Human-smugglers in China, called snakeheads,
are under more pressure these days. People are ransacking their
homes and police are making more arrests.
A newspaper in China
says dozens of people broke into the homes of the alleged smugglers.
They smashed furniture and broke windows.
| People broke
into homes, smashed furniture and windows
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They "tearfully demanded that the
snakeheads return their loved ones," reported one newspaper.
The people who live in the homes had already fled.
On June 18, 58 people died in a truck while trying to sneak into
Britain. The people who attacked the homes think those who died are
their relatives.
British police say they are close to identifying 29 of those who
died.
Fujian
province |
There hasn't been much
coverage of the story in Fujian province in southern China, the
starting point of many of the would-be migrants.
But since the deaths, police there say they have arrested 11
people. The police say they are part of the gangs that smuggle
Chinese desperate for a better life abroad.
