Frustrated Rescue Volunteers Blame Henan Local Authorities for Inaction, Corruption
As people throughout in China’s Henan provinces begin to clean up after the disastrous floods, civilian rescue teams are being turned away from offering help. Coordinators and members of the teams say that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials are impeding rescue efforts and endangering civilian lives.
The CCP municipal Secretary of Weihui City, Nie Changming, said in a July 26 broadcast on provincial television that efforts for clearing the flooded city were underway. He said the floodwater level “would go down significantly in the afternoon.”
The City Flood and Drought Control Command released a comment on the same day saying that donations have also been “streaming” in to Weihui.