Tempers flare at incinerator demonstration
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A protest yesterday against an incinerator in a southern Chinese town turned violent as some people attempted to break into government offices and police were injured, residents and authorities said.
The protesters in Lubu town in Guangdong province oppose a project to build an incinerator that would also generate power.
The protest was sparked by an announcement on Saturday afternoon by Lubu town government that land requisition work for the project and the project itself were being stopped, without giving any reason.
Residents said people were concerned the halt was just temporary. “The notice was released by Lubu town government, but the project is led by Zhaoqing city government so the notice issued by the town government is not enough,” said a resident and restaurant worker who would only gave his surname, Yu.
Yu estimated that about 10,000 people had earlier gathered at the town’s main street and near a national highway yesterday, and that 3,000 or more police officers were present.
Zhaoqing city’s Gaoyao district, which oversees Lubu town with a population of more than 70,000, said police officers were injured.
In a post on its official Sina Weibo account, Gaoyao’s Party committee publicity department said that around noon “some ordinary people who are unaware of the truth led by some troublemakers attempted to storm the Lubu town government” and attacked and injured some police officers who were trying to maintain order. It said those people should surrender themselves to police and people at the government offices should leave the site immediately.
The post was later removed.
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