El régimen chino reprimió una protesta pacifica de ahorristas contra bancos locales que bloqueron su dinero

Una multitude de clientes perjudicados por bancos en problemas se manifestaron este domingo en el centro de China contra las autoridades locales, a la que accused of collusion and “corruption”, en lo que supone un gesto unusual de desafio al poder.

Cuatro bancos de la province de Henan, en dificultamente por el ciclo económico, Fund withdrawals were frozen in mid-Aprillo que se conviró en una Trampa para miles de pequeños ahorradores.

Una situación que dio lugar a manifestaciones spontáneas. El domingo, More than a thousand people demonstrated in front of the branch of the Central Bank of China, in Zhengzhou, capital of the province of Henan.

En fotos publicadas en las redes sociales se pueden ver pancartas que denunciation “The corruption and violence of the authorities of Henan”. In addition, pedían la intervention del prime ministero chino: “¡Li Keqiang, ven a investigador a Henan!”.

En algunos videos en redes sociales, se ve a agents vestidos de civil detienen con violencia a varios demonstratores, algunos con huridas en el rostro.

According to local media calculations, Hasta 400,000 clients with a total of 40,000 million yuan (5,960 million dollars) deposited in these banks could be affected.

Last month, the local press reported how the authorities of Henan were using anti-covid QR codes (sanitary passes) to prevent the entry into their territory of aggrieved clients from the investigated banks, under suspicion of organizing protests. y así evitar las concentrations.

Algunos ahorradores assured that their code of health passes a red color – which does not permit viajar to other territories or access to public places – when arriving in Henan or even before starting their journey to the province. Internautas lamentaron entonces el abuso de una tool de prevención pandemica: “The health code has already become a political tool”, lamentaba un usuario.

The demonstrations in China, a country obsessed with social order, are very rare. Pero ultimamente se han visto varias, a pesar del riesgo de ser detenido.

Before the disturbances, the Comisión Reguladora de Banca y Aseguradoras de la province declared last Sunday that it was “investigating the financial state” of the banks and that it would “elaboraría un plan de compensación pronto”.

In April, when the first incidents were reported, an investigation began in Henan Xincaifu Group Investment Holding, a company linked to banks and suspected of having obtained public financing illegally through online financial platforms.

Por su parte, the police announced the detention of a “criminal gang” accused of being behind dubious practices in local banks. Local authorities did not refer to the demonstrations, but the police of Xuchang, a locality in Henan, announced on Sunday that Arresto de una banda criminal.

Según la policía, la banda controlaba desde 2011 varios bancos locales y realizaba giros “illegales” dissimulados en prenjos ficticios.

El comunicado no precisa cuántas personas fueron detenidas.

(With information from AFP and EFE)

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