【新唐人2014年05月12日讯】10号晚间,浙江杭州余杭区中泰乡村民,反对在当地修建垃圾焚烧厂的示威活动,遭到当局暴力清场。 3万抗议民众和5千警察发生流血冲突,传有多人死亡,上百人受伤。当局对镇压事件严厉封锁消息,媒体集体噤声。网友上传被打伤民众的照片也遭删除。
今年4月,浙江省杭州市当局公示了2014年重点规划工程,其中包括,将在城西余杭区中泰乡建造一座垃圾焚烧发电厂。规划显示,这个“九峰垃圾焚烧厂”项目,第一期日烧垃圾3200吨、第二期日烧垃圾5600吨,因此被称为亚洲最大的垃圾焚烧发电厂。
当地居民认为,电厂产生的“二噁英”等致癌物,将影响方圆12公里范围内50万人的身体健康,电厂附近又有多处杭州重要的自来水取水点。因此,从4月底开始,大批余杭民众开始进行示威游行,这期间虽然一直遭到警方打压,有人受伤,并有多人被捕,但民众的抗议规模越来越大。
5月9号,余杭区政府网站曾发布消息说,“九峰项目”在没有履行完法定程序和征得民众理解的情况下,一定不开工,“九峰矿区”也停止一切与项目有关的作业活动。
但据当地网民发布的消息,浙江省长李强于5月10号赶到余杭,强调一定要建焚烧厂。当局的这一强硬态度激怒了民众。 10号当天,当地爆发大规模示威活动,数万人走上街头,要求停建 。当局出动数千警力对民众进行暴力镇压。
浙江杭州余杭区中泰乡村民:“政府不公平。政府的官员没有表态,表态(的话)这个事情肯定弄好的。现在闹的一塌糊涂,人都打死了。”
当地村民表示,10号现场聚集了大量民众和警察,有民众被打成重伤,愤怒的人们掀翻了警车。
村民:“他们说打死了两个,重伤了,马上去抢救了。有人传言过来说是死掉了。警民乱成一团了。晚上那里人山人海的,挤都挤不进去的。”
据了解,余杭当局为了兴建焚烧厂,除不惜出动大批警力暴力镇压外,还派出警察夜间骚扰反对建厂的市民,对辖区内的教师、学生发短信要求不准参加维权签名。
浙江异议作家陈树庆:“它很多事情,关系到国计民生的事情,从来不跟老百姓商量,当官的拍拍脑袋就贯彻下去。老百姓不知情的情况下,感觉到自己的危险、利益受到伤害的时候,抗争的时候,它就暴力镇压。”
浙江异议作家陈树庆表示,中共一直宣称反对恐怖主义,要打击暴恐势力。而实际上,当局的暴恐行为,正在中国大陆制造着更多的暴力和血腥。
陈树庆:“暴恐势力的话,对我们中国大陆来说,老百姓面对的最大暴恐,就是来自于中共当局和政府。”
在10号的镇压行动中,杭州当局出动了特警,使用了防空盾和催泪瓦斯,并切断了现场周边的所有通讯。当局严厉封锁消息,删除网帖和照片,媒体更集体噤声。但有一些网民成功突破了封锁,将当地的消息和现场照片发到网上,有消息说,目前已经有多人死亡,数十人在医院抢救。
11号早间,余杭区政府新闻办公室在官方微博“余杭发布”上,发表了一份由余杭区法院、检察院、公安分局、司法局四个部门联合发布的通告,宣称少数人“煽动”市民占据高速公路,追打警察。并要求相关民众前去“自首”。这一通告,被民众认为颠倒黑白,杀气腾腾。民众质疑:警察打死、打伤人,抓不抓?难道使用催泪弹,无需担责?
采访/朱智善 编辑/李谦 后制/萧宇
The CCP Answered Hangzhou Protesters with Bloody Suppression
On the evening of May 10, villagers from Yuhang District
in Hangzhou were violently suppressed as they protested
against a waste incinerator construction plan.
