Jieshi Town
Encyclopedia
Jieshi is a Town
in Lufeng City, Shanwei
Municipality, Guangdong
.
The town administers 41 villages.
At one point, armed Meitian villagers surrounded Gangkou and attacked. The victims appealed to Jieshi Town executive / Party office
to no avail. In April over 400 Gangkou residents boarded 26 fishing boats and sailed for Hong Kong. (The boats were turned back by Hong Kong police after a seven-hour protest near Clear Water Bay
).
Meitian also suffered assault. Some villagers posted claims on a local website that their houses had been pelted with bricks, their schoolchildren beaten, a teenager raped (in April). More violence came in October.
On March 7, 2010, late in the evening, Meitian villagers again attacked Gangkou. They hurled rocks, rods, home-made grenades and petrol bombs at Gangkou residences through the night, destroying roofs and windows. All Gangkou residents fled and by morning were camped out before the Jieshi Town govt/party building.
A Gangkou resident surnamed Xu told Nanfang Daily
that about 40 people had been injured. Four of them had been hit in the eyes by metal pellets from the grenades, and five elsewhere on the head. Some villagers were taken to City hospital in Donghai.
"We're homeless now. So many of our houses were burned out after we left," Xu said. "We can't go back or else we'll be beaten. We're like refugees."
Jieshi paichusuo (派出所, police substation
) sealed off Gangkou village from cars and outsiders.
In Donghai, the Lufeng City executive said that Meitian and Gangkou villages had been attacking each other with fire-crackers and that work groups had been sent to investigate.
Town (China)
When referring to political divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese 鎮 . It is a fourth-level administrative unit, i.e...
in Lufeng City, Shanwei
Shanwei
Shanwei is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong province of Southern China, People's Republic of China. It borders Jieyang to the east, Meizhou and Heyuan to the north, Huizhou to the west, and looks out to the South China Sea to the south...
Municipality, Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
.
The town administers 41 villages.
Feuding Villages
Early in 2009 the Jieshi villages of Gangkou and Meitian began contesting the control of a road down to their common seaside.At one point, armed Meitian villagers surrounded Gangkou and attacked. The victims appealed to Jieshi Town executive / Party office
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to no avail. In April over 400 Gangkou residents boarded 26 fishing boats and sailed for Hong Kong. (The boats were turned back by Hong Kong police after a seven-hour protest near Clear Water Bay
Clear Water Bay
Clear Water Bay is a bay on the east shore of Clear Water Bay Peninsula of Hong Kong located within Clear Water Bay Country Park. There are two beaches at Clear Water Bay, namely Clear Water Bay 1st beach and Clear Water Bay 2nd beach...
).
Meitian also suffered assault. Some villagers posted claims on a local website that their houses had been pelted with bricks, their schoolchildren beaten, a teenager raped (in April). More violence came in October.
On March 7, 2010, late in the evening, Meitian villagers again attacked Gangkou. They hurled rocks, rods, home-made grenades and petrol bombs at Gangkou residences through the night, destroying roofs and windows. All Gangkou residents fled and by morning were camped out before the Jieshi Town govt/party building.
A Gangkou resident surnamed Xu told Nanfang Daily
Nanfang Daily
The Southern Daily is the official Guangdong Communist Party newspaper, sister to the more lively and commercial Southern Metropolis Daily and part of the giant Southern Media Group....
that about 40 people had been injured. Four of them had been hit in the eyes by metal pellets from the grenades, and five elsewhere on the head. Some villagers were taken to City hospital in Donghai.
"We're homeless now. So many of our houses were burned out after we left," Xu said. "We can't go back or else we'll be beaten. We're like refugees."
Jieshi paichusuo (派出所, police substation
Public Security Bureau
In the People's Republic of China, a public security bureau refers to the government offices while the smaller offices are called Police posts which are similar in concept to the Japanese Kōban system) present in each province and municipality that handles policing , public security, and...
) sealed off Gangkou village from cars and outsiders.
In Donghai, the Lufeng City executive said that Meitian and Gangkou villages had been attacking each other with fire-crackers and that work groups had been sent to investigate.