中国: 因馬航事件３萬中國民航機駕駛員可能受監視等

A few weeks ago the Yomiuri News on-line reported the following:

中国、民間機パイロット３万人監視…電話盗聴も

2014年04月08日 18時45分

　【香港＝比嘉清太】香港の人権団体「中国人権民主化運動ニュースセンター」は８日、中国の習近平(シージンピン)政権が新たに発足させた治安対策の司令塔「中央国家安全委員会」が、国内の民間航空機のパイロット約３万人に対する身元調査や監視に乗り出したと伝えた。クアラルンプール発北京行きマレーシア航空３７０便が消息を絶った問題で、機長や副操縦士も捜査対象となったことを受けた措置だとしている。

　同センターによると、習政権は、北京周辺を飛行する民間機が航路を変更して共産党指導部の所在地・中南海に向かった場合、１０分間しかかからず、撃墜命令を下す前に突入されてしまう可能性が高いと危惧。軍などから選抜された約４００人の専門チームが、既に一部のパイロットの電話の盗聴などを始めたという。

(試譯文)

On the 8^th (April) a human rights organization in Hong Kong "The Information Center for the Human Rights Democratic Movement in China" reported that China’s Xi Jinping Administration’s newly inaugurated "The Central National Security Council" which was used as a commanding post to devise measures on security had embarked on some domestic background checks and surveillance on about 30,000 commercial aircraft pilots. Regarding the trouble of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that traveled to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur had cut off information, its captain and copilot had become candidates for investigation and supposedly the procedures were initiated.

According to the Center, if a civil aircraft flying at the outskirts of Beijing changed course and flew to Chungnanhai where the Communist Party Guidance Department was located, that would require less than 10 minutes. The Xi Jinping Administration was highly apprehensive about the possibility of a rushing in before a shooting-down command could be given. It was said that a professional team of about 400 people selected from the army etc. had already begun tapping some pilots' telephones etc.

For security reasons, it is normal for the Chinese Communist Party to take all kinds of precautions.