Lawyers to continue efforts to take Chinese relics back

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Source: CCTV.com | 02-25-2009 09:27

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Chinese lawyers pledged to continue their efforts to bring two looted bronze sculptures back home. Their bid in a Parisian court to stop the two being auctioned at Christie's has been quashed. But the lawyers are vowing to take further steps towards halting the sculptures' sale.

Ren Xiaohong (R), a lawyer for the Association for the  Protection of Chinese Art in Europe (APACE), the plaintiff,  speaks to the media with her colleague Ayagh at the Tribunal  de Grande Instance in Paris, capital of France, Feb. 23, 2009.  The Paris court on Monday ruled against stopping the sale of  two looted Chinese bronze sculptures which come up for auction  at Christie's on Wednesday.(Xinhua/Zheng Suchun)

The Chinese lawyers filed the case under the name of the Association for the Protection of Chinese Art in Europe.

The court ruling said the plaintiff was not entitled to file the motion because it did not have direct links with the two bronze sculptures.

The lawyers are disappointed about the French court ruling, but must accept it.

Ren Xiaohong, lawyer representing APACE, said, "The significance of filing the lawsuit was to draw the public's attention in China to help keep those relics protected."