Vietnamese Embassy spokesman in Phnom Penh, Trung Van Thong, told VOA's Khmer service the Chinese began crossing the border this week.
“They [Chinese] were not expelled from [Vietnam],” he said. “It is their personal decision. I do not know the reason why the Chinese no longer want to live there."
The number of Chinese who have come across from Vietnam is unclear and Cambodian officials have declined to comment on the border crossings, which took place after Chinese and Taiwanese factories were targeted by mobs in southern Vietnam.
- Meanwhile the head of the Association of Khmer Vietnamese in Cambodia, Sem Chi, said his members plan to protest this week outside the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh.
- "Foreigners cannot use Cambodian territory to stage a protest against another group of foreigners,” Khieu Sopheak said. “It is not allowed by law."
This report was produced in collaboration with the VOA Khmer service.
[voanews.com]
14/5/14
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ReplyDeleteA riot at a Taiwanese steel plant in Vietnam has killed at least one Chinese worker, as thousands across the country protest against a Chinese oil rig in disputed waters of the South China Sea.
Officials said Thursday the riot in central Vietnam's Ha Tihn province was the first deadly incident in a wave of anti-Chinese protests. Thousands have walked off their jobs and rampaged through foreign-owned factories, injuring around 100 people.
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China has issued a travel advisory for its citizens in Vietnam, and a spokeswoman this week said Beijing is closely watching the situation...................http://www.voanews.com/content/rioting-in-vietnam-kills-chinese-worker/1914937.html
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ReplyDelete(Reuters) - More than 20 people were killed and rioters attacked Vietnam's biggest steel plant overnight as violent anti-China protests spread to the centre of the country a day after arson and looting in the south, a doctor and newspapers said on Thursday.
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