Two Thousand Chinese Villagers Voice Their Anger

Two thousand people in Shanwei City, China hold a demonstration. The Epoch Times

At 9 a.m. October 14, 24 hours before the opening ceremony of the 17th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), over 2000 villagers from Dongzhou Town, Shanwei City, Guangdong Province, held a rally to protest against the authorities’ corruption and illegal land acquisition. The rally lasted for three hours

The villagers gathered in front of the Dongzhou Police Station whence they started to march. The rally passed by the massacre site, where dozens of villagers were reportedly shot to death in a demonstration in December 2005.

A villager named Wei said that everyone in his village participated in the demonstration. According to his accounts, the protestors held long banners and chanted slogans throughout the march. Wei said he saw five or six plain-clothed policemen trying to take pictures of the protesters, but they were forced out by the villagers.

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Another villager noted that the demonstration was held right before the 17th CCP National Congress because the villagers wished to call for the attention of central authorities. “Since we lost our land, we have been fighting against corrupt local officials. Now two years have passed since the massacre, and the authorities still have not solved our problems. Now we are really desperate. We hope the authorities could punish the corrupt officials and release all the detained village representatives.”

Banners bearing protesting slogans hang all over the town. The Epoch Tines