300,000 people displaced, have their homes destroyed, and are jailed. Wanna know why?
China is clearing them out to make room for the Olympics.
What a world.
Thousands of homes destroyed to make way for Olympic tourists
From Jane Macartney in Beijing
YE GUOZHU used to own two restaurants in Beijing. Both were razed in 2001, as was his home in the Yongdingmen district of the city two years later, to make way for parks to beautify the Chinese capital for the 2008 Olympics.
Last year Mr Ye sought permission to protest against such forced evictions. He was arrested for ?disturbing social order? and sentenced in December to four years in jail. His family have not seen him since and do not know where he is held.
His son, Ye Mingjun, said: ?I filed an appeal just a few days ago against his sentence, but the court refused to accept the case because they said my father must sign the papers in person. But he can?t do that because he is in jail and we have had no contact with him...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...628199,00.html
What a world.
Thousands of homes destroyed to make way for Olympic tourists
From Jane Macartney in Beijing
YE GUOZHU used to own two restaurants in Beijing. Both were razed in 2001, as was his home in the Yongdingmen district of the city two years later, to make way for parks to beautify the Chinese capital for the 2008 Olympics.
Last year Mr Ye sought permission to protest against such forced evictions. He was arrested for ?disturbing social order? and sentenced in December to four years in jail. His family have not seen him since and do not know where he is held.
His son, Ye Mingjun, said: ?I filed an appeal just a few days ago against his sentence, but the court refused to accept the case because they said my father must sign the papers in person. But he can?t do that because he is in jail and we have had no contact with him...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...628199,00.html
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