Villagers feel officials' chill
By Jane Chen |
May 19, 2010, Wednesday
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THE government in a south China city is accused of giving a cold shoulder to nearly 100 villagers who had to kneel in front of the government building to plea for the government's help after getting no response to their petition after an hour.
The villagers hoped the city government would mediate a land dispute involving their village and another one and release six peers who had been arrested in the latest fight between the two villages, yesterday's South Rural Newspaper reported.
The villagers from Meizikeng of Guangdong Provinces' Huazhou City said they have no farming land to feed themselves after more than 2 hectares of land was occupied by people from the Shiziling Village.
The latest fight broke out on April 18.
A policeman and more than 10 people arrived on the scene and caught six villagers from Meizikeng, while all Shiziling villagers were spared.
The Huazhou police announced the arrest of the six villagers for "deliberate injuring" the following day.
More than 100 villagers petitioned in front of the Huazhou City government building to ask for the release of those arrested. But so far, they've received no government response.
Last month, a mayor of Zhuanghe City in northeast China resigned after being widely criticized online for ignoring hundreds of petitioners kneeling to protest against corruption and inadequate compensation for the government's seizure of their land.
The villagers hoped the city government would mediate a land dispute involving their village and another one and release six peers who had been arrested in the latest fight between the two villages, yesterday's South Rural Newspaper reported.
The villagers from Meizikeng of Guangdong Provinces' Huazhou City said they have no farming land to feed themselves after more than 2 hectares of land was occupied by people from the Shiziling Village.
The latest fight broke out on April 18.
A policeman and more than 10 people arrived on the scene and caught six villagers from Meizikeng, while all Shiziling villagers were spared.
The Huazhou police announced the arrest of the six villagers for "deliberate injuring" the following day.
More than 100 villagers petitioned in front of the Huazhou City government building to ask for the release of those arrested. But so far, they've received no government response.
Last month, a mayor of Zhuanghe City in northeast China resigned after being widely criticized online for ignoring hundreds of petitioners kneeling to protest against corruption and inadequate compensation for the government's seizure of their land.
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