A Chinese town defended itself from police repression
Wukan is the only town with a democratically elected ruler in China. This particularity has put it in the sights of the authorities who do not hesitate to resort to repression to subdue them.. A video broadcast on YouTube shows us the last of the confrontations between residents and police.
Causes. The reason for the conflict is due to the imprisonment of the mayor of Wukan, Lin Zuluan, who was accused of corruption by the Beijing government. last weekend, The residents decided to take to the streets asking for their release and also demanding an end to the repression against them..
Without democracy. This town of 15 mil habitantes es conocida como la "aldea rebelde". There seem to be plenty of reasons: In China there are no democratic elections and citizens have to abide by everything the government imposes, but in Wukan the story is different, as demonstrated by the video on YouTube.
They gave in. The authorities allowed the people to elect their ruler after a series of protests in 2011 that began after government officials began confiscating and selling land from the town's inhabitants. Lin Zuluan, who had led the mobilizations, was elected mayor.
New intervention. The police carried out an operation to repress protests by supporters of the detained Zuluan and imprisoned 13 personas por "perturbar el orden público", according to the EFE agency. The situation has worsened in recent days, al punto que la policía local ha situado la aldea y no permite que "nadie entre o salga", according to a witness.
