尼尔·伍德死亡事件成为国际舞台，中英两国政府都有杰出表演。

 

尼尔·伍德是中国人民的女婿。中国人民很爱护尼尔·伍德，这点，尼尔·伍德的母亲及其他家人都是信得过的。

 

尼尔·伍德的中国妻子已经给他生了二个孩子，为什么还没有成为英国公民，这点我感觉有点奇怪，不过是人家的家事，咱不便过于关心。

 

尼尔·伍德的死亡事件，就不简单是家事了。尼尔·伍德死亡后，他的家属和他的国家政府都没有疑义，都接受是死于酒精引发的心脏病。

 

 

这事好象已经过去了。

 

也就是说，没有国际压力，同时也没有上访者呼天天不应，呼地地不灵。

 

在这种情况下，中国公安部门是否有必要还继续调查呢？我是说，王立军在他还是重庆市公安局长的时候，他还有必要调查吗？

 

据我所知，在中国，是上访的案子都调查不过来的，怎么会有警力精力财力物力去调查一个没有上访的案件呢？

 

王立军还是公安局长的时候，坚持要调查尼尔·伍德的死亡事件，就是没有一点道理的。还有更多更紧迫的事情，需要警察。

 

薄熙来停止他的公安局长职务，我认为是合情合理的。如果是我，也会这样做。难道温家宝同志遇到同样的情况，不这样吗？

 

也就是说，放着不断上访的案件不处理，而是花费有限的警力精力财力物力去调查一个没有上访的案件，合适吗？

 

当然，如果中国没有上访的案件，老百姓不是感觉呼天天不应，呼地地不灵了，这样的　COLD　CASE　是有必要查的。

 

王立军到美国大使馆为尼尔·伍德喊冤，我也不理解。难道中国公民的冤情都申干净了吗？

 

王立军到美国大使馆为尼尔·伍德喊冤以后，中国政府确定：

 

公安机关对尼尔·伍德死亡案依法进行复查

 

我也不理解。

 

中国公民上访的案件都处理好了吗？这么大张旗鼓处理一个没有上访的案件，究竟是为了什么？

 

调查清楚了有怎么样呢？我们中国，正义，公平，人权，就处于世界领先地位了？就算是将了英国政府一军么？

 

我担心，中国政府的所作所为，会因为东西方文化的差异，而不为英国政府，还有尼尔·伍德的家人，还有关心这件事的西方人所理解。

 

 

英国外交大臣就英国人之死发布书面声明 [原文附后]

 

2011年11月16日，英国驻重庆总领事馆收到重庆市公安局有关海伍德先生死亡的传真。中方官员告知我们的职员，他的死亡原因是过度饮酒。

 

依照英国外交部的领事程序，领事官员为海伍德先生在中国与英国的家人提供了及时而充分的领事服务。11月18日，[海伍德的]家人通知领事官员，他们决定火化海伍德的遗体。他们分别在中国和英国两地向我们确认了这一决定。一位[英国]外交部官员按时参加了火化仪式。我们继续为海伍德先生在中国和英国的家人提供全面的领事服务，包括海伍德夫人——她是中国国民，拥有有效的英国签证。

 

[英国]外交部国务大臣杰里米 布朗于11月15日至16日正在重庆。他于11月16日上午会见了薄熙来。大臣们通常并不被告知有关英国国民死亡或其他领事事件，因为此类事件太多了。当然，我们需要确定他们被告知有关事件，我们将重审我们的程序。

 

中国警方对海伍德先生之死的调查是在其后受到质疑的。[英国]外交部于1月18日首次在中国的英国侨民群体间听到传言，说围绕海伍德先生之死可能存在着令人生疑的环境。

 

有关海伍德先生之死的指称是由重庆市前任副市长和公安局长王立军在访问美国驻成都领事馆期间提出的。

 

受这些不断加深的担忧影响，[英国]外交部官员于2月7日将此案件及其环境通知了我。我要求他们立即向中国当局提出紧急照会，并要求对海伍德之死进行调查。

 

中国当局已经承诺将如我们要求的那样调查海伍德先生之死，对此，我表示欢迎。我们现在希望看到全面调查的结论，而且这一调查应遵守正当程序、不受政治干预、揭示悲剧事件背后的真相、确保公正得以落实。

 

 

 

           

Foreign Secretary statement concerning the death of a British national in China

17 April 2012

 

Foreign Secretary William Hague has updated Parliament on developments concerning the death of British national Neil Heywood in China in November 2011.

 

I wish to inform the House of developments concerning the death of a British national, Mr Neil Heywood, in Chongqing in the People’s Republic of China on 14 November 2011. Mr Heywood’s body was found in a Chongqing hotel room on 15 November 2011.

 

On 16 November 2011, consular officials from the British Consulate-General in Chongqing were notified of Mr Heywood’s death by fax from the Public Security Bureau of the Chongqing municipality of China. Chinese officials informed our staff that the cause of his death was overconsumption of alcohol.

 

In line with FCO consular procedure, consular officials provided immediate and full consular support to Mr Heywood’s family in China as well to his family in the United Kingdom. On 18 November, the family informed consular staff of their decision to have Mr Heywood’s body cremated, and confirmed this to us both in China and from the UK. An FCO official duly attended the cremation ceremony. We continue to provide full consular support to Mr Heywood’s family in China and the UK, including to Mrs Heywood, who is a Chinese national, holding a valid UK visa.

 

Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne, was in Chongqing on 15 and 16 November. He met Mr Bo Xilai on the morning of 16 November. Ministers are not routinely told about the death of British nationals or other consular cases as they are so numerous. However, we need to make sure that they are told in relevant cases and we will review our procedures.

 

The Chinese police findings as to the cause of Mr Heywood’s death were called into question subsequently. Foreign Office officials were first made aware of rumours within the British expatriate community in China that there may have been suspicious circumstances surrounding Mr Heywood’s death from 18 January.

 

Allegations about Mr Heywood’s death were made by Former Chongqing Vice-Mayor and Chief of Police Wang Lijun during a visit to the US Consulate in Chengdu on 6 February.

 

Prompted by these increasing concerns, FCO officials informed me on 7 February of the case and the circumstances surrounding it. I immediately instructed them to make urgent representations to the Chinese authorities and to seek an investigation into Mr Heywood’s death.

 

On 15 February, after establishing as much information as possible and contacting the family, the Deputy Head of Mission of the British Embassy in Beijing met officials from the Consular Department of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to convey this message. He informed them of our concerns about Mr Heywood’s death and the suspicion that he had been murdered, and conveyed our formal request that the Chinese authorities investigate.

 

On 21 February, HM Ambassador to China made the same request to Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vice-Minister for Europe. 

 

Our Ambassador repeated the request a week later to the Director General for Europe. In the absence of a formal Chinese response, on 22 March, the FCO’s Consular Director raised the case in the same terms with a visiting senior Chinese consular official in London.

 

On 10 April, before their official public announcement, the Chinese authorities informed HM Ambassador to China that an investigation into Neil Heywood’s death had begun and that proper judicial process would be followed.

 

I welcome the fact that the Chinese authorities have now committed themselves to undertake the investigation into Mr Heywood’s death that we sought. We now wish to see the conclusion of a full investigation that observes due process, is free from political interference, exposes the truth behind this tragic case, and ensures that justice is done.

 

We will continue to engage with the Chinese authorities on the progress of the investigation and we stand ready to provide any assistance necessary. FCO officials will remain in close touch with Mr Heywood’s family as this investigation proceeds.

 

原文链接：http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=PressS&id=753573682

 

 

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