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Tuesday, June 13, 2000

MIGRANT RIOT UNDER INVESTIGATION
(Keith Wells) - Attorney General Andrew Petter has ordered an investigation into a disturbance at a jail in Maple Ridge on Monday that caused about six thousand dollars damage. Forty-nine migrants went on a rampage for several hours at the Alouette River Prison, smashing windows, toilets and setting a small fire inside the facility. Victor Wong of the Association of Chinese Canadians says the inmates became violent after they were not served dinner Sunday night, and then were locked down. A prison spokesman says the prisoners were locked down after some of them refused to eat. Thirty of the 49 migrants have been transferred to the Surrey Pre-Trial Centre. The 19 others were moved to the Fraser Regional Prison. Meanwhile, a review is also being conducted into the short-lived escape of seven migrants from a Prince George jail earlier this month.
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