{"id":124166,"date":"2011-09-22T22:14:36","date_gmt":"2011-09-23T05:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=124166"},"modified":"2011-09-22T22:14:36","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T05:14:36","slug":"thousands-riot-in-south-china-over-land-grab-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/09\/thousands-riot-in-south-china-over-land-grab-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Riot in South China over Land Grab (with Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Riots broke out in Guangdong when thousands of people attacked government buildings in protest over the sale of their land to developers, Reuters reports<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nWitnesses in Lufeng city said the protests, in which around a dozen residents were hurt, were triggered by the seizure of hectares of land and their sale to property developer Country Garden for 1 billion yuan ($156.6 million), Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post reported.<\/p>\n

Directing their ire at the local seat of government and attacking buildings including the local Communist Party headquarters and a police station, the angry mob in some cases used “sticks, bricks and their fists,” the Post reported.<\/p>\n

Roads were also blocked, and a businessman said several thousand villagers had joined demonstrations outside government headquarters since Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, in the Guangdong factory town of Zengcheng, thousands of migrant workers went on the rampage over the alleged maltreatment of a female worker, torching government offices, smashing police cars and marching in the thousands through the streets. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This video apparently showing the area after the riots is available on YouTube:
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