WORLD IN BRIEF : HONG KONG : ‘Boat People’ Riot at Detention Center
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Police fired tear gas to break up a three-hour riot among Vietnamese “boat people” in Hong Kong’s Whitehead detention center. Seven were injured. The clash reportedly erupted between two groups from neighboring Vietnamese provinces.
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