Police detain 24 protesters opposed to incinerator

Police in Boluo county, Guangdong province, detained 24 people suspected of violations of laws during a protest on Saturday against the construction of a garbage incinerating plant.

According to a statement from the county bureau of public security on Saturday, police would deal leniently with those who surrender themselves and inform against other lawbreakers within three days.

By Sunday, 24 people had been detained and eight were later released after being reprimanded.