Mongolia

A local government in China’s Inner Mongolia has ordered the closure and relocation of a chemical industrial park following weeks of anti-pollution protests. The order comes shortly after police launched a massive crackdown that a U.S.-based rights group says left one protester dead and injured dozens of others. Inner Mongolia’s Naiman Banner government said in a statement that in addition to ordering all of the companies in the park to shut down their operations, an investigation also will be conducted into Tongliao Longsheng Chemical Company. A local villager, who did not want to be named, confirmed the government statement during a phone interview with VOA. "The protest is over, the government compromised and announced Monday that it would close the refinery," he said.