pm.

 

Earlier this year Kenyan workers on a new Chinese-built railway alleged racism and discrimination by Chinese staff and managers.

 

However, the government dismissed allegations of racism on the US$3.2 billion (2.8 billion euro) signature infrastructure project.

 

Kenyatta was this week in Beijing attending a conference where China promised to invest another US$60 billion in Africa.

 

RAID ON CHINESE TV

 

The arrest comes a day after Kenyan police raided the African headquarters of the China Global Television Network in Nairobi, briefly detaining several journalists as part of an ongoing crackdown against illegal immigrants.

 

The Chinese embassy said in a statement it would express its concern through diplomatic channels, after several incidents in which nationals with legal documents were hauled into police stations for verification.

 

"The Chinese embassy in Kenya has lodged representations with Kenyan officials and the relevant people have all been released on that day," Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a press briefing in Beijing.

 

"Kenya has admitted inadequacies in law enforcement and apologised.

 

"It has promised to improve the conduct of its lower-level officers to avoid a repeat of this," she added.

 

 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/chinese-man-arrested-after-calling-kenya-s-president-a--monkey--10690134

[katsu curry chips]

Suddenly I feel nauseous and need a break from the internet. -____-

 

 

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[tamarind]

mess.

[putangina]

They do that shit in Africa and the Caribbean just to shit on black people lmao why do they even go to black nations for business if they hate them so much it’s no wonder why the locals don’t like their stuck up asses.

[Bad Boy]

Now if a black person got deported from the US for calling Trump a cracker, people would be in uproar.

 

Double standards are real.

[putangina]

Now if a black person got deported from the US for calling Trump a cracker, people would be in uproar.

Double standards are real.

They do this a lot in black countries though and loads of American hate trump white, black, latino and ect it’s a multicultural country they have the right of free speech so nothing would happen you clown.

 

Foreigners get deported from Asia all the time there’s no double standards you triggered weirdo.

[Gj gf jfdhsvsb]

Now if a black person got deported from the US for calling Trump a cracker, people would be in uproar.

 

Double standards are real.

... Kenya isn’t in the U.S this is totally irrelevant

[tamarind]

Now if a black person got deported from the US for calling Trump a cracker, people would be in uproar.

 

Double standards are real.

 

black people are us citizens tho. this man is there just for business

[#goddamnitkongwee]

There is alway conflicts between China and Africa. More will come as Africa nations are enjoying the fruit of development. On the whole China and Africa is still good. If an individual or minority can destroy the good will and development. Both sides can something to learn from.

 

 

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[PeachyKeys!]

Yeah, he can go back to his home country.

[Jurin � Onew]

WTH those chinese in kenya as mentioned in the article are so extremely racist like toxic although they're in kenya to earn money. smh

 

i hope that racist chinese man gets propwr punishmenr first before being sent back to his country.

WTH those chinese in kenya as mentioned in the article are so extremely racist like toxic although they're in kenya to earn money. smh

 

i hope that racist chinese man gets proper punishment first before being sent back to his country.

[neojasnee]

_Mess

[Pupp�y]

This is probably like the 20th time this happened this year and some don't even get punished 

[benseac]

Now if a black person got deported from the US for calling Trump a cracker, people would be in uproar.

 

Double standards are real.

 

The USA != Kenya

 

Different countries have different rules and laws.

[xingyi]

Now if a black person got deported from the US for calling Trump a cracker, people would be in uproar.

 

Double standards are real.

 

I'm laughing at the triggered SJW downvoting.

[thefacts]

I'm laughing at the triggered SJW downvoting.

The only triggered people in this thread are people who have problems with this or using stupid examples/excuses. How you going to compare a group of people who have been in America for more than 400 years to a recent immigrant or someone who moves to another country for business. This man is not a legal citizen and the Kenyan people don't have to deal with racism from foreigners. Take that shit back to his country.

[TracerB]

The only triggered people in this thread are people who have problems with this or using stupid examples/excuses. How you going to compare a group of people who have been in America for more than 400 years to a recent immigrant or someone who moves to another country for business. This man is not a legal citizen and the Kenyan people don't have to deal with racism from foreigners. Take that shit back to his country.

 

Don't bother. Arbitrary buzzwords and insults are right winger's favorite trait when they don't have an argument of any actual substance.

 

"DURR I CALLED YOU A SJW LIBTARD THEREFORE I WIN"

 

I'd be fucking richer than Bill Gates for every penny received for seeing the same repetitive, predictable name calling again and again.

 

It's funny because the term SJW actually had a decent context when used to describe people like this; (mazelotov)

 

 

Now it's just used by the right for any moderate that disagrees with their views. I've come to notice that SJW is used the exact same way that the right thinks the left uses "racist"

 

When will these idiots realize that the majority of liberals don't actually share the same viewpoints as SJWs and actually despise them as well?

 

Sigh. Right wingers think they're clever and witty and it's painfully hilarious to watch.

