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그들은 신변안전을 우려하고 있다. 수요일(5.14)에도 중국인 50~60명이 입국했지만, 화요일(5.13)만큼은 아니다. 중국인 입국자 600명 중 일부는 공장 노동자들이고 일부는 투자자들인데, 이 같은 규모는 평소보다 이례적으로 많은 것이다. |
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The Chinese nationals were entering Cambodia with valid passports and applying for visas in line with local laws or else they would not be allowed into the country, he added.
Protests by Vietnamese workers have spread to 22 of the country’s 63 provinces, Vietnam’s minister of planning and investment said yesterday. He called for “tough measures” to bring the situation under control before foreign investors pull out of the country.
General Khieu Sopheak, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, which deals with immigration, yesterday welcomed the arrival of the Chinese, who entered Cambodia on tourist and business visas. “If they enter our territory, they spend money. They spend money on guesthouses and hotels,” he said.
The latest riots broke out on Wednesday at a steel mill owned by Taiwanese industrial conglomerate Formosa Plastics in Vietnam’s central Ha Tinh province, about 500 kilometres from Hanoi. “One Chinese male worker was killed in the chaos,” said Dang Quoc Khanh, a Ha Tinh local official.
The Chinese Embassy in Hanoi issued a statement on Tuesday calling on its nationals to exercise caution. “China’s embassy in Vietnam once again reminds Chinese firms and staff in Vietnam to take security precautions and avoid unnecessary trips outdoors,” it said.
Cheng Hongbo, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh, said that the Cambodian authorities had not yet provided information about the scale of the problem. “We don’t have any info from Cambodian officials yet,” he said. “Maybe hundreds are coming here.”
Vietnamese nationals in Cambodia meanwhile held talks over how to respond to the escalation of the dispute. Sim Chy, president of the Vietnamese Association of Cambodia, yesterday denied that his organisation was planning a protest against Chinese interests, which would be illegal under Cambodian law.
“We will not hold any protest, but some plans will be made to respond to the matter, which I cannot speak of in advance, because we are having a meeting with the committee at my association,” he said.
Sopheak said that no protests against foreign nationals would be allowed, as they would be in breach of Cambodia’s constitution. “If they want to protest or to do anything against other nationalities, they cannot do it, because Cambodia’s . . . constitution does not permit it. Even if they want to protest against China, the US or Vietnam itself, that’s impossible. Cambodia is a neutral country,” he said.
보완취재 : Daniel Pye 및 AFP
