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Monks' violence obstructed the police, injured 1 police and 3 auxiliary police, and 11 were detained

Three monks in Changzhou were charged with obstructing public service, which continued to attract attention. Today, the police reported that because the monks blocked the construction, during the on-site summoning process of the police, the monks violently hindered law enforcement, resulting in the injury of one police officer and three auxiliary police officers.

Several monks were sued in the temple enterprise dispute

The reason for this is an article entitled "the abbot of the temple resists chemical pollution, and sixteen monks are accused of obstructing official duties". The release date is July 6.

According to the article, on November 28, 2018, several monks of Sansheng Zen temple in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province were summoned by the police on the spot after Zhang, the abbot of the temple, broke off the control lever of the excavator on the construction site because he prevented Wujin Hongyun Organic Chemical Co., Ltd., a chemical enterprise separated by a wall, from 'digging the sewage pipeline'.

During the incident, the monks clashed with the police, which directly led to the arrest of many people. Three monks, including Zhang Moucai, the abbot of the temple, were prosecuted on suspicion of 'obstruction of official business'.

Beijing News reporter noted that the article also reflected that Wujin Hongyun Organic Chemical Co., Ltd. involved had pollution problems.

Zhang Huafeng, Zhang's sister, told the Beijing news that the cause of the conflict between the two sides was that Zhang had repeatedly reported the pollution problem of Hongyun chemical to government departments, which had not been solved.

Industrial and commercial data show that Hongyun chemical was established in 1992 and its business scope is the manufacturing of methyl silicone oil, silicone rubber and silicone grease.

Zhang Huafeng said that the plant of Hongyun chemical is only separated by a wall from the Sansheng temple. During the production process, strong irritant gas and wastewater will be generated, causing pollution to the surrounding environment.

The reasons for the conflict are expressed differently by both sides

On the 7th, the public security branch of Changzhou Economic Development Zone reported that Zhang, the person in charge of Sansheng temple, blocked the construction and damaged the control lever of the construction excavator. According to the law, the police orally summoned Zhang Moucai for his illegal act of deliberately damaging materials. Zhang Moucai and his monks in the temple took violence to hinder the police from law enforcement, resulting in the injury of one police officer and three auxiliary police officers.

Police said that since then, 11 people were criminally detained on suspicion of obstructing official business. In February and March this year, 2 people were transferred for prosecution on suspicion of obstructing official business, and Zhang was transferred for prosecution on suspicion of obstructing official business and embezzlement. At present, the case has entered the trial link of the court.

As for the direct cause of the conflict, the two sides in the incident expressed different opinions.

According to Zhang Huafeng, in November 2018, the road leading to the main road of Hongyun chemical will be thickened, and the road is adjacent to the house wall and gate in the south of the temple. The monks of the temple believed that the chemical plant had to lay sewage pipes, which triggered subsequent conflicts.

However, in the statement of the local police, the construction project obstructed by the monks of Sansheng temple is the pavement renovation project of the Village Road on the south side of Sansheng temple in Xin'an village, not the "sewage pipeline laid by Hongyun chemical" as mentioned in the article.

The police informed that after investigation, the Village Road on the south side of Sansheng temple in Xin'an village is about 150 meters long, and units such as Sansheng temple and Wujin Hongyun Organic Chemical Co., Ltd. are distributed along the line. As the village road is in disrepair for a long time, the road surface is pitted, which brings great inconvenience. In November 2018, Xin'an village committee started the pavement renovation project instead of laying sewage pipes.

Is it 'illegal summons'?

A live video shows that the process of oral summoning of temple Abbot Zhang by the police of Hengshan police station is recorded. Beijing News reporter noted that in the video, Zhang said he did not cooperate and fiercely resisted the police summons.

The video shows that the whole process lasted about two minutes. Zhang couldn't afford to sit down. The police announced on the spot that it was changed to compulsory summons because of his' bad attitude '.

Finally, the police carried Zhang's legs and forcibly took him out.

For this subpoena process, Zhu Xiaoding, Zhang's lawyer, believes that the police have violated the law. In his opinion, Zhang had left the construction site and was summoned compulsorily at this time, which was suspected of procedural violation.

On July 6, a reporter from the Beijing News called the Hengshanqiao police station. A staff member denied the statement of "illegal summons" and said that the police were "normal law enforcement".