The tone was set by President Hu , the 60-year-old who became the Communist Partys general secretary in November last year and then the countrys president in March this year .
The tone was set by Hu , 60 , who became the Communist Party 's general secretary last November and then the country 's president this March .
" This man gambled with our lives and we , the passengers , lost , " said Andres Rivera Jr . , who was also on the bus .