2008年06月09日

もう一つの事件

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もう一つの事件

 

ニュージーランドは天国じゃないってのはいつも書くことだけど、昨日の夜9時にオークランド南部でこんな事件が起きた⇒英文はニュージーランドヘラルドから全文引用。

 

英文だと長いので要約すると、オークランド南部のマヌレワ地区で酒屋を営んでるインド系住民の店に夜の9時ごろラップ姿の若者がやってきて、ライフルを突きつけて受付にいたインド系の若者を撃ち殺して金を奪って逃げたという話だ。

 

まずおーくらんどと言っても、道路一本隔てて全然治安が違うというのが一般的な認識。そしてマヌカウ、マヌレワなどのオークランド南部は、地区全体が非常に治安が悪いのも事実だし、一般的にもそう認識されている。

 

僕自身、数年前にある事件の関係でほぼ毎月この地区の裁判所に通ったが、とにかく裁判所は刺青だらけで薄汚いぼろシャツ着た、明日の事等何も考えてない連中ばかり。それが数を頼みにぎゃあぎゃあ騒ぎまくってる。要するに一人じゃ弱いのだが、群れると強くなる馬鹿連中。これが裁判所の待合室ですぜ。

 

あそこに行けば、日本人の10人に1人くらいは「すぐ帰らせてください、ここから出してください」と言うだろな。あとの8人くらいは、びくびくおどどどしながら、とにかく目が合わないようにするだろう。まともに正面を見ているのは、かなり辛い作業。

 

犯罪起こした奴がガッツポーズで裁判受けて笑って、そこで判決受けても、「お、そうか、今晩の夕食はあそこで食べるんだな」程度の感覚である。

 

勘違いした正義派とか、たまたま自分が今オークランド南部に住んでるからと過激にこの地区を擁護する日本人もいるけど、じゃあ君さ、裁判所に行ってみなよ。週末の夜のマヌレワのショッピングセンターで車止めてじっとしていなよ。

 

理想や思い込みで語るのは構わない。ただ、よい面と悪い面の両方を理解した上で外国生活を覚悟しないと、後でとんでもないことになるという事だ。

 

実際、僕はお客様が「オークランドの治安はどうなんですか?」と聞かれれば、北安南険と話す。するとそれを聞いた人が「まあ、なんて人種差別なの?!南でもよい人もいるわよ〜!」と叫びだす。

 

いやいや、叫ぼうが喚こうがそれはあなたの自由だけど、僕の仕事は正確な情報をお客様に伝えることであり、その結果オークランド南部の地価が下がったと言われても仕方ない。

 

オークランド南部においては、このような事件はまさに「もう一つの事件」=どこにでもあるようなことなのである。

 

移住を考えるなら、NZの治安だけでなく自分が住む地区の治安、更にはその中でも自己防衛を徹することは基本だと思う。何せこの事件が起こって警察が来るまで30分近くかかっているのだから。

 

Can you help? Ring the police on (09) 295-0200

A liquor store owner who was callously shot in the chest at close range - despite holding his hands in the air and complying with a robber's demands - died early today.

Navtej Singh, aged 30, had been in a critical condition in Middlemore Hospital since the robbery in Manurewa on Saturday night.

 

The raid and the cold-blooded shooting were captured by the security camera at the Riverton Liquor shop in Riverton Drive.

The video images show three hooded men, one holding a gun, entering just after 9 o'clock.

 

As two of the robbers helped themselves to boxes of beer, the armed man pointed a low-calibre .22 firearm at Mr Singh and his colleague Gurwinder Singh, who were standing behind the counter.

 

The footage shows Gurwinder Singh walking around the side of the counter and holding his arms up in the air as if trying to reason with the armed man.

As the gunman swings the weapon towards Navtej Singh behind the counter, Gurwinder Singh escapes out the back of the shop.  ents later Navtej Singh is shot in the chest.

 

As the shop owner falls to the ground, the gunman reaches behind the counter and takes the cash drawer with help from the other robbers.

 

Last night, neighbours of the store were reluctant to speak for fear of retribution from gangs, which they say are rife in the area.

 

Teenagers hanging around the shop told the Herald they weren't surprised when they heard about the shooting.

 

"It was just another day," said one. "There's always street gangs hanging around here. There's always fights in this street."

 

Gangs had been to the block of shops since the shooting and tagged them with their respective signs.

 

The teenager said he thought he knew who the robbers were but he did not want to "snitch".

 

Another teenager said he was in the area soon after the shooting and saw the victim on a stretcher being put into the ambulance.

"He had his hand on his chest, covering where he got shot. He didn't say anything, just lay there quietly."

 

A neighbour, who buys liquor from the shop every week, said the victim was "really nice. I got to know him quite well because I went there all the time ... When I heard, I felt sick. I couldn't sleep all night."

 

The hold-up is the latest in a series of attacks on Indian store workers. In January, Krishna Naidu, 22, was stabbed as he worked at his parents' superette in Clendon.

Concerned community leaders held a meeting with Police Minister Annette King afterwards.

 

Auckland Indian Association president Harshad Patel last night said Indians happened to own a lot of dairies, service stations and liquor stores in Auckland.

"It's not racial," he said. The violence was aimed at the stores where Indians worked, not at Indians themselves.

 

Detective Senior Sergeant Dave Pizzini last night described the latest shooting as "brutal and callous", especially given the co-owners were compliant with the robbers' demands.

 

"Anybody who thinks they know who these three are, we are really appealing for them to come forward. Give us a ring in confidence, because they need to be stopped. They need to be brought to justice before anything else happens."

The man who fired the gun had a chequered headpiece under his hood and a cloth over his face.

 

The other two robbers had details on their sweatshirts, one some sort of name brand and the other a white Maori-style pattern.

Mr Pizzini said it was hard to estimate their ages but at least one was possibly in his twenties.

 

The gunman was about 183cm (6 feet) tall. The other two were shorter.

The firearm used had a wooden stock and a dark full-length barrel with a small sight at the end.

 

Mr Pizzini said the police had carried out door-to-door inquiries, and while there were no "red hot" leads detectives were investigating possible links to other robberies in the area.

 

The police were keen to hear from anyone who might have seen the robbers or their dark-coloured four-door sedan, either parked near the shop before the raid or speeding way from Riverton Drive afterwards.

 



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