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Police seek 20 violent protesters
By Li Qian |
September 24, 2012, Monday
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THE images of 20 people suspected of damaging property and fighting with police officers during a recent anti-Japan protest in southern Shenzhen City have been published online.
Police used pepper spray, tear gas and water cannon to break up the demonstration on September 16 when thousands of people occupied a crowded street and some attacked a Japanese department store, grabbed police shields and knocked off officers' helmets. At least one policeman was hit with a flowerpot.
After checking the images recorded by surveillance cameras, Shenzhen police have now put online pictures of 20 people they want to interview. They are urging the suspects to come forward as soon as possible and urged the public to call officers if they had any information about their identities or whereabouts.
Police have conclusive evidence from the video footage and hope the suspects will turn themselves in, police said.
Anyone with information about the suspects could be eligible for a reward.
Apart from the 20 suspects being sought, Shenzhen police have detained seven violent protesters, mostly poorly educated migrant workers in their twenties, police said.
Some had called each other to take part in the street protest and some were incited by others to damage property and attack the police, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported.
A police officer told the newspaper that with their "blind" patriotism or excessive enthusiasm, the young people could be easily swayed into behaving much too aggressively.
Tensions mounted after Japan announced earlier this month it had completed a planned "purchase" of the Diaoyu Islands, triggering mass protests, with tens of thousands of anti-Japanese protesters taking to the streets in cities across China.
Police used pepper spray, tear gas and water cannon to break up the demonstration on September 16 when thousands of people occupied a crowded street and some attacked a Japanese department store, grabbed police shields and knocked off officers' helmets. At least one policeman was hit with a flowerpot.
After checking the images recorded by surveillance cameras, Shenzhen police have now put online pictures of 20 people they want to interview. They are urging the suspects to come forward as soon as possible and urged the public to call officers if they had any information about their identities or whereabouts.
Police have conclusive evidence from the video footage and hope the suspects will turn themselves in, police said.
Anyone with information about the suspects could be eligible for a reward.
Apart from the 20 suspects being sought, Shenzhen police have detained seven violent protesters, mostly poorly educated migrant workers in their twenties, police said.
Some had called each other to take part in the street protest and some were incited by others to damage property and attack the police, the Southern Metropolis Daily reported.
A police officer told the newspaper that with their "blind" patriotism or excessive enthusiasm, the young people could be easily swayed into behaving much too aggressively.
Tensions mounted after Japan announced earlier this month it had completed a planned "purchase" of the Diaoyu Islands, triggering mass protests, with tens of thousands of anti-Japanese protesters taking to the streets in cities across China.
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