On January 1, 2006, when all Chinese wanted to wish everyone happiness on the first day of a new year, the villagers of Dongzhou Village, Shanwei faced another disaster on top of the December 6 shooting incident.
The Shanwei government gave the following notice on December 29: “Due to the new Shanwei power plant, the related department announces that gravesites within 50 meters of utility towers must be moved within seven days, otherwise the government will forcibly relocate said graves. Villagers should register with the village committee and move the graves themselves. If the deadline passes, the graves will be considered to be abandoned.” That means that villagers have seven days to move 90 percent of their ancestral graves.
Meanwhile, villagers are still being arrested every day. The authorities arranged for informants to intercept villagers’ phone calls. The villagers in Dongzhou asked The Epoch Times to tell the descendants of Dongzhou all over the world: “We apologise to our ancestors! But under the threat of guns, we have no other choice.”
The New Power Plant Disturbs the Peace of Our Ancestors
