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China rail staff beat passenger to death
News24 (South Africa) ^ | September 27, 2011 | News24

Posted on 09/27/2011 8:31:19 AM PDT by CedarDave

Beijing - A passenger was beaten to death by staff on a train in eastern China, state media reported, dealing a fresh blow to the rail industry's reputation following a fatal crash in July.

Three train staff seized the middle-aged man by the throat and savagely beat him after he intervened in an argument involving another passenger, Jiangxi Television, a local station, reported on Monday.

Doctors were summoned from an emergency centre near the station in Jiangxi province where the train stopped, but the man died before they arrived, the report said, citing witnesses and the hospital.

The television report showed a document signed by 20 passengers who had witnessed the alleged beating. "We all feel very angry about the violent beating of the passenger by the train staff," said a woman surnamed Lai who said she was in the same carriage as the man.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Travel
KEYWORDS: amtrak; china; highspeedrail; railroads
Some AMTRAK attendants are surly and rude, but don't think any have gotten this bad!
1 posted on 09/27/2011 8:31:27 AM PDT by CedarDave
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To: CedarDave

Must have been a Freeper giving his opinion on the future of train travel..../s


2 posted on 09/27/2011 8:35:27 AM PDT by Recon Dad ( I'm not a vegetarian, but I eat animals who are”)
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To: CedarDave

Now that is what I call “customer service” in a command economy.


3 posted on 09/27/2011 8:37:00 AM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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Three train staff seized the middle-aged man by the throat and savagely beat him after he intervened in an argument involving another passenger...

The TSA is looking for folks to innovate new and better ways to control American citizens trying to fly between cities... three young Chinese men might have new jobs in their future...

4 posted on 09/27/2011 8:40:52 AM PDT by GOPJ (Muslims will want to go to the moon when the Jews set up Israel there. - Dennis Miller)
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On China Railways we guarantee you a pleasant, worry-free ride. In the event our service does not meet your expectations, we promise our friendly staff will savagely beat you until you change your mind.

China Railways, where every customer leaves satisfied or else!

5 posted on 09/27/2011 8:43:41 AM PDT by apillar
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After savagely beating the man to death the three attendants asked the other passengers if any of them had any ‘complaints’ about the train service. Strangely, none did. /s
6 posted on 09/27/2011 8:55:24 AM PDT by JPG (Palin '12)
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The Chinese rail minister only took $125 million in kickbacks? What a piker. He needs to get into the green energy business. That’s where the real kickback money is.


7 posted on 09/27/2011 9:12:13 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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