China defends Mugabe's right to buy home in Hong Kong

The comment came after the Sunday Times newspaper in London reported
that Robert and Grace Mugabe had bought a home in a luxury complex in
Hong Kong's Tai Po district last year. The spokesman's comment referred
to the Falun Gong movement, a religious sect banned in China but free
to practice in Hong Kong which has freedoms of speech guaranteed in its
mini-constitution. Police were called to the Mugabe property Friday
when two photographers working for the newspaper were allegedly
assaulted as they attempted to deliver a letter and take picture of the
villa. The incident took place weeks after Grace Mugabe allegedly
assaulted another Sunday Times photographer as he took pictures of her
shopping in Hong Kong. The Mugabes' daughter Bona is studying in a
university in Hong Kong and students in Zimbabwe have held protests
demanding that she be deported and made to study in her home country.
Pro-democracy legislator Emily Lau called on the Hong Kong government
to make clear its policy on whether politicians such as Mugabe should
be allowed to visit or settle in the city. Mugabe, whose country is in
economic and political turmoil, is banned from travelling to the US or
the EU. Children of Zimbabwe regime members have been refused admission
to Australian universities. – Sindh Today (Pakistan)