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Shoe Factory Workers Protest, Block Road in Guangzhou

22:25 Nov 5 2011 白云区太和镇

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前日下午,白云区太和镇某鞋厂员工在向厂方追讨欠薪时发现老板走佬,激愤之下走上大马路以堵路的方式讨公道,造成广花路竹仔园路段一度交通严重堵塞。白云区警方接报后立即出警处置,经过约1小时的劝导,平息了事态。

  经调查取证,昨日,白云区警方依法对带头堵路的5名员工处以行政拘留的处罚。

  据了解,参与堵路的人员均是白云区太和镇龙归管理区某鞋厂员工。前日下午,数十名员工因为厂方拖欠薪水的问题聚集在一起,准备向老板要个说法,结果却发现老板走佬失踪。激愤之下,员工们采取堵塞马路的过激行为,意图引发关注、讨回欠薪。

  接报后,白云区警方迅速派出警力到场维持秩序,协助相关职能部门引导讨薪员工通过正常渠道解决问题,同时对围观的群众进行劝离。经过约1个小时的工作,堵路的员工被带走调查,围观群众也逐渐散去,事态得以平息,一度严重受堵的广花路也恢复了交通。

  事后,警方经过取证调查,以涉嫌扰乱公共秩序的名义依法对蒙某(男,18岁,广西人)、王某(男,21岁,湖南人)、廖某(男,30岁,广东人)、陈某(男,18岁,湖南人)及韦某(男,22岁,广西人)等5名带头堵路的人员分别处以行政拘留5日的处罚。

  警方呼吁:市民合法利益受到侵害时,应通过合法途径解决,不能够使用扰乱公共秩序、堵塞马路、寻衅滋事等非法手段,影响社会治安,否则不仅不利于自身权益的维护还将受到法律的惩罚。
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