[xingyi]

The only triggered people in this thread are people who have problems with this or using stupid examples/excuses. How you going to compare a group of people who have been in America for more than 400 years to a recent immigrant or someone who moves to another country for business. This man is not a legal citizen and the Kenyan people don't have to deal with racism from foreigners. Take that shit back to his country.

 

Yet you are all against Europe kicking out illegal immigrants (or even USA) for worse shit but go off. 

 

Don't bother. Arbitrary buzzwords and insults are right winger's favorite trait when they don't have an argument of any actual substance.

 

"DURR I CALLED YOU A SJW LIBTARD THEREFORE I WIN"

 

I'd be fucking richer than Bill Gates for every penny received for seeing the same repetitive, predictable name calling again and again.

 

It's funny because the term SJW actually had a decent context when used to describe people like this; (mazelotov)

 

 

Now it's just used by the right for any moderate that disagrees with their views. I've come to notice that SJW is used the exact same way that the right thinks the left uses "racist"

 

When will these idiots realize that the majority of liberals don't actually share the same viewpoints as SJWs and actually despise them as well?

 

Sigh. Right wingers think they're clever and witty and it's painfully hilarious to watch.

 

Hope you have a proof of basically calling me nazi on that tumblr post. 

[thefacts]

Yet you are all against Europe kicking out illegal immigrants (or even USA) for worse shit but go off.

 

 

Hope you have a proof of basically calling me nazi on that tumblr post.

 

Actually, I am fine with Europe kicking out criminals, racists, and murders who are immigrants/ illegal immigrants. Unlike most of you people in this forum, I am not a hypocritical person.

[TracerB]

Hope you have a proof of basically calling me nazi on that tumblr post. 

 

LOL

 

THAT'S THE WORST STRAWMAN I HAVE EVER HAD THE DISGRACE OF WITNESSING

 

Please explain to me how mocking people from your political affiliation for using buzzwords and insults as opposed to substantive arguments is equivalent to calling you a Nazi. I'd love to hear it.

 

Oh, fuck it. You're hopeless.

[xingyi]

Actually, I am fine with Europe kicking out criminals, racists, and murders who are immigrants/ illegal immigrants. Unlike most of you people in this forum, I am not a hypocritical person.

Glad to heard that, but I will believe when I see you on those post.

 

LOL

 

THAT'S THE WORST STRAWMAN I HAVE EVER HAD THE DISGRACE OF WITNESSING

 

Please explain to me how mocking people from your political affiliation for using buzzwords and insults as opposed to substantive arguments is equivalent to calling you a Nazi. I'd love to hear it.

 

Oh, fuck it. You're hopeless.

Lmfao sure, cause replying to me using that isnt calling me nazi. Go off. 

[SheeraEtheral]

It’s their law so be it ....

[alcyone]

Now if a black person got deported from the US for calling Trump a cracker, people would be in uproar.

 

Double standards are real.

 

Yet you are all against Europe kicking out illegal immigrants (or even USA) for worse shit but go off. 

 

 

Hope you have a proof of basically calling me nazi on that tumblr post. 

 

False equivalence. The Chinese man was an official coming to Kenya for business purposes. If he was a Chinese-born, Kenyan citizen made a remark like that he probably would have been left alone.

 

If an Ethiopian official coming to the US for business purposes called Trump a cracker and other racist things, he would've been made to leave, too.

 

You can't equate two different people from two different social classes and two different countries with two different sets of laws and proclaim 'double standards'.

 

For the record, I'm a centrist and I'm anything but an SJW. In case you're going to use ad hominem attacks to refute my points, you can reread the last bit.

[Bad Boy]

False equivalence. The Chinese man was an official coming to Kenya for business purposes. If he was a Chinese-born, Kenyan citizen made a remark like that he probably would have been left alone.

 

If an Ethiopian official coming to the US for business purposes called Trump a cracker and other racist things, he would've been made to leave, too.

 

You can't equate two different people from two different social classes and two different countries with two different sets of laws and proclaim 'double standards'.

 

For the record, I'm a centrist and I'm anything but an SJW. In case you're going to use ad hominem attacks to refute my points, you can reread the last bit.

 

You're making it sound as if he was the Ambassador for the Chinese Embassy in Kenya, but all the article stated was that he was there for business purposes, and that he owns and employs people for his business there. A businessman, or the equivalent in your example, wouldn't get deported for saying racist things whilst in a fit of rage, in the USA. 

[alcyone]

You're making it sound as if he was the Ambassador for the Chinese Embassy in Kenya, but all the article stated was that he was there for business purposes, and that he owns and employs people for his business there. A businessman, or the equivalent in your example, wouldn't get deported for saying racist things whilst in a fit of rage, in the USA.

 

To clarify: you're saying that if a businessman says something racist about Trump, he should be deported? Or that the Chinese official shouldn't have been deported? What do you think should have happened?