It has been reported that thousands of Chinese students resident in South Korea swamped weekend protests in Seoul by pro-Tibet and anti-totalitarian groups against the Olympic torch relay. Groups of Chinese citizens full of the Olympic spirit of peace, love and international understanding are said to have hurled rocks, bottles and cans, and kicked and punched their political opponents.

The South Korean government responded with the following:

“Ambassador Ning visited the Foreign Ministry to thank the South Korean side for providing tight security measures for the torch relay,” a senior ministry official said, asking not to be named. ‘We showed him police reports on violence caused by some young Chinese people and expressed strong regret.’ While briefly talking to reporters after the meeting, the ambassador sought to contain further fallout from the incident.”

So will the authorities in Seoul be arresting, trying and expelling from the country the hooligans who went on the rampage, and were no doubt filmed doing so by police intelligence units?

From the Taipei Times (taken by an agency photographer, not the police!):

Hat tip: Hak Mao