After a three-week standoff, on April 4, 2015, more than 2,000 Chinese riot police have been mobilized to crack down on the villagers of Daachin-tal…Township and nearby villages in eastern Southern (Inner) Mongolia’s Naiman Banner…The villagers have been staging a protest against the Naiman Chemical Refinery Zone for polluting the area with toxic waste.

…Photos and video footage show that many villagers were beaten, injured, and hospitalized…during the clash…“Yesterday, about 100 people were injured and 50 were arrested. One of the injured was confirmed dead in the hospital today,” Geegee [a Mongolian woman from the community] told SMHRIC.

As for the toxic effects of the chemical waste that is discharged directly onto the grazing lands and farmlands of Daachin-tal Township and nearby villages, Geegee says, “An increasing number of villagers have become sick, and the miscarriage rate is soaring among pregnant women here. Our livestock is being poisoned to death, and crops and vegetables are inedible.”…“The Internet is cut off completely. Even phone calls seem to be blocked now…” Munkhee [another local Mongolian] told SMHRIC via Web chat. “We heard that the Central Government is informed of our protest,” Munkhee said…“fearing further unrest, the banner authorities say to ‘arrest anyone who protests.’”