Over 30,000 protesters clashed with 5,000 police.
An unconfirmed report said there were many fatalities
and another hundred were injured.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorities strictly
blocked the news and all Chinese media were
silenced from reporting on the incident.
Photos of injured protesters uploaded by netizens
were also deleted by authorities.
This April, Hangzhou’s municipal government announced
a list of key construction plans for 2014, including
a waste plant at Zhongtai village of Yuhang District
in the west of the city.
According to the plan, the plant named “Jiufeng” will burn
3,200 tons of waste each day upon completion
of its first construction term, and will burn 5,600 tons
of waste daily in its next phase.
It is therefore named the largest waste plant
of Asia’s future.
However, local residents argue that the plan will negatively
impact the health of 500,000 people living within a 12km
radius of the plant, by spreading toxic pollutants like dioxins.
There are also several important Hangzhou water resources
near the plant which will be polluted.
Since the end of April, a large number of Yuhang residents
began street protests against the plan.
Although protests were suppressed by the police,
sometimes even resulting in injuries and arrests,
more people joined the protests day by day.
On May 9, Yuhang government pledged on its website
that the construction won’t begin “without public support
and before going through the legal process”;
all construction activities of the plant would also
be suspended.
However, local netizens revealed that Zhejiang’s governor
Li Qiang arrived in Yuhang on May 10, saying that
the plant has to be constructed under all circumstances.
Enraged by such a strong attitude, local residents began
a massive protest on the 10th.
Tens of thousands walked the street demanding
the suspension of the incinerator.
The local CCP authorities then dispatched thousands
of police to violently suppress protesters.
A Villager from Yuhang District, Hangzhou City:
”This is not fair.
Local officials have not said anything on the issue.
If they did, things should not be like this.
Now the situation is extremely bad.
Some have been killed in the incident.”
Local villagers said a large group of residents and police
gathered at the scene on May 10.
Some residents were seriously injured.
Consequently, protesters overturned police vehicles
in anger.
A local Villager: “They said two had died.
They were badly injured and were sent to the hospital.
There are rumors saying they have died.
There was total chaos between all residents and police
that night.
There were crowds everywhere and you could hardly
find a way in or out.”
Besides a massive suppression of the protesters by police,
Yuhang government was also reported to have harassed
residents at night who opposed the construction plan.
They also intimidated local teachers and students with
text messages, attempting to stop them from jointly
signing against the plant.
Chen Shuqing, Zhejiang Dissident Writer: ”The party never
discussed many important decisions with our people.
Party leaders made the decision simply by themselves.
Without knowing any details, our people will protest
if they believe they have been put in danger.
The only way that the CCP handles such a situation
is to violently suppress those protesters.”
Chen Shuqing commented that although the CCP always
glorifies itself by saying it will strike hard against terrorists,
the authorities have acted like terrorists themselves,
as they never stopped violent and bloody suppression
of ordinary Chinese people.
Chen Shuqing: ”Talking about terrorists in China, the CCP
government is the worst terrorist that our people
have to face.”
To suppress the protesters on the 10th, the Hangzhou
government dispatched special police teams
who used shields and tear gas.
All communications were cut off around the scene.
The CCP authorities also blocked the news strictly
by deleting all reports and photos on the Internet
and quieting all Chinese media.
In spite of that, some netizens still managed to upload
local reports and photos online.
Some said there were already many deaths and dozens more
were under emergency treatment in the hospital.
On the morning of May 11, Yuhang government made
a joint announcement of the district court, procuratorate,
public security department and justice bureau
on its official Weibo account.
The authorities claimed that “a few” had incited local
residents to occupy highways and beat police officers.
In the statement, they called for those residents involved
to “confess their crimes” to the police.
Local residents said the announcement was confusing
the truth with menacing words.
They questioned, “why not arrest those who injured
or even killed protesters?
Why not call those who used tear gas
to account for their acts?”
Interview/Zhuzhisan Edit/Liqian Post-Production/Xiaoyu