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  • China - Thousands protest water pollution cover-up in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province

    Questioned to conceal the water pollution in the Zhenjiang public anger to the streets

    [United Daily News the ╱ correspondent Hu Mingyang / Shanghai reports]
    2012.02.13 01:42 am


    Zhenjiang, Jiangsu public to protest the government to conceal the message of water contaminated before yesterday, through a network series mob took to the streets.

    Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province of the public questioned the relevant government departments to deliberate concealment of facts, information blockade, and not immediately announced the news of the water contaminated, to express strong dissatisfaction and through the Internet to mobilize people to take to the streets yesterday afternoon, which claims to have thousands of people braved the rain umbrella to Zhenjiang gathered to protest the public square.
    Zhenjiang municipal government guard dispatched a large number of police alert, and taking the number of people held banners and shouted slogans, forcing some reporters deleted the video and photo shooting.

    Local media reports Zhenjiang City official in order to fire-fighting, the day before yesterday morning, broken down into smaller Road, go over the public home visits, drink chat with the public. Which, in a public house in Dantu District, Zhenjiang Municipal Committee and Municipal Government Secretary-General Li Guozhong, the water boiled and hold tea, asking each to the presence of officials to drink water, before leaving drained, to prove that water quality safety, water pollution incident.

    Whole the incident on February 3, Zhenjiang urban water smell, the local authorities then released information citing chlorine to add lead to, but later the microblogging revealed, a chemical tanker in the Yangtze River chemical spill ship open to Nantong, triggering Zhenjiang, Nantong, people rushed to the supermarket to grab water.

    Last night Zhenjiang municipal government held an emergency press conference to once again explain, and said that the seizure of the accident Korean freighter, it is still hard to eliminate the minds of the people anger.

    2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the Internet means thousands of people braved the rain to gather the public plaza of the downtown area of ​​Zhenjiang City, Zijin Building, part of the public and held banners, wearing masks to protest to require the official to give a statement. Zhenjiang municipal government dispatched more than 400 police officers guard the scene, to obstruct the public acts of protest.

    Users of one microblogging nickname "Maya Silver Legend, hold high the parallel port wearing the slogan of" chemical pollution "the most exciting. Friends said, his pregnant wife to drink poison water very angry. Reportedly later by the police to bring "tea". Police also took away a number of protesters held banners.


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