For more news and videos visit ➡ ‪http://english.ntdtv.com‬<br />Follow us on Twitter ➡ ‪http://twitter.com/NTDTelevision‬<br />Add us on Facebook ➡ ‪http://on.fb.me/s5KV2C<br /><br />Conflict between migrant workers and company owners has always been a big issue in China. Yesterday, thousands of workers attacked a county government building in Zhejiang Province. The attack was triggered by the death of a migrant worker. Here is the story.<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />Angry workers smashed cars parked at the Xianjiang County government compound. Protesters also set some vehicles on fire. They threw rocks, bricks, and bottles at the compound.<br /><br />NTD spoke to a local resident regarding the incident.<br /><br />[Fan, Xianjiang County Resident ]:<br />"There are thousands [of protesters]. It seems like all of them are from other cities. I heard that they were surrounding the building until nightfall."<br /><br />Riot police were dispatched to control the situation. The police used tear gas and arrested many of the workers.<br /><br />[NTD reporter]:<br />"How many policemen were dispatched?"<br /><br />[Fan, Xianjiang County Resident]:<br />"Many police cars."<br /><br />[NTD reporter]:<br />"I heard that the police used tear gas to disperse people."<br /><br />[Fan, Xianjiang County Resident]:<br />"Yes, they did."<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />[An officer in Xianjiang Police Station]:<br />"How can we release them? You should ask them if they were being disorderly. If yes, we have to deal with them. If not, they can go home."<br /><br />[NTD reporter]:<br />"How many people were arrested yesterday?"<br /><br />[An officer in Xianjiang Police Station]:<br />"I'm telling you that I don't know. I just took this case over today."<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />On May 28, Yang's family and hundreds of villagers from his hometown came to Xianjiang County to appeal for justice, but failed to get any results.<br /><br />Although a resident told NTD that protesters remained on the scene until evening, state-run Xinhua news agency reports that the protest ended around midday, when Xu gave Yang's family $47,300 USD in compensation for his death.
