While police dispute the story, Chinese netizens express sympathy for “800 Brother” over how workers are treated.

A Chinese factory employee set fire to a textile plant in China’s southwestern Sichuan province in his frustration over unpaid wages of just 800 yuan (or US$111), according to videos posted on social media and eyewitness accounts shared with Radio Free Asia.

  • IvanOverdrive@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    The Pingshan county police confirmed an incident of arson and said the arsonist had been detained at the scene of the fire.

    A better way to do it is to wait a couple of weeks, burn the place down so it looked like a naturally occurring fire, and not get caught.