{"id":184481,"date":"2010-01-15T13:16:35","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T18:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/2010\/01\/15\/one-dead-scores-injured-in-china-land-brawl-witnesses.html"},"modified":"2010-01-15T13:16:35","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T18:16:35","slug":"one-dead-scores-injured-in-china-land-brawl-witnesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/184481","title":{"rendered":"One dead, scores injured in China land brawl: witnesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

AFP<\/a>
\nWednesday , January 13th, 2010<\/p>\n

One person was killed and scores injured last week as
\npolice clashed with villagers in eastern China over the forced eviction
\nof farmers from rural lands, residents and a human rights group said
\nTuesday.<\/p>\n

The violence began last Thursday when about 100 hired
\nthugs beat farmers who had resisted eviction in the city of Pizhou in
\nJiangsu province, the Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human
\nRights and Democracy said.<\/p>\n

It said the farmers from Hewan village had refused to move off lands where local authorities want to build a chemical plant.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne woman was killed and another woman was severely injured
\nby dozens of thugs hired by the township government<\/a>,\u201d a Hewan
\nresident who gave only his surname, Yang, told AFP by phone.<\/p>\n

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