Arrests Made in Attack on Village Protesters
From Times Wire Reports
Authorities have arrested more than 100 people and are investigating two Communist Party officials after a June 11 attack on a shantytown in northern China left six people dead and 48 wounded, the government said.
The violence erupted over a planned power station in the village of Shengyou in Hebei province. Villagers disputed the compensation offered by officials for their land and occupied the proposed site in 2004, the official New China News Agency said.
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