China village head jailed following land protestsBEIJING--The democratically elected mayor of a fishing village in southern China — which became the center of international attention five years ago for protests against land seizures — has been given three years in jail on bribery charges. State media reported that Lin Zuluan was sentenced on Thursday to 37 months in jail and fined 200,000 yuan (about US$30,000). Lin won a rare open election in 2012 in Wukan, a village of about 13,000 on the South China Sea near Hong Kong. China's ruling Communist Party granted the election after the international media flooded the village to cover the protests against the land seizures and corruption. His detention and arrest this summer came just before he had planned to lead a new round of protests against more land grabs by local developers.

Source: The China Post September 09, 2016 17:03 UTC