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Culture & Politics » talk.politics.china » China's "Harmonious Society" : Thousand Armed Police Quell Protestagainst Manganese Proces
| China's "Harmonious Society" : Thousand Armed Police Quell Protestagainst Manganese Proces [message #226492] |
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China's "Harmonious Society" : Thousand Armed Police Quell Protest
against Manganese Processing Plant
Thousand Armed Police Quell Protest against Manganese Processing Plant
By Li Xi
The Epoch Times
Jul 18, 2006
CHINA - For over a decade, manganese (Mn) mining and industry have
caused severe pollution to Heishui River in Xialei Town, Guangxi
Province. Recently the CITIC Group spent 150 million yuan (~US$19
million) to build a Mn electrolysis factory about 333 ft away from
Xialei Town. The residents from Xialei Town strongly objected and went
on a protest. On June 28, the CITIC Group and the local government
mobilized almost a thousand armed police from nearby counties. Eight
were arrested and a dozen injured by electric batons.
The CITIC Dameng Mining Industries Ltd. built the Mn electrolysis
factory upstream of the Heishui River. There is a water company, a
school and residential district in the vicinity. The poisonous waste
water from the factory will contaminate the residents' water once
released to the Heishui River. On June 27, residents from Xialei Town
went to the construction site and sat in front of the gate to stop the
construction of the factory.
1000 Police Mobilized from Five Towns in Chongzuo City
At 4 a.m. on June 28, the local police arrested two people. One named Mo
Jinlin and other was unidentified. Over 1,000 residents gathered in
front of the town hall after learning about the arrest. They asked the
mayor of the town to order the public safety bureau to release those
arrested.
By noon, the public safety bureau sent in about seven large vehicles and
over a hundred cars carrying over a thousand riot police, civil police,
and policemen. It is known that these police came from five nearby towns
in Chongzuo City.
According to a local resident Mr. Nong, the police had truncheons and
shields. As soon as they arrived, they started to beat the residents and
shocked them with electric batons. Women, children, and the elderly were
not spared. Dozens were injured and six arrested. They are currently
jailed in the Daxin County Detention Center.
Mo Zhenmin was the most seriously injured during this incident. The
scene was chaotic and the police hit whoever came across. An old man
laid on the ground, wounded and Mo, in order to save that man, was hit
by a police and passed out immediately. Mo was sent to the People's
hospital in Daxin County. Two police watched Mo while he was
hospitalized for six days. Mo is now recovering at home.
Amongst the six arrested, one of them was Mo's elder brother Mo
Zhensheng and one was a village secretary and supervisor of the village
commission with last name Huang. Huang was removed from his position
after the incident.
Silent, Seated Residents Charged with Besieging the Government
Mo's wife, Ms. Ma, told the reporter, "We just wanted to reason with the
officials and to try and stop the CITIC Group from building the factory.
The police accused the residents of besieging the government. In fact,
those residents were not armed. They were just sitting there."
Ma said: "Among the armed police sent to quell the protest on that day,
some of them were not police officials. They were hired by the CITIC
Group for 20 yuan (US$2.5) a day to beat the residents. If anything
happened, the official policemen can then avoid responsibility." She
said, "In this incident, those who came out to speak are put a
blacklist. The public safety bureau is still investigating. Many people
are afraid and can't go home now."
A resident Mr. Huang said: "The two who were arrested first have been
released. Six were arrested later. Two of them were husband and wife.
They saw a man fell on the ground and helped him up and ended up being
arrested. They have been released too. The remaining four are still
under criminal detention."
Mining Causes Serious Water Pollution in Xialei Town
Mr. Nong, a resident, said that since Guangxi Province was opened for
economic reform, numerous factories had moved in. However, the
government's pollution prevention measures didn't catch up and for the
past decade, the residents have been drinking polluted water from
Heishui River. Many people have been made ill and died from liver
related diseases. The death rate is quite high.
The only water resource in Xialei Town is the Heishui River. This river
is polluted by the mining, and the air is severely contaminated too.
Mr. Huang, a resident said: "How are we going to survive once the
sulfuric acid factory (CITIC Mining) moved in? The rich and powerful
don't care about our safety and wants to set up a hazardous factory
here. This corrupted government doesn't care about public opinion and
would agree to build a factory if it could benefit from it. What the
government did was against the law."
The reporter interviewed Mr. Zhao an employee of the Daxin Mining Co
owned by CITIC Group. Zhao said, "The residents protested because they
live here. As for whether the construction will continue, upper level
officials have yet to decide. "
It is known that the construction is still ongoing and no one from the
government is taking care of the medical expenses of the injured residents.
Residents Hope for International Aid to Overcome Citic Group Influence
The China CITIC Group was formerly known as the China International
Trust and Investment Corporation. It was approved and promoted by Deng
Xiaoping, a former Chinese leader, and founded by Rong Yiren, former
Chinese Vice President. CITIC Dameng Mining Ltd. is a Chinese-foreign
joint venture between CITIC Resources Holdings Ltd., a listed company in
Hong Kong and GuangXi Dameng Manganese Ltd. It was established in Aug
2005 in Chongzuo City.
Mr. Nong, a resident, said: "Some companies, in order to reduce cost,
didn't take environmental protection measures and caused irreversible
damages to the local ecology. Also, some local government officials, in
order to obtain political gains, focus only on economic results and
turned a deaf ear to industrial pollution. Some government officials
even volunteered to protect industries that cause environmental pollution."
Residents from Xialei Town hope the international community can give
them a helping hand so as to enable them to continue living there.
Click here to read the original article in Chinese
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