Friday, December 23, 2011

Chinese seaside town protesters in police standoff (AP)

BEIJING ? A Chinese official says authorities have detained a number of people in a seaside town where protests against a planned power plant resulted in clashes with police.

Protesters say the town of Haimen saw a third day of unrest Thursday as thousands of people wanting to block a highway were locked in a standoff with riot police.

A city Communist Party propaganda official surnamed Chen said some people who had participated in "illegal activities that endanger public security" were detained, but said he was uncertain how many.

A resident also surnamed Chen said police set up a roadblock at the highway and threatened to arrest anyone who dared to cross. He said a few thousand people stood on the other side of the roadblock.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/asia/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111222/ap_on_re_as/as_china_unrest

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