On Monday, local officials fired back, holding a briefing in which they broadcast what they called a confession by Lin. Villagers carrying Chinese flags protest in Wukan village in China's Guangdong province on June 20. In 2011, villagers in the southern Chinese town chased out officials they accused of selling off their land. Asked by journalists about Lin's arrest, one Wukan official attempted to smash their cameras and compared journalists to dogs. "I will surrender myself honestly to the procuratorate and will confess.”Since 2011, two other elected officials in Wukan, Hong Ruichao and Yang Semao, have been convicted of bribery, according to local media reports.

Source: Washington Post June 21, 2016 12:11 UTC