Protesters dump on Fujian landfill site
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"The dump obviously affects the life of villagers in Houlong, and the polluted rice farm is the best evidence," said Zhang Changjian, a Houlong villager and grassroots environmental activist. He insists the government should relocate all the villagers.
In 2002, Zhang together with 1,721 villagers, some of whom were from Houlong village, sued the Rongping chemical plant for its emission of sewage and waste residue containing chlorine and chrome, two major pollutants in China.
Zhang and the villagers got 680,000 yuan in compensation five years later, and now Zhang is protesting the dump project, which is partly used for the waste from the Rongping chemical plant.
"Houlong used to be a beautiful village, and I feel sad to see it surrounded by a chemical plant and a landfill site."
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