The eviction of Dongshan Town residents has been going on since 2008. Various measures have been utilized by local authorities to force the villagers out of their homes. Often, electricity and water service are stopped. Most notably—a local elementary school was asked to close, forcing 300 students to miss classes for over a month in 2010.
Villagers interviewed by The Epoch Times have reported that a total of 49 families refused to sign an agreement to relocate. For those who did, compensation promised to them has not been paid in full.
According to various blog posts on Sina Weibo (China’s Twitter), on May 13, 2011, over 500 people from the police bureau and management committee forcibly demolished some of the villagers’ homes. In outrage, villagers in Zhu’s village burned four police cars.
Similar episodes of killing government officials have occurred one after another recently. On May 12, Huang Shuanglai, chief of a village in Beichen, Tianjin, paid thugs to beat up a candidate who planned to run for the next election. Huang, along with his brother-in-law and nephew, were beaten to death during a violent fight.
On May 16, Qin Qiming, an officer from the local immigration office in Guilin, Guangxi, was stabbed to death by a villager who was trying to stop Qin’s team from demolishing his home.
On May 17, during a forced demolition, Zhang Bo, vice chief of the local law enforcement unit in Dejiang, Guizhu Province, was stabbed to death by the female owner of the house.
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Editor’s Note: When Chongqing’s former top cop, Wang Lijun, fled for his life to the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu on Feb. 6, he set in motion a political storm that has not subsided. The battle behind the scenes turns on what stance officials take toward the persecution of Falun Gong. The faction with bloody hands—the officials former CCP head Jiang Zemin promoted in order to carry out the persecution—is seeking to avoid accountability for their crimes and to continue the campaign. Other officials are refusing any longer to participate in the persecution. Events present a clear choice to the officials and citizens of China, as well as people around the world: either support or oppose the persecution of Falun Gong. History will record the choice each person makes.
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