Emeute à 布吉 Buji (深圳 Shenzhen, 广东 Guangdong) lors de la destruction d’un marché – 23 janvier 2012

Market Demolition Sparks Violence

rfa.org

2012-01-24

Stallholders in southern China confront police and thugs over inadequate compensation.

At least five protesters were hospitalized with broken bones after a forced eviction sparked clashes between residents and police in the southern Chinese boomtown of Shenzhen, hospital staff said on Tuesday.

« There are two people still in hospital, and three have already been discharged, » said an employee who answered the phone at the Longgang No. 2 People’s Hospital in Shenzhen on Tuesday. »

« They all had broken bones, and the condition of the two that remain is stable, » she said.

She said the patients treated at the hospital were market stallholders who told hospital staff they were beaten by police.

« This happened [on Monday] at around 4:00-5:00 p.m. and they were all brought in at about 6:00 p.m., » the employee said. « They were male and middle-aged. »

« The neighborhood committee and the hospital took this seriously and ordered them to have the best possible treatment … to let them know that the government would take care of this. »

Asked if the government was paying the men’s medical bills, she said, « definitely. »

Monday clashes

The clashes erupted on Monday after the authorities moved in to demolish a market in Shenzhen, and local sources said that around 1,000 riot police were deployed at the scene. Read more…