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Chinese police killed 2 at labor protest, rights group says
Kyodo News
14 October 2005
Two people died and 24 were hurt when police quelled a demonstration against the Chongqing Steel Plant in southwestern China, a labor rights group said Friday.
The Hong Kong-based China Labor Bulletin said in a statement that on the morning of Oct. 7 some among an estimated 400 police officers trying to stop a protest outside the Chongqing municipal government headquarters kicked and beat workers after someone had overturned a police vehicle.
Two women, one about 70 and another around 50, died, the labor bulletin said, adding 24 others were hurt and three people were detained.
The police attack ended a series of protests that began Aug. 12 with 2,000 workers blocking traffic in Chongqing, the labor group said.
Workers were asking the bankrupt steel plant, formerly one of China's top 500 industrial companies, to give each employee 2,000 yuan ($247) in severance pay.
The protesting workers, from a staff of 18,000, charge corrupt management at the steel company led to the bankruptcy, China Labor Bulletin said.
Chinese police killed 2 at labor protest, rights group says
Kyodo News
14 October 2005
Two people died and 24 were hurt when police quelled a demonstration against the Chongqing Steel Plant in southwestern China, a labor rights group said Friday.
The Hong Kong-based China Labor Bulletin said in a statement that on the morning of Oct. 7 some among an estimated 400 police officers trying to stop a protest outside the Chongqing municipal government headquarters kicked and beat workers after someone had overturned a police vehicle.
Two women, one about 70 and another around 50, died, the labor bulletin said, adding 24 others were hurt and three people were detained.
The police attack ended a series of protests that began Aug. 12 with 2,000 workers blocking traffic in Chongqing, the labor group said.
Workers were asking the bankrupt steel plant, formerly one of China's top 500 industrial companies, to give each employee 2,000 yuan ($247) in severance pay.
The protesting workers, from a staff of 18,000, charge corrupt management at the steel company led to the bankruptcy, China Labor Bulletin said.