Chinese stage Paris march over security
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SEVERAL thousand ethnic Chinese staged a protest march in Paris yesterday over the fatal mugging of a Chinese tailor last month, as crime against community members has spiralled.
The protesters, almost all wearing white T-shirts reading “Security for All” and many waving French flags, rallied at the Place de la Republique in central Paris.
Zhang Chaolin, who was 49, was set upon on August 7 by three thieves who tried to snatch a bag belonging to a friend of his. He died a few days later from his injuries.
Zhang’s image appeared on a giant banner in the middle of the square, under the words, splattered with red paint: “Zhang Chaolin, dead for nothing. Who will be next?”
“Stop violence, aggression, insecurity”, one placard read amid the sea of white T-shirts worn by protesters who later marched towards the nearby Place de la Nation.
An umbrella organization, Stop the Violence, Security for All, called the protest two weeks after around 1,000 people marched in the Aubervilliers suburb north of Paris where the tailor was killed.
Security for All is demanding police reinforcements, more security cameras and a recognition of anti-Asian racism.
Reported violent robberies targeting the Chinese, who are seen as lucrative prey as they are thought to habitually carry large sums of cash, have tripled in the past year, from 35 to 105.
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