CHINA—Residents in Zhuangyuan’ao Village, Wenzhou County, Zhejiang Province, staged a sit-in demonstration for 22 days to protest the authorities’ illegal land expropriation to build a shipping dock. Violent clashes ensued.
On Nov. 10, the authorities mobilized over 100 police officers to expel protestors, resulting in violence. One resident was arrested and another was injured and the suppression is ongoing. The police stationed in the village blocked all traffic from coming or exiting.
In the early morning on Nov. 11, police broke into a house and arrested a resident surnamed Zhang, whose whereabouts remain unknown. Another villager, Ms. Chen told the reporter, “At 9 a.m. on November 10, dozens of women went to the township government to reason with officials. The Party Chief tried to escape and was stopped by the villagers. The Party Chief then called the police. The police rushed to the scene and the violence started. An officer kicked a woman iin the stomach and beat her until she couldn’t move. She was later hospitalized. At 10 a.m., the local county regime sent out about 300 police to suppress the protestors.”
Conflicts between the police and hundreds of sit-in protestors broke out later. A man holding a camera was arrested and later the police dismantled the temporary tents set up by the protestors.
On Nov. 10, the authorities mobilized over 100 police officers to expel protestors, resulting in violence. One resident was arrested and another was injured and the suppression is ongoing. The police stationed in the village blocked all traffic from coming or exiting.
In the early morning on Nov. 11, police broke into a house and arrested a resident surnamed Zhang, whose whereabouts remain unknown. Another villager, Ms. Chen told the reporter, “At 9 a.m. on November 10, dozens of women went to the township government to reason with officials. The Party Chief tried to escape and was stopped by the villagers. The Party Chief then called the police. The police rushed to the scene and the violence started. An officer kicked a woman iin the stomach and beat her until she couldn’t move. She was later hospitalized. At 10 a.m., the local county regime sent out about 300 police to suppress the protestors.”
Conflicts between the police and hundreds of sit-in protestors broke out later. A man holding a camera was arrested and later the police dismantled the temporary tents set up by the protestors.
