韶关暴防

Ethnic tensions spark brawl at China factory-report

Fri Jun 26, 2009

HONG KONG, June 27 (Reuters) – Ethnic clashes between Han Chinese and Uighur workers at a toy factory in China’s southern Guangdong province killed two people and injured 118, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

In a massive night brawl at the « Early Light » toy factory in Guangdong’s Shaoguan city, a group of Han Chinese fought with Uighurs from China’s northwestern Xinjiang region who had been recently recruited to the factory, Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper reported.

The violence lasted until the early hours of Friday morning and at least 16 were seriously injured, the newspaper reported.

About 400 riot police had to be deployed to quell the unrest as the rival workers battled, some with knives and metal pipes. The violence was reportedly sparked by a spate of crimes at the factory following the arrival of around 600 Uighur workers in May this year, the newspaper said.

« Some people carrying metal pipes entered a dormitory to attack Uighur workers. But the Uighurs fought back with knives, leading to a fierce brawl involving hundreds, » the newspaper said.

The factory was reportedly owned by Hong Kong tycoon Francis Choi, one of the city’s leading toy manufacturers.

Xinjiang’s majority Uighur population is a largely Muslim group with a culture close to other Turkic parts of central Asia.

Many Uighurs resent Han Chinese rule, complaining they’re marginalised economically and politically in their own land, while having to tolerate a rising influx of Han Chinese migrants. (Reporting by James Pomfret; Editing by Bill Tarrant)

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Ethnic clash in Chinese factory kills 2, hurts 118

27 juin 2009

BEIJING (AP) — Ethnic tensions between workers at a toy factory in southern China sparked a brawl that left two dead and 118 injured, state media and a government spokesman said Saturday.

The official China News Service said hundreds of workers at the Xuri Toy Factory in Shaoguan City fought for two hours before more than 400 police restored order early Friday morning.

A spokesman from the Shaoguan City government said the brawl was due to tensions between Uighurs — Turkic-speaking Muslims — and Han Chinese, who make up most of China’s population.

The spokesman said the fight started after a Han Chinese girl entered a dormitory where Uighur workers were staying. Uighur workers tried to harass her, and she screamed. The spokesman would not give his name or give details on the two people who died.

The news service said 14 among the 118 people who were hurt suffered serious injuries.

Fights between the two ethnic groups are rarely reported, but tensions have existed for decades in the Uighurs’ far western region of Xinjiang. China has a heavy security presence there, saying militants in the region are seeking to separate it from the rest of the country.

The factory could not reached for comment.

广东韶关工人群殴 2死逾百伤

（香港）   (2009-06-27)

（联合早报网讯）香港文汇报报道，记者从有关方面获悉，26日凌晨二时，香港旭日集团旗下的韶关旭日玩具厂发生一宗数百人集体斗殴事件。据了 解，有部分外来工人和韶关本地员工因事发生摩擦，继而在厂区内斗殴。事件致使120人死伤，其中16人重伤，有2名重伤的新疆籍员工经抢救无效死亡。

事件发生后，韶关市公安部门组织特警、武警、巡警和武江公安分局等警力四百人第一时间赶到现场维护秩序、控制局面，并疏散、隔离有关 人员。凌晨四时许，参与斗殴者和围观民众已全部散去，事态得以平稳控制。中央和广东省委、省政府高度重视。周永康、孟建柱、汪洋、黄华华等领导人专门作出 指示，要求全力抢救伤员，妥善做好死伤人员家属安抚工作，做好企业员工的稳定工作，尽快查明事实真相，依法严肃处理有关责任人员。

周永康汪洋指示全力救人

目前，有关斗殴事件的原因仍在调查当中，但盛传缘于旭日玩具厂内2名韶关本地女员工遭到外地员工性侵犯，引发小范围斗殴，后因不少工人起哄，导致数百人参与，但这一说法未得到官方确认。

目前事态已平稳控制

据了解，旭日玩具厂是韶关一家较大的港资企业，员工达一万多人。据25日晚在场的员工陈先生介绍，截至26日下午，厂里仍未将有关情况 通报给员工，事件原因没有得到官方确认，但几乎所有员工都互传，几名韶关本地女员工遭多名外地员工性侵，事后受害人分别叫来各自男友讨说法，其后，众多工 友被纠集起来；另一方外地员工也有几百人。

另一员工黄先生介绍，此前，工厂大规模从外地招聘新员工，之后便发生多宗外地人强奸工厂女工事件，但却被私了，此事引起众怒。而此次 事故发生在职工1号和2号宿舍楼之间，起初有人喊口号赶走外地人，乱砸东西，两栋楼之间丢满了垃圾桶和灭火器。他指事件中有数百人参与，有的人拿木棒打砸 玻璃，有的冲进外地员工宿舍打人。最后外来工人有的拿上铁棍和砍刀反击，其他员工开始走避。

韶关民族械斗百人死伤惊动政治局

2009年06月27日

据报道，广东韶关市港资旭日玩具厂周六（26日）晚发生一起数百名员工大规模群殴事件，造成118人受伤，2名新疆维吾尔族工人死亡。

中国媒体说，韶关市政府在事发后派出400名特警、武警和巡警到场，控制局面和疏散、隔离斗殴人员。

香港明报说，韶关当局派大巴将厂内的600多名新疆员工分载往其它地方安置。

香港旭日国际集团主席蔡志明对明报表示，这次事件属于民族之间的冲突问题，主要由于厂内新疆人与广东人的生活习惯出现差异。

目前身在海外的蔡志明称，因政府鼓励厂商聘用穷人，因此该厂聘用了这批新疆人。

韶关市政府的新闻通报说，当局已将这些未受伤的600多名新疆籍工人分批安置在三个地方，并帮他们解决符合习俗的餐饮等生活问题，还给工人每人发放必需的衣物和棉被、席子等物品。

事件发生后，中央政治局常委兼政法委书记周永康、公安部长孟建柱、广东省委书记汪洋和省长黄华华等官员已分别批示，要求全力抢救伤员，查明真相和严肃查处事件。

中国官方媒体报道没有说明玩具厂员工发生斗殴的原因，也没有提有新疆维吾尔族员工在斗殴中死亡，只表示事态已得到平稳控制韶关市外办官员表示，群殴原因公安仍在调查当中

~ par Alain Bertho sur 27 juin 2009.

Publié dans émeutes, riots, 暴防