A | Kenny 报道 法院获悉，被控向儿童出售电子烟的便利店老板Xiaoming He（何某）购买了一张前往中国的单程机票，且不太可能返回新西兰。 Hundreds of Eritrean government supporters and opponents clashed with each other and with Israeli police Saturday, leaving dozens injured in one of the most violent street confrontations among African asylum seekers and migrants in Tel Aviv in recent memory. Among those hurt were 30 police officers and three protesters hit by police fire.Eritreans from both sides faced off with construction lumber, pieces of metal, rocks and at least one axe, tearing through a neighborhood of south Tel Aviv where many asylum seekers live. Protesters smashed shop windows and police cars, and blood spatter was seen on sidewalks. One government supporter was lying in a puddle of blood in a children's playground. Israeli police in riot gear shot tear gas, stun grenades and live rounds while officers on horseback tried to control the protesters, who broke through barricades and hurled chunks rocks at the police. Police said officers resorted to live fire when they felt their lives were in danger.The clashes came as Eritrean government supporters marked the 30th anniversary of the current ruler's rise to power. The event was held near the Eritrean embassy in south Tel Aviv. Eritrea has one of the world's worst human rights records. Asylum seekers in Israel and elsewhere say they fear death if they were to return.Eritrean protesters clash with Israeli riot police in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. Ohad Zwigenberg / AP Police said Eritrean government supporters and opponents had received permission for separate events Saturday, and had promised to stay away from each other.
At some point, the promises were broken, said Chaim Bublil, a Tel Aviv police commander. "A decision was made by the government opponents to break through the barriers, to clash with the police, to throw stones, to hit police officers," Bublil told reporters at the scene.He said the police had arrested 39 people and confiscated tasers, knives and clubs.The Magen David Adom rescue service said at least 114 people were hurt, including eight who were in serious condition. The others had moderate or mild injuries. Of those hurt, 30 were police officers, said Bublil.
A spokesperson for Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital said it was treating 11 patients for gunshot wounds. Police said three protesters were wounded by police fire.By late Saturday afternoon, the clashes had stopped. Police were still rounding up protesters, putting them on buses.A supporter of the Eritrean government lies injured and covered in blood after he was hurt by an Anti-Eritrean government activist, during a protest against an event organized by the Eritrea Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. Ohad Zwigenberg / AP Many of the anti-government protesters wore sky blue shirts designed after Eritrea's 1952 flag, a symbol of opposition to the government of the east African country, while government supporters wore purple shirts with a map of Eritrea.Eritreans make up the majority of the more than 30,000 African asylum seekers in Israel. They say they fled danger and persecution from a country known as the "North Korea of Africa" with forced lifetime military conscription in slavery-like conditions. Eritrea's government has denounced anti-government protesters as " asylum scum " who have marched against similar events in Europe and North America.President Isaias Afwerki, 77, has led Eritrea since 1993, taking power after the country won independence from Ethiopia after a long guerrilla war. There have been no elections and there's no free media. Exit visas are required for Eritreans to leave the country. Many young people are forced into military service with no end date, human rights groups and United Nations experts say.Eritrean protesters clash with Israeli riot police in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. Ohad Zwigenberg / AP In Israel, they face an uncertain future as the state has attempted to deport them. But despite the struggle to stay, in often squalid conditions, many say they enjoy some freedoms they never would have at home — like the right to protest.Eritrean asylum seekers are often "hunted and harassed" by the Eritrean government and its supporters inside Israel, said Sigal Rozen, from the Tel Aviv-based human rights organization Hotline for Refugees and Migrants.
Events like the one held in Tel Aviv on Saturday are controversial because they raise money for the heavily sanctioned government and are used to pressure Eritreans far from home, said Elizabeth Chyrum, director of the London-based Human Rights Concern — Eritrea.
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卫生部官员Klaudia Courteney表示，移民局已经确认他购买了一张3月20日飞往中国的单程机票，因此Courteney说何某不太可能回来。
在此基础上，何某的辩护律师Todd Nicholls申请不再替被告辩护。法官同意了他的请求。
正式听证会原本定于5月29日举行。
C | 如果何某的全部12项罪名成立，他将面临50万纽币的罚款，其中包括对他兜售无合法包装香烟的指控。
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但由于这些指控属于一类指控，最终只能适用于罚款，因此法院无权对何某发出逮捕令。62岁的何某可能也永远不会回新西兰支付罚款。
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何某的3项指控涉及向13-15岁未成年销售电子烟，5项指控涉及销售带口味的电子烟，剩下4项指控是销售的香烟外包装未带健康警示标语。全部违法行为发生在2023年1月至11月间。
他的首次出庭是今年1月30日。根据Stuff当时的报道，何某在基督城市中心的Addington区拥有一家便利店（JDs Dairy），向当地一些未成年人兜售电子烟。
Anna Stewart是一名15岁男孩的母亲。她说发现自己儿子在何的便利店买到电子烟后非常“震惊”，更对何潜逃去中国感到“反胃”。
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“好吧我们并没有报太大希望。
G | 我们知道可能就是被罚款，但只想向其他零售商传达一个信息。
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“这件事说明我们的体制是多么低效率，”她说。
最让人意外的是，今年年初何某把Addington的便利店关门了，然后在城东的Opawa Rd又开一家新的便利店，并且再次申请销售电子烟牌照。但由于该便利店位置靠近Opawa中学，申请被拒绝。
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2023年起，学校周边300米以内不得出现新的电子烟商店；针对年轻受众的一次性电子烟和带口味的电子烟也被禁止。
基督城共有7家便利店在2022年因向未成年人销售电子烟而被处罚。
