Huashui Town has a population of 53,000. It used to be surrounded by mountains and waters, and it was known as "singing mountains and painting water". Now, "the mountains are no longer green, the water is no longer beautiful, the fields can't be cultivated and the crops can't grow well." Because from 200 1, the former Huaxi Town Government began to build Zhuxi Industrial Park in the form of leased land. At present, the park covers an area of about 1000 mu, and there are 13 chemical enterprises, including 8 chemical enterprises. According to the local villagers, "Chemical plants and pesticide plant often emit a lot of waste gas and wastewater, giving off an unpleasant smell, which is pungent and dazzling. In particular, the weather is sultry, and chemical gases can't drive away. In severe cases, children can't open their eyes. "
In 200 1 year, when Dongnong Chemical Company reached a land lease agreement with the then Huaxi Town Government and Huaxi Wucun, Wang Wei, then secretary of the Party branch of Wucun, did not sign it. In September of that year, Wang Wei came to a pharmaceutical company in Jinhua, consulted Dongnong and wrote an open letter entitled "Portrait of Dongnong Company". Dongnong Company, formerly known as Dongnong pesticide plant, was originally located in the east of Luzhai Village, Ning Wu Town. Trifluralin, tricyclazole, triadimefon zinc and their intermediates produced by Dongnong Company all produced a lot of wastewater and residues in the production process, so they were driven away by local villagers. "Portrait" said that Hou Dongnong wanted to move to Cailu Village in Lizhai and was stopped by local villagers. Later, he moved to Baita Village, Weishan Town. Due to the opposition of local villagers, he pulled the wastewater to the old site and secretly discharged it. It was later exposed by the local media. At that time, Zhejiang Governor Chai approved the word and stopped production. Wang Wei and other villagers copied 150 "portraits" and sent them from Jinhua to wucun and nearby villages in Huaxi Town. After that, more than 600 villagers signed an appeal for this purpose; Wang Yongfei and other villagers copied 1000 copies. In June 5438+10, the local police station began to investigate the source of the "portrait" and informed the insider Wang Moumou to talk; The king and other villagers agreed that if he didn't come back within an hour, everyone would knock gongs to save him. As a result, when the villagers went to "rescue" an hour later, they met Wang who returned halfway, and everyone simply went to the town government to intercede. Later, I saw Xu, the town leader who was eating in a restaurant. The villagers pulled Xu out and asked for an explanation. On the way to take Xu to Zhuxi Chemical Industry Park, the villagers dispersed the police who came to rescue Xu and had a physical conflict with Xu, causing Xu to be slightly injured. After arriving in the park, the villagers forcibly evicted the employees of the chemical plant from the dormitory, and destroyed facilities such as machinery and equipment, resulting in losses of more than RMB 1 1, 000. After that, Wang Wei and others 12 people were arrested. According to a criminal judgment of Dongyang Court obtained by Phoenix Weekly, in 2002, Wang Wei was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for "gathering people to disturb social order", while Wang Yongfei and other villagers were sentenced to 1 year or several months' imprisonment with two suspended sentences for the same crime.
The villagers said that March 15, 2005 was the reception day for the mayor of Dongyang Municipal Government. When the local villagers went to reflect the pollution problem, they were not received by the relevant leaders. On March 20th, villagers began to build more than ten bamboo sheds at the exit of the chemical industry park adjacent to the village, which were stationed by the elderly in the village, blocking the intersection and strongly demanding the relocation of Chemical pesticide plant. The villagers said, "On March 28th, 100, many law enforcement officers and township cadres set fire to the shed. The villagers in neighboring villages donated more than 6,000 yuan to us. I don't know if it was burned or confiscated, and it didn't fall. " After that, the villagers set up bamboo sheds. During this period, some Yiwu businessmen in the surrounding cities supported the villagers and provided bread and instant noodles free of charge. 1 April, Dongyang Municipal Government issued "Four Opinions" and issued a document, and decided to suspend production and rectify the industrial enterprises in Zhuxi Industrial Functional Zone 13 of Huashui Town from April 2, 2005.
On April 5, the Youth League Committee of Huashui Town, the Women's Federation, the Committee on Aging and the Disabled Persons' Federation issued a proposal, saying that they should "resolutely fight against a few lawless elements who disturb the normal social order and actively persuade a few people who blindly follow the trend to turn back in time." On April 6th, the Huashui Town Committee and the town government issued an Open Letter to the people of the whole town: they solemnly warned that "those lawless elements should pull back from the brink and actively cooperate with the government to do a good job, otherwise, those who plan, participate in and continue to create troubles and disrupt social order will be severely punished." On April 6, Dongyang Municipal Public Security Bureau issued a notice: "Order the people stranded at the intersection of Zhuxi Industrial Functional Zone in Huashui Town to leave the scene as soon as possible, and dismantle and clean up the roadblocks (bamboo sheds, stones, etc.) as soon as possible, and immediately stop all illegal activities. Otherwise, the government's public security organs will take measures to forcibly take it away from the scene and forcibly remove it for cleaning. Those who hinder the execution of official duties will bear all legal consequences. " On the evening of April 9, the local town government sent more than 10 law enforcement officers to the exit of Huaxi Village, saying that it would be windy and rainy at night, and advised the elderly in the village to leave the bamboo shed, but the elderly did not listen. After that, the local government took clean-up action: at 4 o'clock, more than 0/00 buses including police cars and bus companies arrived. According to the villagers, law enforcement officers blocked the bamboo shed at that time, and a row of police with shields formed a phalanx to prevent a large number of villagers from entering the demolition site. Law enforcement officers set up a field headquarters, and the city's main leaders conducted it on the spot. A number of witnesses said: "Law enforcement personnel include public security, urban management and security personnel, and there are about 3,500 people in nearby township organs, all of whom have paid money."
Local governments have been quite prepared for the incident, but in hindsight, their estimation of the situation is still insufficient. The villagers gathered more and more, and then there were 20,000 to 30,000 people, which was huge. The police found that the confrontation might trigger a large-scale conflict and began to take the initiative to evacuate. But at this time, the peripheral villagers sat on the road to prevent the official evacuation, causing chaos. Excited villagers began to chase law enforcement officers wearing police uniforms or government-issued raincoats. Some law enforcement officers dropped batons, rubber sticks, shields and machetes, took off their helmets and uniforms and evacuated the scene.
This is the outline of farmers' collective protest against environmental pollution in Huashui Town, Dongyang City.