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Chinese factory worker sets fire to textile plant over 800 yuan in unpaid wages (rfa.org)
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/30901392

A Chinese factory employee set fire to a textile plant in China’s southwestern Sichuan province in his frustration over unpaid wages of just 800 yuan (or US$111), according to videos posted on social media and eyewitness accounts shared with Radio Free Asia.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

RFA

Police, however, said the claim that “800 yuan in wages were owed” was false, and that the company was in the process of approving payment of 5,370 yuan in wages. It blamed the factory fire on the arsonist’s suicidal thoughts, and said police would deal strictly with those spreading rumors.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Lol RFA, always "reliable".