China News Service, August 9. According to the "Africa Times" WeChat public account, on the evening of August 6, local time, a vicious case occurred in Newcastle City, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. An overseas Chinese from Nantong, Jiangsu, was killed, and two female overseas Chinese were seriously injured. They are currently receiving treatment in a local hospital and are temporarily out of danger.

　　According to Zhuang Songlin, director of the Newcastle Chinese Police-civilian Cooperation Center, the case occurred at around 8 pm on August 6. Before the incident, the victim, Mr. Sun and his wife, went to a friend for dinner. At that time, there were only two people in his factory. foreign employees and a female compatriot.

During this period, the overseas Chinese was injured by two foreign employees and stabbed with a knife.

Later, after Sun and his wife returned to their factory, they were also attacked by the two employees. Sun died on the spot because of his injuries, and his wife was seriously injured.

　　After receiving the call for help, Director Zhuang Songlin immediately called the police and went to the factory where the incident occurred.

At the time, a suspect was not far from the factory when he was spotted and subdued by security guards at the factory next door.

Another suspect found that the situation was not good and hid in the factory. After the police and the Newcastle Police and Civil Center personnel arrived, after a search, the hiding suspect was found, and the two suspects were arrested by the police on the spot. .

　　Sun died on the spot due to his serious injuries, and the two overseas Chinese were also seriously injured. Since the ambulance could not arrive in time, the cadres of the Newcastle Police and Civil Center immediately sent the two injured to the hospital and paid for the relevant medical treatment expenses.

So far, the two injured are out of danger.

　　In view of the fact that most factories in the Riverside Industrial Zone in Newcastle City employ a large number of illegal workers, resulting in frequent burglaries, vicious wounds, and murders in the area, and social security continues to deteriorate, the Newcastle Police Headquarters and the Newcastle Chinese police and citizens cooperated The center organized a safety symposium on the afternoon of August 8.

The Acting Chief of the Newcastle Police General Bureau and the Chief of Police Missangwini, the main cadres of the Newcastle Chinese Police-civilian Cooperation Center, and the representatives of the Newcastle Chinese factories attended the meeting on that day.

　　Director Misangwini expressed his condolences to the families of the Chinese citizens killed in the case. He said that the Riverside Industrial Zone in Newcastle has become a concentrated area of ​​crime cases, due to the gathering of a large number of foreign workers, especially some illegal workers. Employment directly leads to a large number of safety hazards.

It is hoped that the police, factories and police-civilian centers will cooperate with each other to fight crime together.

　　Zhuang Songlin, director of the Newcastle Chinese Police-Civilian Cooperation Center, said that the recent brutal murder of a Chinese businessman made everyone very sad. In just four years, there were 8 similar cases in this industrial zone, and the 8 overseas Chinese were different. The injuries were severe, and 4 overseas Chinese were killed.

He hoped that all Chinese factories must pay enough attention to safety issues, carefully inspect the factory after get off work, ensure that all workers leave, and do not leave employees alone to work overtime and so on.

　　In addition, the police also promised to increase the intensity of public security patrols in the industrial area and increase the speed of police dispatch, especially the patrols from Friday to Sunday.

At the same time, each Chinese factory also needs to provide the police with photocopies of the identities of foreign employees, so that in case of various situations, timely investigation can reduce the difficulty of solving cases and improve the speed of solving cases.

Regarding the employment of illegal workers, the police will work with immigration, labor and other departments to intensify investigations.