Several Chinese-invested factories in Yangon, Myanmar, were smashed, looted or burnt and some Chinese employees were injured.
The targeted companies are in the Shwe Lin Ban Industrial Zone, Hlaing Thar Yar Township. Most are clothing factories, according to the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar.
About 20-30 motorbike riders with iron bars, axes and gasoline stormed the factories, which are located in Shwe Lin Ban Industrial Zone, Hlaing Thar Yar Township, a Chinese businessman engaged in China-Myanmar textile cooperation, who requested anonymity, told the Global Times on Sunday.
They smashed the factories and poured gasoline at the gates and the warehouses of the factories and ignited the fuel, the businessman said.
The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar Sunday urged authorities in Myanmar to take effective measures to stop violence and punish the perpetrators after several Chinese-invested factories in Yangon were smashed, looted or burnt and some Chinese employees were injured.
The embassy has contacted the affected companies and requested local police to take action to guarantee the safety of Chinese companies and personnel. They also issued a safety warning to Chinese companies and nationals in Myanmar.
Chinese investment in the textile industry in Myanmar has created nearly 400,000 jobs for Myanmar, and such behavior will also damage the interests of Myanmar people, the embassy said.
"The event is really bad," the embassy said, urging the Myanmar side to take effective actions, punish the perpetrators and called for Myanmar people not to be provoked and used.
Myanmar's State Administration Council has imposed martial law in parts of Yangon, after dozens were reportedly killed in protests on Sunday.
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