Tuesday, April 25, 2006

My revisions regarding the recent Solomon Islands riots (in italic)

WIKI LOGOhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands

In April 2006 allegations that the newly elected Prime Minister Snyder Rini had used bribes from Chinese businessmen to buy the votes of members of Parliament led to mass rioting in the capital Honiara. A deep underlying resentment against the minority Chinese business community led to much of Chinatown in the city being destroyed. Further Australian and New Zealand troops were dispatched to try and quell the unrest, after then China sent chartered aircraft to fly back hundreds of Chinese who fled the Solomon Islands to avoid the riots. The former Prime Minister Sir Allan Kemakeza has also been accused of corruption.

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/所罗门群岛


2006年4月5日,所罗门群岛举行议会选举,新一届议会推选前副总理斯奈德·里尼出任政府总理。但反对派认为选举舞弊,部分原著民亦指责斯奈德·里尼利用北京台北方面的资金贿赂议员以收买选票。中国政府和台湾方面均对此予以否认4月18日,数百名示威者在首都霍尼亚拉的议会大厦、总理府和市中心商业区等地举行抗议活动并引发骚乱,街面出现多起打砸抢事件,多数华人店铺被焚毁,华裔侨民亦遭受严重暴力袭击。4月20日,里尼秘密宣誓就职。同日,澳大利亚派遣180名军人和联邦警察前往所罗门群岛以帮助维持治安。4月22至24日,中国政府先后派遣四架次包机至所罗门群岛,将312名在骚乱中被困的中国侨民撤离至巴布亚新几内亚的莫尔斯比港,并转送回中国。

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