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BEIJING (AP) —
Residents of an embattled southern Chinese village say they are putting
off plans to march in protest at government land grabs after
intervention by a leading provincial official.
Residents of Wukan
in Guangdong province have driven local authorities from the area and
had planned to march Wednesday to a nearby town if four of their
representatives were not released by police. That would have been a
direct challenge to police who have set up checkpoints on main roads.
Those
plans were suspended after a deputy provincial Communist Party
secretary, Zhu Mingguo, met with villagers Tuesday and called their
demands legal, reasonable and ethical, said villagers reached by phone.
They said Zhu also pledged to investigate allegations of illegal land
seizures.
Residents of an embattled southern Chinese village say they are putting
off plans to march in protest at government land grabs after
intervention by a leading provincial official.
Residents of Wukan
in Guangdong province have driven local authorities from the area and
had planned to march Wednesday to a nearby town if four of their
representatives were not released by police. That would have been a
direct challenge to police who have set up checkpoints on main roads.
Those
plans were suspended after a deputy provincial Communist Party
secretary, Zhu Mingguo, met with villagers Tuesday and called their
demands legal, reasonable and ethical, said villagers reached by phone.
They said Zhu also pledged to investigate allegations of illegal land
seizures.