According to BBC’s Kennedy Gondwe report, another reason for the tension in Zambia is reports that Zambian employees at Chinese industrial facilities, are being forced to sleep at work to prevent coronavirus from spreading.

According to China’s state-run Global Times news site, “Sunday’s attack was likely to have been prompted by Zambians who misunderstood the good intentions of some Chinese firms that have recently been prohibiting employees from going home after their shifts in response to the coronavirus crisis.”

He has been organizing impromptu raids on Chinese factories reported to be mistreating locals.

Reports by BBC states that, “He has also been sharing posts on Facebook, including videos, of his impromptu raids on Chinese-owned factories where workers are allegedly being mistreated.

In one video, he confronts Chinese managers at a truck assembly plant about their policy of detaining workers and orders them to allow the Zambian workers to go home.”