Macau tour guides may strike to protest assault
By Claire Wang |
February 16, 2011, Wednesday
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MACAU tour guides threatened to go on strike if the local government doesn't punish three Chinese mainland tourists who assaulted a Macau tour guide.
More than 100 Macau tour guides surrounded a bus carrying the three mainland tourists on Monday night. They demanded an apology, asked the government to launch a probe into the incident and hold the three men responsible, otherwise they will strike, China News Service reported yesterday.
Dozens of policemen were dispatched to maintain order at the scene. Macau Tourist Office officials tried to mediate a settlement, but failed. Later the three travelers apologized, but the guides were not satisfied and asked the police to forbid them from leaving Macau.
The family of the injured tour guide asked for 200,000 Macau patacas (US$24,910) in compensation but was refused. The tour guides dispersed about 2am yesterday after police took away the three men, the report said.
They were released later yesterday and left Macau after providing a statement to police. They may still face charges, the report said.
The 26-person tour group from northeast China's Liaoning Province arrived in Macau on Monday and planned to stay for two days.
A tourist accosted a female Macau tour guide for being late and not holding pickup signs high enough. The tourist grabbed the sign, tore it into pieces and threw them at the tour guide, the report said.
Another guide, surnamed Ching, tried to intervene, but was beaten up by three men from the group. Ching sustained injuries to the head, abdomen and legs. He was sent to a hospital for treatment.
The Macau Tourist Guide Association criticized the government for protecting the interests of travelers while neglecting the rights of guides.
More than 100 Macau tour guides surrounded a bus carrying the three mainland tourists on Monday night. They demanded an apology, asked the government to launch a probe into the incident and hold the three men responsible, otherwise they will strike, China News Service reported yesterday.
Dozens of policemen were dispatched to maintain order at the scene. Macau Tourist Office officials tried to mediate a settlement, but failed. Later the three travelers apologized, but the guides were not satisfied and asked the police to forbid them from leaving Macau.
The family of the injured tour guide asked for 200,000 Macau patacas (US$24,910) in compensation but was refused. The tour guides dispersed about 2am yesterday after police took away the three men, the report said.
They were released later yesterday and left Macau after providing a statement to police. They may still face charges, the report said.
The 26-person tour group from northeast China's Liaoning Province arrived in Macau on Monday and planned to stay for two days.
A tourist accosted a female Macau tour guide for being late and not holding pickup signs high enough. The tourist grabbed the sign, tore it into pieces and threw them at the tour guide, the report said.
Another guide, surnamed Ching, tried to intervene, but was beaten up by three men from the group. Ching sustained injuries to the head, abdomen and legs. He was sent to a hospital for treatment.
The Macau Tourist Guide Association criticized the government for protecting the interests of travelers while neglecting the rights of guides.
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