Witnesses to clash in which three residents died say the injured are under police watch
Dongzhou villagers in Guangdong yesterday said they fear authorities will soon take action against people involved in a riot that was violently suppressed last week.
The clash in the village of Shanwei city resulted in the death of three civilians, according to authorities, who added it was now classified as a case of 'serious violence against the people's police by several hundred villagers that was instigated by a small number of people'.
One villager whose relative was wounded in the crackdown said yesterday he had been told the police would lock up those they could prove had taken part in the protests.
'We just spent 20,000 yuan on surgery to save him [the relative] after he was shot in the chest,' the villager said.
'But he is now under effective police custody at Shanwei People's Hospital after he was interviewed by television reporters from Hong Kong last Wednesday.'
