Chinese Supermarket in South Africa Hit by Armed Robbery: Officer Killed Chasing Suspects as China's Durban Consulate Issues Year-End Safety Alert
The Consulate-General of China in Durban issued a notice on November 14 urging Chinese citizens, businesses and institutions in South Africa to step up safety precautions ahead of the year-end season. According to the notice, an armed robbery recently took place in the Greytown area of KwaZulu-Natal province, where a Chinese-owned supermarket was robbed; members of the Chinese community suffered personal injury and property losses, and a police officer was killed while pursuing the suspects.
The consulate said that with the year-end and South Africa's Christmas and New Year holidays approaching, business activity is entering its peak season and the risks of fraud, theft, robbery, traffic accidents and other safety incidents are rising. It urged Chinese nationals and businesses to treat themselves as the first line of responsibility for their own safety overseas, to follow the local security situation closely, to take effective preventive and monitoring measures, to adjust business hours reasonably to avoid high-incidence periods, and to keep all security facilities in working order.
The notice also advised businesses in higher-risk locations to relocate to safer areas as soon as possible, to keep a low profile, to use non-cash payment methods where possible, to avoid keeping large amounts of cash at business premises, homes or on their persons, to avoid hiring undocumented workers, to handle labour relations and disputes properly to guard against inside-outside collusion in crime, and, if victimised, to put personal safety first, avoid direct confrontation with criminals, and report to the police and the nearest Chinese embassy or consulate once the danger has passed.
(Source: Consulate-General of China in Durban)
Source: Consulate-General of China in Durban
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：南非德班海滨资料图（非案发地）。照片：South African Tourism 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: File photo of the Durban beachfront, South Africa (not the crime scene). Photo by South African Tourism, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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