{"id":27728,"date":"2012-05-30T13:34:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:10081\/?p=27728 "},"modified":"2012-05-30T13:34:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T13:34:00","slug":"27728-revision-v1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minzhuzhongguo.org\/?p=27728","title":{"rendered":"Large Protest over Killed Worker in Wenzhou"},"content":{"rendered":"
Around a thousand workers went on the rampage in China following the death of one of their colleagues allegedly over a wage dispute, state-run media say.<\/span><\/div>
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The mob stormed a government compound on Monday and overturned cars near the city of Wenzhou in Zhejiang province, Xinhua news agency reports.<\/span><\/div>
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The incident was sparked by a fight over wages between migrant worker Yang Zhi, 19, and his boss at a bag factory.<\/span><\/div>
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Mr Yang suffered a head injury and died in hospital two weeks later.<\/span><\/div>
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According to Xinhua, it is claimed that Mr Yang, from Hunan province in central China, was hit on the head by his employer on 12 May when h<\/span>e tried to get his 1,070 yuan ($168.30, £108.12) salary.<\/span><\/div>
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Police detained the employer a few days later, but this did not appear to have satisfied the dead man’s colleagues.<\/span><\/div>
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They stormed a government compound, throwing stones and bricks and overturning cars. They are asking for the boss to be severely punished for their colleague’s death.<\/span><\/div>
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The protest has now ended, Xinhua says, with Mr Yang’s family given nearly $50,000 in compensation.<\/span><\/div>
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There are tens of thousands of similar protests every year, where people’s anger boils over at a perceived injustice, according to the BBC’s Michael Bristow in Beijing.<\/span><\/div>
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This particular incident may be over, but it shows that China is not always as stable and peaceful as the country’s leaders would like, he adds.<\/span><\/div>
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Read <\/span>original article<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/div>
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