BEIJING - Villagers in China whose rebellion against local officials last year grabbed the headlines kicked off a key process on Wednesday that will see them hold their first-ever open, democratic elections.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. G2 G+ }) O8 e8 T/ T6 }6 \ `3 G
2 F# i) @* E* p7 q1 L5.39.217.77:8898Residents in Wukan in the wealthy southern province of Guangdong won rare concessions after they faced off with authorities for more than a week in December in a row over land and graft, including pledges to hold free village polls.
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China - a one-party state where top leaders are not elected by the people - nevertheless allows villagers across the country to vote for a committee to represent them.公仔箱論壇 g' @) c) |1 m( ~9 W* @
- x9 P) y1 a5 C( g! ]But Wukan residents said their leaders had never before allowed these polls to go ahead in an open fashion, and instead selected members of the village committee behind closed doors.
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) W) }! T5 \( a+ a' N+ J公仔箱論壇"The election committee is being elected to supervise next month's village election," a villager surnamed Chen told AFP by phone.公仔箱論壇% {/ B) j9 D) _6 [. c
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"Wukan has never held village elections, this will be the first ever democratic election in Wukan."
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Zhang Jianxing, a villager close to the local government, added Wednesday's vote was "part of the process to hold open, transparent and fair elections."
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The election committee will be made up of 11 villagers who will not be allowed to run for next month's election, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
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The concessions won by Wukan residents are seen as a rare victory for protesters in authoritarian China.; l( k& {* G4 g- q1 x! R, J" F& r
. _7 T1 p3 d- N b5.39.217.77:8898They had protested for months in autumn last year against their allegedly corrupt leaders, whom they accused of abusing their power to profit from land in the village.
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9 l/ A, Y& Q. L2 O' o% K3 q5 n9 h& F5.39.217.77:8898But it was not until detained community leader Xue Jinbo died in police custody in December after allegedly being beaten that their anger boiled over, prompting a tense, drawn-out stand-off with police and officials.
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$ f3 U$ t r/ zTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。The Guangdong provincial government eventually capitulated as their case made headlines, and decided to intervene on behalf of the villagers.5.39.217.77:88986 [, C% \- S0 u C2 _
( M3 x, P. R9 |5 d# h5.39.217.77:8898Following investigations into corruption, the government conceded that villagers' grievances were reasonable and that closed elections for village leaders last year were invalid. |
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