The Chinese Embassy in the Central African Republic issues an important reminder: Chinese citizens engaged in gold mining in the Central African Republic face significant security risks.

The Consular Section of the Chinese Embassy in Central Africa issued an important reminder on November 20 regarding the significant security risks faced by our citizens engaged in gold mining in Central Africa. In recent years, our embassy has frequently received notifications of legal cases from the Central African government or urgent consular assistance requests from our citizens, all of which involve Chinese citizens encountering major security incidents or serious security threats due to their involvement in the local gold mining industry. In some of these incidents, Chinese citizens were found guilty of illegal gold mining due to lack of legal documents and tax evasion, resulting in heavy fines, confiscation of equipment, and deportation; some were cheated into investing large sums of money in what they thought was a rich mine, only to lose everything; some were attacked and killed by government armed groups; some were ambushed due to involvement in conflicts between different factions and countries; some died from infectious diseases such as severe malaria; some were disabled or killed in disputes with other shareholders, claiming to have died in "car accidents" or "hangings"; some were kidnapped multiple times due to someone coveting their property; some were deceived into working in a mine, had their documents confiscated, and became "mine slaves".