19 held after 3 days of riots
Source: Xinhua/Shanghai Daily |
June 18, 2011, Saturday
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Police in southern China have arrested 19 people in connection with one of the worst outbreaks of unrest seen in the export-oriented Guangdong Province in years.
A heavy police presence remains on the streets of Zengcheng City, a major garments hub.
The 19 suspects were arrested with the approval of local procurators on three charges, including obstruction of official affairs, causing a disturbance and intentional damage of property, according to a statement issued by the Zengcheng government yesterday.
The unrest erupted on June 10 after a pregnant woman from Zengcheng's township of Xintang got involved in a dispute with local security personnel who asked her to move her stall from the front of a supermarket, the statement said.
The woman and her husband were migrant workers from southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Later that night, more than 100 people gathered in front of the supermarket. Some of them threw bottles and bricks at government officials and police vehicles.
They later marched towards the nearby Dadun public security station, damaging several police vehicles and private cars with rocks in the process, the statement said.
Over the next two days, some people again gathered around the public security station, vandalizing vehicles and bank's cash machines and attacking police officers.
Authorities said that riot police had not caused any deaths or injuries in the process of restoring order, nor had they fired any shots, contradicting some online rumors, according to a report in yesterday's Caijing magazine.
Though China's 150 million or so migrant workers have gained better wages and treatment in recent years, the gap between them and established urban residents remains wide.
A heavy police presence remains on the streets of Zengcheng City, a major garments hub.
The 19 suspects were arrested with the approval of local procurators on three charges, including obstruction of official affairs, causing a disturbance and intentional damage of property, according to a statement issued by the Zengcheng government yesterday.
The unrest erupted on June 10 after a pregnant woman from Zengcheng's township of Xintang got involved in a dispute with local security personnel who asked her to move her stall from the front of a supermarket, the statement said.
The woman and her husband were migrant workers from southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Later that night, more than 100 people gathered in front of the supermarket. Some of them threw bottles and bricks at government officials and police vehicles.
They later marched towards the nearby Dadun public security station, damaging several police vehicles and private cars with rocks in the process, the statement said.
Over the next two days, some people again gathered around the public security station, vandalizing vehicles and bank's cash machines and attacking police officers.
Authorities said that riot police had not caused any deaths or injuries in the process of restoring order, nor had they fired any shots, contradicting some online rumors, according to a report in yesterday's Caijing magazine.
Though China's 150 million or so migrant workers have gained better wages and treatment in recent years, the gap between them and established urban residents remains wide.
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