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"Migrant worker is hamstrung for demanding due wages; massive violent conflict ensues

It was started by a hideous act of violence on a migrant worker. On June 1, 18-year-old worker Xiong Hanjiang from Sichuan province went with his parents to Huayi Porcelain Factory in the town Guxiang, Chaozhou city in southern Guangzhou province and asked the employer for his past due wages. During the process, Xiong Hanjiang got into a fight with Su, the factory owner. Su hit Xiong’s head with a wooden stool and ordered his underlings to cut Xiong’s wrists and ankles and cripple him."

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www.ministryoftofu.com/2011/06/migrant-worker-is-hamstrung-for-demanding-due-wages-massive-violent-conflict-ensues/