WORLD IN BRIEF : HONG KONG : Refugee Clashes Quelled by Police
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Police fired tear gas to quell clashes among Vietnamese refugees at a Hong Kong detention center, where two days of fighting have injured 68 people. The violence broke out when about 1,000 refugees were moved to another section of the center. A Hong Kong spokeswoman said rival groups of Vietnamese from Haiphong and Quong Ninh were involved in the fighting.
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