CNN: China Shooting: Commander Detained

On December 12, 2005, citing AP, CNN re****ted that the commander of
forces which shot and killed people protesting land seizures in
Guangdong has been detained.

Read more details in
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/12/11/china.protest.ap/index.html

An outline of the article:
* The government said 3 people died in Tuesday's violence, though
  witnesses put the toll as high as 20.
* Guangdong Province issued a statement that the commander's
  "wrong actions" were to blame.  It did not elaborate what the
  actions are nor identify the commander.
* The shooting on Tuesday were the deadliest known clash amid
  growing anger in areas throughout China over government land
  seizures for construction of power plants, shopping malls and
  other projects.
* Farmers often complain they are paid too little, and some accuse
  local authorities of stealing compensation money.

Read Xinhua News Agency coverage of this incident in
http://gd.xinhuanet.com/gdnews/2005-12/11/content_5789418.htm
It quotes "Southern Daily" and according to the Xinhua notice Xinhua is
not responsible of the accuracy of the article and the article does not
represent Xinhua views.

So far attempts to locate the statement on this incident from Guangdong
Province web site in http://www.gd.gov.cn/
and
http://www.guangdong.gov.cn/
are not successful.