August 5, the Chinese Embassy in Zambia issued safety tips at the official website, called on the Chinese-funded enterprises in praise vigilance and strengthen safety awareness.
 
August 4th-owned coal mining company in Zambia, coal Cochrane was the impact of hundreds of local workers, resulting in employees one death and four injuries. Chinese Embassy in Zambia, one rushed to an incident field officials handling the matter confirmed to reporters yesterday, and said two suspects have been arrested.
Chinese-funded coal mine
 
51-year-old killed workers from Jiangxi
 
Yesterday, the Chinese Embassy in Zambia, a staff member, on the 4th afternoon, local workers in the case of no obvious signs of the impact of Cochrane mine, resulting in workers in one death and four injuries. Wounded the injury is not particularly serious, the death of Chinese employees are the ordinary workers, not mine manager.
 
Meixin Pei, the Cochrane mine manager, said yesterday that the killed workers, aged 51, Jiangxi, is a mine with classes. At present, the company has to inform their families.
 
The embassy staff said, the embassy emergency call at 16:00 on the 4th or so, the responsible person to verify the situation with coal Cochrane, Museum leadership immediately the person in charge of relevant departments of Zambia phone to negotiate, asking them to take immediate action . Negotiations, Zambia, Southern Province deputy police chief (the Secretary has not assumed office) the day arrived on the scene to understand the situation.
 
Cochrane Coal Mine is located in the Zambian capital Lusaka south, a distance of 320 kilometers. On the 5th, the Embassy opened a five hours car came to the scene to communicate with the Zambian Minister of Labour and the South Province, asking them to be sure to do everything possible to apprehend the murderers, to ensure that the coal mine safety.
In addition, the embassy actively assist the Cochrane coal company for treatment of the wounded, have been wounded to go to the Capital Hospital, the injury is relatively stable.
 
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Leading to death of workers is a crime
 
According to media reports of Zambia, on the 5th, the Zambian Minister of Labour of the incident scene said the cause of Chinese workers to the death of a crime, which released the minimum wage labor disputes with the government does not matter.
 
In praise Embassy
 
To prevent over wage labor conflicts
 
Chinese Embassy in Zambia, on the 5th official Netcom reported a blow to the coal due to labor disputes. Appeals to the vigilant, the Chinese-funded enterprises in praise to enhance safety awareness and take reasonable measures to properly handle the relationship with the local trade unions and employees to prevent the praise measures to increase the minimum wage lead to labor conflicts.
 
Although individual violence, the embassy staff said that the overall investment environment for Chinese-funded companies in Zambia can also, although Zambia's new introduction of the minimum wage to the cost of foreign companies, but not simply for the Chinese-funded companies.
 
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Three or four hundred people by truck to the mine to play grab
Cochrane mine about 320 kilometers from the Zambian capital, Lusaka, the country's only owned coal companies. The mines have seventy to eighty of the Chinese staff, local staff of six or seven hundred people. On the 4th of the company by the impact of local workers and Chinese employees is one death and four injuries. Blue Division manager of the company Meixin Pei told reporters yesterday about the shocking afternoon.
 
Three or four hundred people mine thwarted
 
August 4, the coal mines of the Blue Division to the days of wages. Whenever this time the company packed with people, but that day, but one person did not, no one to work. "Chinese workers thought the same as before, the local workers on strike, did not take too much notice." Said Mei Xinpei, Zambian workers in the the Cochrane mine strikes, mainly in order to get a raise.
 
In July of this year, Zambia Ministry of Labour and Social Security issued a new government minimum wage. Thanks to the new regulations, call a local workers union president, demanding a wage.
 
August 2, meeting of the the Cochrane coal related staff and the local union negotiated pay rates, filled up to less than minimum wage, workers 'wages; has more than minimum wage, workers' wages, but also appropriately increased. But on a good trade union temporarily did not go to the mines and local workers to talk about, intend to go a few days.
The morning of August 4, nothing happened. At noon, the Chinese workers to lunch, lunch break is about to go back about three or four hundred people sitting in the big truck went to the mine. "I saw Chinese hit, see something grab." Meixin Pei said. There is room to sleep in a Chinese worker, the black room forced open, and took him off to the toilet, said: "Hold your tongue, if you speak to kill you."



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