Posted on 08/08/2006 7:45:08 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Monday August 7, 6:55 PM
100 killed after Chinese police open fire on protesters: reports
(Kyodo) _ About 100 people were killed when police opened fire on protesters in central China last week, media reports said Monday.
The clash between 1,000 police officers and hundreds of protesters who had been staged protests since late July occurred in Hunan Province last Wednesday.
According to media in Hong Kong and mainland China, the protests over the past weeks were caused by disputes between two villages in the province's Xiangyin County.
Hong Kong's Commercial Radio quoted the provincial government's news department as saying the police officers were deployed to handle the protests but "strongly denied persecuting or killing" any protester.
The department said people in the two villages had a dispute that originated in a night club and the dispute spread. Police took action to contain the situation, it said.
Hong Kong's Apple Daily quoted Chinese human rights defender Hong Yunzhou as saying police opened fire and killed about 100 people after failing to disperse the protesters who had gathered to complain to the Yueyang city government.
According to the Chinese-language daily, one of two possible causes was that conflicts between a group of migrants and local communities broke out July 23 and led to a riot July 25 when about 300 villagers started ransacking shops and surrounded the police station and government buildings in protest.
The report said two top county officials were beaten up by villagers before riot police arrived and killed three people, including two children on July 25.
The other possible cause was that villagers whose lands were claimed without receiving sufficient compensation went to complain at the city government and were met with gunfire, the Apple Daily said.
The villagers began to stage protests against the country government and authorities for not handling the dispute properly, according to the report.
The county government and the county's Public Security Bureau issued separate statements regarding the July 25 riot, which was called "7.25 public order dispute incident."
Two country government statements issued Aug. 1 said the case has been "swiftly handled and Xiangyin has been stabilized and people are back to their normal lives."
The Public Security Bureau statement, which was issued one day after the massive clash confirmed the dispute but did not mention the number of protesters, police officers or casualties.
Phone calls made to the bureau chief were not returned. A provincial government staff reached Monday said he has not heard of the incident.
Ping!
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Maybe Code Pink should go and protest in China.
And a model member of UN, WTO,....:)
They resist the eminent domain?
LAST WEEK!!!! WHAT???
I must've missed the first breaking of this news. I was too busy shifting through pages and pages of anti-Israel propaganda.
Aren't these the same bastards that like to lecture us about human rights?
I know, MSM have been deeply touched by "better-than-expected" Hizbullah resistance.:)
The Kelo decision has far reaching implications...
"Hong Kong's Apple Daily quoted Chinese human rights defender Hong Yunzhou as saying police opened fire and killed about 100 people after failing to disperse the protesters who had gathered to complain to the Yueyang city government."
Eminent Domain dispute? What ever happened to filing a case in small claims court? Oh...its china. Sorry, I forgot. The march of a thousands miles begins with one bullet.-----Confused.
How insensitive of you to call them 'bastard'? /sarc Call them 'overlord.' They will be overjoyed.
You didn't miss it; this just leaked. This illustrates the effectiveness of our trading partner's totalitarian suppression of information. Wonderful people just warming up to capitalism, donchaknow.
This could not possibly be true or the people at this site
http://www.amnesty.org would not stand for it! sarc.
...and has permenent Most Favored Nation trading status...
Ahhh, yes, the legacy of Newt continues.
Sounds like a TRUE "disproportionate" use of force...guess we can expect a tidal wave of outrage coming, eh?/s
Disproportionate response!!!
China = Nazis!
China massacres innocents!
China is an illegitimate country that should be eliminated!
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