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Migrant workers attacked by mob

www.chinanews.cn 2007-07-03 10:16:14

(Source: Xinhua/chinadaily)

A worker lies on the ground after he was beaten by gangsters during a
strike to demand unpaid salaries in Dongyuan County, Heyuan City, South
China's Guangdong Province, June 29, 2007.[Chongqing Morning Post]

July 3 - One migrant worker is fighting for survival, two are missing,
and six remain in serious situation in the hospital, after armed
gangsters in Guangdong Province beat up about 300 migrant workers who had
gone on strike to demand unpaid salaries on Friday, the Chongqing Morning
Post reported .
The Beijing-based China News Service reported on Monday that four
suspects were detained by police.
The migrants, most of whom are from Southwest China's Chongqing
Municipality and Sichuan Province, were working at a construction site
for a hydropower station on the Dongjiang River in Dongyuan county, in
South China's Guangdong Province.
The workers, who have not been paid for four months, went on strike on
Friday, which led to the descent by more than 200 thugs, according to the
newspaper.
"The first batch of about 50 gangsters came with spades in their hands,
and the second batch had axes, steel pipes and sabres, and there were
more behind them," the newspaper quoted Liu Gangqing, one of the migrant
workers, as saying.
"They didn't stop lashing out at us even when the police arrived," said
another migrant worker Li Chuanbing.
A doctor with Heyuan People's Hospital told the newspaper that Lei
Mingzhong, a victim of the violence, had suffered "brain death" and had
virtually no chance of survival.
Huang Juping, a Heyuan government spokesperson, confirmed that Lei -
supported by a pacemaker and breathing apparatus - was fighting for his
life.
However, he denied there had been a mass assault, saying it was "a
violent conflict" involving more than 30 migrant workers and other
company staff.
According to Huang, about 100 migrant workers were incited by their
employer, Qiutian Construction Co based in Shenzhen city, to ask for a
rise from Fuyuan Hydropower Development Co, the proprietor of the
hydropower station.
Qiutian said it had held back workers' pay because Fuyuan refused to
compensate it for losses suffered when some of the company's equipment
and tools were washed away by flash floods last summer.
The migrant workers, headed by Qiu Haodi, a manager with Qiutian, started
to dismantle installations at the power station after their request was
turned down.
The workers had been organized to petition the local government on Friday
afternoon. After several hours of government mediation, they returned
home.
Wang Guangtao, the construction minister, ordered an "immediate
investigation of the incident". Local police have detained four Fuyuan
representatives alleged to have been involved in the attack.
Chased by the gangsters, two workers were forced to jump into Dongjiang
River during the attack. But they survived.
The local government has set up a mediation team. Fuyuan has agreed to
pay the medical costs of the injured workers. Construction of the
hydropower station will be suspended until all "divergences" have been
solved between the two companies.

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