Dongzhou Village Raid, Then News Blackout
Posted on Saturday, December 02, 2006 at 7:38 AM by Sifu Smith
After Chinese authorities raided the southern village of Dongzhou,
trucks of armed forces took position to ensure no news reporters got in
or out. One Villager stated that a US reporter had been hiding in their
place, and was asking the US embassy for help. The tensions between the
villagers and government officials stem from poor living conditions and
the sense of impropriety by the officials.
""The officials have got all our land across the whole area. We don't even have anything to eat. They put so much pressure on us, how can we maintain a life?" stated one villager. In 2005, officials shot down 3 villagers during a protest, as they felt the government took their land to build a power plant, and compensated them very unfairly.
Dongzhou Village Raid, Then News Blackout