Angolan police free 18 Chinese expatriates
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Angolan police on Tuesday released 18 of the 31 Chinese expatriates who remained under detention after the December 19 police action under intervention of the Chinese Embassy to Luanda, consular officer with the embassy Zhao Haihan told Xinhua.
Tasked by the Chinese embassy, Zhao visited the detention center of the Angolan immigration service, helped the Chinese citizens to present proper documents and urged Angolan officials at the center to provide proper humanitarian treatments to the remaining 13 Chinese citizens after 18 of the Chinese were released after submitting proper passports and visa documents.
Angola police rounded up some 1,000 foreigners in the capital city of Luanda on December 19, including citizens from Portugal, DR Congo, Vietnam and over 300 Chinese expatriates, to clamp down upon illegal entry, stay and work in the African country.
The Chinese embassy to Luanda made solemn representations to the Angolan foreign ministry of interior and Luanda police headquarters over the police action to detain Chinese expatriates without proper identification.
Most the Chinese were released after presenting proper travel or residential documents under the intervention of the Chinese embassy.
The Chinese chamber of commerce also lodged a protest to the Angolan ministry of interior and Luanda police headquarters for detaining Chinese citizens without identification and alleged police brutalities during the action.
The vast majority of Chinese citizens and companies were legal in Angola and made significant contribution to the post-war reconstruction process of the African country, said Zhao Hongbing, secretary general of the Chinese chamber of commerce, in an interview with Xinhua.
Francisco Ribas, Deputy commander of Luanda police, stressed in an interview with Xinhua that the December 19 police action was by no means targeting Chinese but all foreigners in the capital to streamline the labor markets and to clamp down upon illegal immigration and work in Angola.
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