【新唐人2014年04月02日讯】因为不满建造PX项目，广东茂名近万人30号上街游行抗议。当地政府则派警暴力镇压，导致悲剧。有消息说，镇压共造成8人死亡，83人重伤住院治疗。不过，事情并没有完结，3月31号，市民再次聚集到市政府与数千警察对峙到凌晨3、4点。当局更不示弱，再次从周边调入更多特警，甚至是坦克，使局势更加恐怖。
30号中午，上万市民持反PX标语游行到市政府，但当局早就出动上千名手持盾牌的武警、特警和装甲车到场戒备。
但是到了下午4点，警方在毫无预警的情况下突然暴力清场，见人就打，多名示威者被打得头破血流。
当局的暴力行动，并没有瓦解和吓到民众。
当天傍晚，数千市民再次集结到市政府附近街道。
到晚上形势更为恶化，警、民双方发生激烈冲突：警方不断施放催泪弹、烟雾弹和发射高压水炮，甚至将催泪弹打进刚结束晚自习出来的学生人群里。民众也用石头、砖块还击，数辆警车被掀翻、焚烧。
据网上消息说：30号晚的镇压共造成8人死亡，重伤入院83人，轻伤者则超过200人。
网友秀才江湖：“这就是黑社会，他们是黑社会。虽然穿上制服，他们还是黑社会。不能把一个带上帽子的猴子称作人类，也不能把穿制服的黑社会称作警察。”
茂名市政府在清场后发布公告说，少数市民示威是受个别不法份子挑唆后在晚间闹事，但警方果断处置，事件中无人死亡。
茂名当局还指控游行者严重违法。
在内地媒体，茂名事件在各大网站和网上论坛不仅看不到任何消息，微博还一度禁搜“茂名”，甚至拼音“maoming”。
但香港《苹果日报》的爆料热线，却被茂名事件挤爆，很多茂名人“跨境”求助。他们向《苹果》表示，茂名人遭到了恐怖镇压。
在茂名出差的一名香港人，在经历了5小时警察暴力清场后在社交网站“脸书”上写道：“警察又开枪，人被打到吐血。让我体会到共产党恐怖的一面。”
3月31号中午，茂名市民再次聚集到市政府，与数千警察对峙到4月1号凌晨3、4点。
广东茂名市政府附近居民陈女士表示，晚上她看到警察发射了催泪弹、打人，还抓了很多人。
广东茂名市政府附近居民陈女士：“武警看到有多人聚集就打，到处驱赶、放催泪弹。茂名周边、信宜、高州全部兵力拉过来，广州那边坦克也下来了，今天有抗议但是比较少了。”
陈女士说，目前茂名市对外通路都有警察站岗，高速路和市政府附近街道都被封锁。
网上消息显示，31号下午，茂名市政府又从周边地区调来了6大巴士的特警兵力，连坦克也开来了。让人感到恐怖气氛。
北京宪政学者陈永苗指出，中共从49年以来，在民众面前是以殖民者的姿态出现的，一直没有变过，一直也都是强力镇压。它们对普通民众也不会像对知识份子那样去收买。
北京宪政学者陈永苗：“它的这种统治，它一定是建立在暴力的基础上的、坦克的基础上，它一直都是通过杀人然后来震慑民众。他知道民众比知识份子看起来力量更加严实一点，那么，它只有更加暴力一点。”
4月1号白天，约300人在广州市东风中路附近，进行了反PX游行。期间来自茂名的青年打出了抗争的诉求横幅和标语。但示威者也和抓捕警察发生了冲突，有一些示威者被抓进警车。
据网上消息说，目前茂名有8所中学的学生静坐抗议并已经罢课，而《苹果日报》也披露，市民准备在4号全城罢工。
看来，茂名的抗争被坦克所平息。而微博传出：上级领导已下达死命令，如果PX专案无法在茂名落地生根，市长及市委书记就要下台。茂名所有公务员及单位职工都已签字表示不会反对！网友感叹﹕茂名去哪里了？媒体去哪里了？真相去哪儿了？正义去哪里了？ 良心去哪儿了？
采访/陈汉 编辑/宋风 后制/钟元
Maoming Police Suppress Protestors With Tanks
On March 30,nearly 10,000 people took to the
streets in Maoming City,Guangdong Province,to protest against the PX construction project.
