by Chris Menahan, Information Liberation:

Shocking videos circulating on social media purportedly show Chinese citizens rioting and fighting with police to prevent the construction of a coronavirus patient quarantine center in their community.

The New York Times on Tuesday night reported that riots took place in Fujian and there were multiple arrests:

The police clashed on Tuesday with residents of a village in the coastal province of Fujian after it was revealed that the government planned to convert a factory into a quarantine site for patients with the dangerous coronavirus.

police-civilian conflict in somewhere in Fujian!

Due to the spread of pneumonia in Wuhan, cities, districts and counties in Fujian Province have also started to block traffic in their areas from #coronavirus #coronaphobia #CoronavirusOutbreak #WuhanVirus # pic.twitter.com/J5n3FnfnUk

— Harry Chen PhD (@IsChinar) January 28, 2020

Several people were reportedly arrested in the village of Dasha, where residents’ fears and anger over the proposed site spilled into the street. In videos recorded by residents, villagers are seen blocking a road and throwing wooden stools at police officers, who marched through the town in riot gear.

Residents said they were given no warning about the plans and only learned that their village would host the sick when hospital beds and other materials began arriving.

“The factory is only several minutes’ walk away from our village,” said one resident who asked only to be identified by her family name, Zheng, for fear of government reprisals. “Given the lack of information from the government, there is reason that villagers are panicking.”

Google translation of the tweet below reads: “On the evening of January 28, authorities in Xiapu County, Fujian Province #武漢肺炎 The patient quarantine area has caused police-civilian conflict, and information needs to be further verified. According to Chinanews.com, on January 28, 2020, the Xiapu County Response Command reported to the public that an idle factory dormitory building in Dasha Park was selected as a backup point for close contacts to concentrate their views. This move was opposed by villagers in Dasha Village, which led to conflict.”

網傳1月28日傍晚，福建省霞浦縣當局欲在大沙村建 #武漢肺炎 病患隔離區，致警民衝突，消息尚需進一步核實。
據中新網報導，2020年1月28日，霞浦縣應對疫情指揮部對外通報，選定大沙園區內的一處閒置廠房宿舍樓，作為密切接觸者集中留觀點的備用點。此舉遭大沙村村民反對，遂引發衝突。 pic.twitter.com/G6165m1yEU

— Bitter Winter – 寒冬—中共政府迫害宗教信仰人權狀況簡報 (@zh_bitterwinter) January 28, 2020

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