Workers at shipyard set several fires after security officer attack — Batam, Indonesia

About 1,000 workers at a Singapore-owned shipyard engineering firm went on the rampage on Tuesday, setting fire to an office, equipment room and several vehicles after security officers beat up two company employees.

The riot recalled a similar incident 18 months ago at another shipyard there, Dubai-owned Drydocks World Graha.

Tuesday’s incident, at the PT Nexus Engineering Indonesia shipyard in eastern Batam’s Kabil industrial estate, sent about 30 security guards fleeing in terror.

About 500 Batam police officers - a quarter of the force on the island - were called in, and they managed to bring the situation under control on Tuesday night.

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