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Calm returns to town after clashes over quake relief
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-02-21 15:03 CHENGDU -- A quake-hit township in southwest China's Sichuan Province has returned to calm after a villagers-police clash caused by a dispute over relief subsidies allocation, local authorities said Friday.
The conflict occurred at 9:40 am Wednesday when about 20 villagers surrounded the police station in Baolin Township, Anxian County of Mianyang, asking for the release of their family members detained for beating Zhou Lujin, chief of Yongquan Village, after a quarrel over subsidies allocation, said Zhou Baoquan, a publicity official of the county.
In the quarrel, five villagers, led by Yi Jianqiong and her husband Wang Daisen, claimed that they did not receive the quake-relief subsidies. But Zhou Lujin said he had handed the money to Yi's father. The five then beat the village chief, the official said. He said Zhou Lujin suffered multiple injuries. "Nobody died in the incident on Wednesday," he noted. "The death of Wang Changyuan, father of Wang Qiongfang, one of the detainees, had nothing to do with the incident," Zhou Baoquan said. An autopsy showed that the man died in hospital Wednesday as a result of drinking pesticide over a family dispute on February 6, he said. About 100 policemen gathered in the township to restore order Wednesday. The crowd dispersed at around 5 p.m. that day. Some police and villagers were injured in Wednesday's clash, Zhou Baoquan said. The local government is investigating villagers' complaints over subsidies allocation, he added. |
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