Activists slam Singapore crackdown on China strikers
- Published: 6 Dec 2012 at 02.47
- Online news: Asia
Activists expressed outrage Wednesday over Singapore's crackdown on Chinese bus drivers who staged the city-state's first industrial strike in 26 years to demand better pay and conditions.
A SMRT bus leaves the Admiralty West prison after taking mainland Chinese bus drivers to the prison in Singapore on December 1. Activists expressed outrage Wednesday over Singapore's crackdown on Chinese bus drivers who staged the city-state's first industrial strike in 26 years to demand better pay and conditions.
The two-day work stoppage last week at state-linked transport firm SMRT, declared illegal by the Singapore government, has resulted in the deportation of 29 drivers and a six-week jail term for one driver.
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