【新唐人2014年04月03日訊】茂名市民抗議PX化工項目的行動，4月1號擴展到了廣東省會——廣州市。數百人向省政府進發，但是被警方阻擋在附近的中山紀念堂。至少有9人被抓。通往茂名的公路和鐵路被阻斷。網絡和通信一度中斷。
廣東茂名反PX風波進入第三天，經過幾輪清場，茂名街頭氣氛恐怖，到處有武警巡防。數百名在廣州工作的茂名籍青年，4月1號前往廣東省政府和平請願，最少9人被帶走羈押。到晚上仍有近千人在「南方報業集團」附近請願。
廣州市民賈榀參加了集會。他說，廣東省政府附近的中山紀念堂，有很多來自茂名的朋友週二在那裏聚集。他們製作了很多標語紙牌，包括橫幅。上面寫的內容大概有「誰給的權力打人？」「PX項目滾出茂名」，「茂名人民要自由」等等。大概在一點鐘的時候，聚集了兩三百人。
廣州市民賈榀：「他們就拉著橫幅，舉著紙牌，有兩百多人，有很多人拍照。他們在中山紀念堂周圍不斷進行小范圍遊行，在省政府門口右邊，吸引了很多很多路過的行人和車輛圍觀，當局很緊張，廣州公安局派出大量警察，站在路邊，以人牆的形式圍堵來自茂名的朋友，阻撓他們遊行示威活動。」
廣州資深民主人士範一平週二也到省政府參加了抗議。他說，大約中午12點鐘，示威民眾往省政府方向走。警方嚴陣以待，軍警林立，死死阻擋人群湧向省政府。
廣州民主人士範一平：「很多鐵馬，還有警車，特警，全部都在那邊，嚴陣以待。他們沒有辦法，在中山紀念堂那邊被堵到了。（警方）要求他們解散，用大擴音喇叭說，你們是非法的，未經批准的示威遊行，吆喝他們。後來有一撥人走出來，走出來的時候他們就不讓，就跟他們發生一些推撞，當時就毆打，牽扯，拉扯，搞得好多示威遊行者受傷了。」
至少有9人被抓，都是年輕人，其中有好幾個是女孩子。他們被抓到省政府附近的虹橋派出所，關了一個晚上。廣州警方讓茂名公安把他們全部接回茂名。
範一平：「後來我接到一個電話要求緊急援助。我電話通知了廣州一些維權律師前往關注。」
與此同時，茂名的抗議進入第三天，遭到警方多次清場，據說有幾百人被打傷，很多人被抓。交通和通訊被當局切斷。
賈榀：「昨天我們得到的消息說茂名各個高速公路，通往茂名市區的馬路基本上全部封鎖了。開往茂名的列車在進入茂名之前已經停運了。高速路上大巴車一律停運。私家車每輛車都要檢查。網絡也一度中斷，手機信號之類的。」
PX項目一直以來在大陸各個城市遭到民眾非常積極的抗議。此前在廈門，大連，寧波，啟東，四川彭州等地，城市居民對這個事情都非常牴觸。
賈榀：「其實我們也知道，中國大陸政府它一般搞的工程項目，建設時候的安全，包括建成之後運行時候，污染處理做的是很不到位的。這樣的話危害就會更大一些。這樣的事情自然而然會遭到大陸各個城市的強烈抗議。」
據香港《蘋果日報》報導，在茂名，週二下午再有民眾聚集遊行，最多時人數過萬。市委門前排滿特警，官員用喇叭向人群喊話，要求民眾選五位代表進入市委與官方領導對話。其後，5名臨時選出的群眾代表進入市政府後，沒再公開露面。
據網絡消息說，茂名市政府宣稱被抓的人將會很快釋放，要求其他人回去，會在短時間內給他們一個滿意的答復。但晚上又多次用催淚彈清場。《蘋果日報》引述當地護士的消息透露，週日被警方打傷的市民，最少一人不治，另一人深度昏迷。
據即時通訊「微信」圈的消息，有人召集茂名同鄉4月4號前往深圳羅湖口岸，舉行和平抗議活動。
採訪編輯/秦雪 後製/鍾元
Maoming Protest Spreads To Guangzhou.
