Clashes between rival RI immigrant gangs erupt for second time in
\nthree days<\/p>\n
Associated Press
\nKuala Lumpur<\/p>\n
Thirteen Indonesians were arrested and several others injured
\nwhen rival Indonesian immigrant gangs fought with long-bladed
\nknives near Kuala Lumpur, news reports said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The clashes, which took place on late Monday night, were the
\nsecond within three days among gangs in the Gombak district of
\nKuala Lumpur, where thousands of poor Indonesian immigrant
\nconstruction workers live.<\/p>\n
Monday's fighting flared after a man armed with a traditional
\nlong-bladed knife called a parang slashed a member of a rival
\ngang during an argument, the national news agency Bernama
\nreported.<\/p>\n
Co-workers of the two men joined in the fighting and attacked
\neach other with sharp weapons, Bernama cited Abu Bakar Johor, a
\nsenior police official, as saying.<\/p>\n
More than 100 policemen were deployed to break up the
\nfighting. Abu Bakar said several of the workers were injured, at
\nleast two of them seriously.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, scores of Indonesian workers fought in the same
\ndistrict. One man was killed and several houses torched in the
\nfray, which was apparently caused by a dispute over a woman.<\/p>\n
It was not immediately known if Monday's and Saturday's
\nclashes involved members of the same gangs.<\/p>\n
Migrant workers from neighboring Indonesia have long been the
\nbackbone of the construction sector in Malaysia, one of Asia's
\nrichest nations and a magnet for immigrants from the region's
\npoorer and less stable areas.<\/p>",
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