Chinese firms warned against security situation in Sudan
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January 30, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – China’s Ministry of Commerce has warned
Chinese companies of security risks in Sudan after the kidnapping of
Chinese workers in South Kordofan region.
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Chinese workers stand in front of the Merowe Dam, a controversial Nile
River project 220 miles north of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan (AFP)
“Chinese companies should closely monitor changes in the country’s
security situation and take stronger precautions to ensure the safety
of lives and property” the ministry said in a statement reported on
Monday by Xinhua, China’s official news agency.
The ministry’s note of caution comes in the wake of the kidnapping on
Saturday of 29 Chinese construction workers in Sudan’s southern state
of South Kordofan following an attack by rebel fighters of the Sudan
People’s Liberation Movement North (SPLMN).
South Kordofan’s governor, Ahmad Haroun, said army forces had managed
to rescue 14 of the kidnapped workers and they are in good health.
However, a Chinese diplomat in Khartoum was quoted by Xinhua as saying
that the fate of the 29 workers remains unclear.
The diplomat further said that the Chinese embassy to Sudan had sent a
four-person work group to assist Sudanese authorities in rescuing the
workers.
Yasir Arman, the SPLMN’s secretary-general, said in a statement
released Monday that they were in contact with their forces on the
ground in order to secure release of the kidnapped workers, stressing
that their group has nothing against China.
This is not the first time Chinese nationals suffer adversity in
Sudan. In 2008, five Chinese oil workers were abducted in South
Kordofan and later killed after a botched rescue operation by the
Sudanese army.
South Kordofan has since been the scene of a conflict between the
Sudanese army and SPLMN rebels who fought as part of South Sudan’s
army before the south seceded to form an independent state in July
last year.
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