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A series of protests took place for seven months up to December 2005 in Dongzhou (东洲), a village in Shanwei prefecture-level city, Guangdong Province, China, organized in opposition to government plans to partially infill the bay and build a new power plant. It resulted in the shooting deaths of several villagers in the night of 6 December 2005 by People's Armed Police. The death toll is unknown, with different sources mentioning anywhere from three to several dozen deaths. The protests resumed in November 2006. ==Incident== The protests were held because local farmers were dissatisfied with the lack of compensation for land expropriated for the construction of the plant. They are also reportedly concerned with the potential for harmful pollution affecting their crops, while fishermen felt their livelihood would be adversely affected by the modifications to the bay. According to ''Xinhua'', the Information Office of the government of Shanwei described the incident as "serious violation of law", in which Huang Xijun, Lin Hanru and Huang Xirang led protesters in attacking police with knives, petrol bombs, and other explosive devices. Xinhua reported that the police fired warning shots but, in the confusion after nightfall, people were hit by mistake. NPR also reported armed police responding to mob after unarmed police were attacked with Molotov cocktails. The incident is the first known deadly use of firearms by security forces against civilians in the PRC since the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. The village is still sealed off by government forces who are searching for suspects involved in the violence and preventing people from leaving the village. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dongzhou protests」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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