A protest against a chemical plant in Maoming City,
Guangdong Province has spread to its capital Guangzhou.
Several hundred protesters marched to the city hall.
However, they were stopped by police near Sun Yat-sen
Memorial Hall. At least nine people were arrested.
The roads and railways link to Maoming were blocked.
The internet and telecommunications were also temporarily
suspended.
The Maoming protest has entered its third day against
the building of a plant to produce paraxylene (PX).
After clearing out the protesters, several times
Maoming’s atmosphere is very tense.
Riot police are patrolling everywhere.
Several hundred local residents who work in the area
appealed to the capital city Guangzhou on April 1.
Some of them were taken away by police.
In the evening, a thousand protesters demonstrated
near Southern Weekly Newspaper Group.
Guangzhou resident Jia Pin participated in the protest.
He said that many people from Maoming gathered near Sun
Yat-sen Memorial Hall on Tuesday, holding cards and banners.
Their slogans include “Whose Orders To Beat Protesters?”
“PX Project Out of Maoming!” “Maoming Needs Freedom!”
By 1pm, there were about 200-300 people gathered.
Jia Pin: “Many protesters held banners and placards,
with people taking photos.
They constantly protested in smaller groups
around Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.
The demonstration to the right side of the city hall attracted
the attention of many pedestrians and vehicles passing by.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is very nervous; large
numbers of police were sent out to stand in the street.
They formed a wall to stop protesters coming from Maoming.”
Guangzhou senior democrat Fan Yiping also
joined protest outside city hall on Tuesday.
He said that around 12pm, protesters went to the city hall.
Police stubbornly blocked the protesters.
Fan Yiping: “Many police arrived with vehicles and stayed
there. Protesters have no other way to appeal.
They couldn’t access the memorial hall area.
Police ordered them to leave using loudspeakers saying that
they are illegal, and demonstrating without permission.
Later, some protesters walked out of the crowd, but they were
stopped by the police, after which the clash occurred.
Fighting took place and many petitioners were injured.”
Several people were arrested, mostly young people, some of
whom were women.
They were taken to Hongqiao police station near the city hall,
and were held overnight.
Guangzhou police have asked Maoming police to
take protesters back to Maoming.
Fan Yiping: “Later I received an emergency phone call
asking for help.
I informed some Guangzhou human rights lawyers
to go there to observe the situation.”
Meanwhile, the protest in Maoming entered its third day.
The protesters were dismissed several times by the police.
Sources say that several hundred protesters were beaten up
and injured, then some arrested.
Jia Pin: “We heard of the news that the highways
and roads to Maoming were almost all blocked.
The trains to Maoming were stopped from entering Maoming.
The buses on the highway were all stopped; private vehicles
were checked one by one.
Internet access was temporarily cut, off,
including mobile phones.
The PX projects have been strongly objected to by
residents in many cities.
Prior to this, residents in Xiamen, Dalian, Ningbo, Qidong,
Pengdi in Sichuan and other cities were against the PX projects.
Jia Pin: “Actually we know how the local governments
projects are conducted both before and after construction.
Safety and pollution checks will not be properly done.
The harm levels would increase.
It is certainly strongly objected to by residents in many cities.”
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily reported that residents in Maoming
gathered again on Tuesday afternoon.
This time the protesters numbered many thousands.
Special police were everywhere in the city hall area.
Officials used loudspeakers talking to the crowd.
They requested the protesters to send over five representatives
to have a discussion with officials in the city hall.
The five representatives were chosen and went inside
the city hall, but they never came back.
Online sources say that theCCP said they would release the
spokespeople soon, once the protesters went home.
The CCP would then give them a satisfactory answer. But,
later in the evening, tear gas was used many times at the site.
The Apple Daily quoted a local nurse speaking about the
injured residents on Sunday, at least one of them died, and
one was still unconscious.
According to Weixin, a webchat in Mainland China, people
are organizing Maoming residents to go to Shenzhen on April 4.
They plan to stage a peace protest.
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