Former Chinese president Hu Jintao unexpectedly led out of party congress

The former Chinese president Hu Jintao was unexpectedly ushered out of the 20th Communist party congress during its closing ceremony.

He appeared to be held tightly by his arm and urged to leave as he attempted to speak to his successor, Xi Jinping.

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[sudheerveturu]

Scariest thing is… everyone looking forward like robots and acting as if nothing wrong is happening over there 😢😢

[andimuhjafar]

The time you realize how grateful you are if having democracy.

[mkmgauri]

Speaks volumes of the state of affairs in China, if leaders of such stature are being taken out of meetings like this, one can only imagine the plight of ordinary citizens

[liyang]

This is obviously not a physical reason, because there is still a 105-year-old veteran at the meeting who persisted until the end

[unnamedindividual]

You can literally see the fear in his eyes as he realizes what’s about to happen to him. Chilling

[lifeaquatic]

I thought respect for elders was a cornerstone of Chinese culture.

Guess not.

[bacud]

This is the saddest thing happened when you need help but know one stand beside you.

[yoga_for_me]

Wow the others looked forward not even turning and questioning anything.

[majido]

0:15 the guy on the right tried to help him but was stopped by the other guy 🥺

[aolid]

It is speculated that he was the only one who will vote "NO" for Xi's 3rd term that is why he was escorted out.

[PhyuckYu]

When he stopped to speak to Xi, reminds me of the scene from Godfather part 1 when he asks the family lawyer "can u get me off for old times sake"

[shamikghosh]

Man, you can understand everything by just seeing his eyes....he knows what might possibly happen and he taps xi jingpin and the guy beside him

[avarmauk]

I believe the reason for this is symbolic. First, Jintao is supposed to be his senior. But now Xi wants to be the top without any legacy people. It’s also symbolic because Juntao voluntarily stepped down, something Xi has no plans to do.

[incurabe]

This scene will go down in the history books forever. Amazing. It’s like he’s on death row now 😢

[Budanevey]

All will kneel before the Emperor.
Or else...

[avim]

RIP Hu. This might be the last time we can see him.

[theferalfemalesociety]

That's what it looks like when you've been ploted against. They don't even look you in the eye.

[henripentant]

The really significant part is his own bewilderment and the total uncertainty he shows, along with not being allowed to look at the documents.

[hutchER]

My man lost all his social credit during conference 😭😭

[MaryamofShomal]

This is ridiculous. Worse than the pettiest of tyrants.