The local government sent police
to violently suppress the protests.
Sources report that 8 people were killed,and 83 injured.
However,this did not have the outcome of ending protests.
On March 31,people again gathered at the municipal
compound in a standoff with police until around 4 a.m.
Authorities did not yield, and transferred more
SWAT police to the site,which included tanks.
This increased the tension in the situation.
On March 30,at around noon, over 10,000 people
marched to Maoming City Hall,with banners.
The authorities dispatched thousands of armed police,
special police and armored vehicles to the scene.
At around 4 p.m.,the police suddenly used violence and
began beating protestors,with many severely injured.
The violence shown by the authorities did not deter protestors.
On the same evening,thousands of people again gathered
in the streets close to the city government compound.
The situation worsened during the evening,
when police and protestors clashed again.
The police continued to use tear gas, smoke
bombs and launched high-pressure water cannons.
They even shot tear gas at students who were
traveling home after finishing night classes.
Protestors used stones and bricks to fight back, and
several police vehicles were overturned and burned.
According to online news,the repression
on the evening of March 30 caused eight deaths.
83 people were hospitalized with serious injuries
and a further 200 people sustained minor injuries.
One netizen stated:"This is the underworld.
They are the underworld wearing uniforms.
We cannot mistake a monkey with a hat as a human being.
We cannot think of this uniformed underworld as the police."
Maoming Municipal Government announced after the
clearance that a small number of demonstrators were
instigated by criminals to make trouble in the evening.
They reported that police responded
quickly and no one died in the incident.
Maoming authorities also claimed
that the demonstrations were illegal.
These events were not reported in any major Chinese media,
and the search term"Maoming"is banned on microblogs.
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily news hotline crashed,
as it was overloaded with users accessing
information about the Maoming events.
Many people in Maoming asked for help to"cross the
border,"telling Apple Daily that they had been repressed.
A HK resident on a business trip to Maoming
wrote on Facebook about his five-hour experience
witnessing the violent clearance by police.
“The police fired at people. Some were vomiting and spitting
out blood.I realized the terror of the Communist regime."
At noon on March 31,people in Maoming
gathered again at the city government compound.
They confronted thousands of police
until around 3 or 4 a.m.the following day.
Ms. Chen,who lives near the city government compound,
said that she saw police firing tear gas and beating people.
They also arrested a lot of people.
Ms.Chen:"Armed police beat people if they gathered
together,chasing people everywhere and shooting tear gas.
They also gathered all police from places
around Maoming, such as Xinyi and Gaozhou.
Tanks from Guangzhou came over as well.
Today,there are still protestors,but not as many."
Ms Chan said police were at the
roads leading in and out of Maoming.
Highways and streets near the
government compound are blocked.
Online information shows that on March 31,the
Maoming government transferred six bus loads
of special force officers and tanks from other areas.
People described feeling the terror in the air.
Chen Yongmiao,Beijing political expert, describes how
the Chinese Communist Party(CCP)has been acting as
a dictator in front of the public since it took power in 1949.
It has never changed,always carrying out severe repression.
It can’t buy over ordinary people like it does to intellectuals.
Chen Yongmiao:"Its regime is based on violence and
tanks.It has always been frightening people by killing.
It knows people are a little stronger than
intellectuals,so it is more violent toward them."
On April 1,about 300 people carried out protests against
PX in the vicinity of Dongfeng Road, Guangzhou City.
Youth from Maoming held banners and slogans.
These protesters also clashed with the police.
Some protesters were arrested and put into police cars.
According to online news,students from eight middle
schools in Maoming are on strike,undertaking sit-in protests.
Apple Daily also revealed that the public
is planning a city-wide strike on April 4.
It seems that the protest at Maoming
has been suppressed by tanks.
According to reports on a microblog,the
CCP leadership has issued a death order.
The mayor and party secretary would step down
if the PX project cannot happen in Maoming.
All civil servants and their employees had to
sign that they would not oppose the project.
Netizens sighed:"Where did Maoming go?
Where did the media go?Where did the
truth go? Where did righteousness go?"
Interview/chenhan Edit/songfeng Post-Production/zhongyuan
