France Investigating Police Killing of Chinese Man in Paris
Although the exact circumstances of Mr. Liu’s death remained unclear on Tuesday,
and the police declined to comment, local news organizations quoted police sources who said Mr. Liu had moved to assault one of the officers on his doorstep.
On Tuesday, a spokeswoman for China’s Foreign Ministry said
that the country attached "great importance" to Mr. Liu’s killing and demanded that France "thoroughly investigate the incident and take effective measures to ensure the safety and legal rights of Chinese nationals in France." The French Foreign Ministry, in a statement on Tuesday, said that an investigation was underway.
But, Mr. Job said, Mr. Liu had not yet reached the door when the police forced it open and shot him as he stood next to his daughter.
But Tamara Lui, president of the community organization Chinese in France, said the population had not seen a noticeable change
in the security situation, saying she was astonished by the "disproportionate force" used by the police against Mr. Liu.
The police went to Mr. Liu’s home on Sunday, according to French news accounts, in response to a call from a neighbor.
Some of the roughly 150 protesters who gathered at a police station in the 19th arrondissement
in northeast Paris, where Mr. Liu was killed, threw objects at officers and set cars on fire.
