5,000 workers riot in Batam
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JAKARTA: Thousands of angry Indonesian factory workers set fire to cars and a warehouse yesterday after an Indian company executive called them 'stupid', police and media reports said.
Nine people were reported to have been injured when workers went on the rampage at a factory belonging to Drydock World Graha in Batam city. Two of the injured had to be taken to hospital.
'An Indian company executive called us, Indonesian workers, 'stupid' and this made us very angry,' a worker known only as Disra was quoted as saying by Antara news agency.
Indonesian police spokesman Zainuri Lubis said: 'It started when an Indian manager yelled something rude to an Indonesian worker. Word spread, and in the end, about 5,000 angry workers got together and got violent.'
About 400 police officers were called to the scene and they evacuated 41 unidentified foreign staff from the seaside factory in boats, Antara reported.
Up to 20 cars were set alight, along with a company warehouse.
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if everybody riot just because of an insult from the boss then the whole world will be at war.
看开一点�!!!
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The local police commander who handled the ground scene was epic...
http://news.xin.msn.com/en/regional/indonesia/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4046049
His speech and his name combination is just too epic...
Leonidas Braksan: "I am on your side. I want you all to keep working well. Your families are waiting for you and your salaries at home."
heng he nv suddenly go sparta madness... If not this not become 300... this become 5000, new movie~
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Originally posted by dragg:
if everybody riot just because of an insult from the boss then the whole world will be at war.
看开一点�!!!
Managing people is not something that you can send any tom dick and harry to managed. This is where cultural sensitivity comes in......And by the way it is against International labor right group to demeaning employees.
I wrote factory handbook so I know that factory need to have their own internal policies and guideline against abuses including......" Verbal abuses."
Indonesian are made up of different ethnics and tribal so becareful how you articulate or else your head might be gone one Morning.
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Local police commander Leonidas Braksan addressed the crowd through a loudspeaker and appealed for calm.
"I am on your side. I want you all to keep working well. Your families are waiting for you and your salaries at home," he said, according to Antara.
He said any foreigner who had insulted Indonesia should leave the country, bringing cheers from the workers who also sang the national anthem and other patriotic songs.
Leonidas says,:
"Let any foreigner who had insulted Indonesia should leave the country, because this IS BATAAAAAAAAM!"
*kicks Indian Manager off the island*
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Originally posted by Worm recon:
Leonidas says,:
"Let any foreigner who had insulted Indonesia should leave the country, because this IS BATAAAAAAAAM!"
*kicks Indian Manager off the island*
I was thinking of something along this line~ -
Shall we kick foreigner who snatch our jobs out of Singapore.
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We need more FT like these. A bit then riot. Bring more of them in so next time, the gamen will know what they landed themselves into.
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If I said " you are stupid !!!" It is mean "I wanna Fight" If I said " The Nation is stupid !!!" It is mean "I wanna Riot" Did the Indian manager knows the meaning of the words?? Did he came from a jungle ?? Why did he express his emotion soo openly in a meeting room?? What a stupid guy !!! How come, a stupid person like "Indian Manager" employed by such a big company?? The guy must be expelled out off Indonesia, he will put other foreign worker life's in danger!
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Originally posted by Hendra H:
If I said ” you are stupid !!!” It is mean “I wanna Fight”
If I said ” The Nation is stupid !!!” It is mean “I wanna Riot”
Did the Indian manager knows the meaning of the words?? Did he came from a jungle ?? Why did he express his emotion soo openly in a meeting room?? What a stupid guy !!!
How come, a stupid person like “Indian Manager” employed by such a big company??
The guy must be expelled out off Indonesia, he will put other foreign worker life’s in danger!i wonder if this guy must have recomendated by headhunters in Singapore.
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No Singaporeans affected by Batam shipyard riot: MFA
SINGAPORE : Singapore's Foreign Ministry said no Singaporeans have been affected by the riot that broke out at a shipyard in Batam on Thursday afternoon. However, it will continue to monitor the situation.
Thousands of furious Indonesian factory workers set fire to cars and dockyard buildings on Thursday after an Indian company executive called them "stupid", police and media reports said.
Nine people were reportedly injured when about 5,000 workers went on the rampage at a factory belonging to PT Drydock World Graha in Batam city, a special economic area south of Singapore, police said.
Around 400 police officers were called to the scene and they evacuated 41 unidentified foreign staff from the seaside factory in boats.
Up to 20 cars were set alight, along with a warehouse and two other buildings belonging to the company.
Local police commander Leonidas Braksan addressed the crowd through a loudspeaker and appealed for calm.
"I am on your side. I want you all to keep working well. Your families are waiting for you and your salaries at home," he said, according to Antara news agency.
He said any foreigner who had insulted Indonesia should leave the country, bringing cheers from the workers who also sang the national anthem and other patriotic songs.
"The workers spontaneously burned cars as they felt offended and angry after a company executive, who is an Indian national, called Indonesian people stupid," national police spokesman Zulkarnain told AFP.
"The situation is now under control and we escorted the protestors outside the company's complex."
The shipyard, owned by a Dubai conglomerate, has been temporarily shut.
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Originally posted by QX179R:
He said any foreigner who had insulted Indonesia should leave the country
If our police said this, i bet dunno how many truckloads of FTs we need to send back.
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Originally posted by Fallen-Angel:
We need more FT like these. A bit then riot. Bring more of them in so next time, the gamen will know what they landed themselves into.
You just gave me a good idea.
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Originally posted by ditzy:
You just gave me a good idea.
O lealli? o.O
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THIS IS WONDERFUL NEWS.......................goes to show the poor and oppressed can and should rise up !!!
those 5000 workers should have burn the whole shipyard to the ground.................that'll show those parasitic, oppressive shipyard owners.............
hope this will spread WORLDWIDE..................the rise of the workers.................
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Originally posted by viewquek:
Shall we kick foreigner who snatch our jobs out of Singapore.
Do you really think that foreigners snatch our jobs in Singapore? I believe that we are given priority in many cases.
You see those cleaners from China, India, Bangla and of course some from Singapore, are you complaining people like them snatch our job?
Or you are just complaining foreigners who work in some big company, hotels, restaurants?