Protesters once again stormed banks in China’s Henan province last weekend, a little over a year after the authoritarian regime violently crushed mass demonstrations by depositors who wanted to pull their life savings out of collapsing financial institutions.
Images shared online by Chinese dissident outlets on Tuesday suggested that groups of depositors organized on November 26 outside of banks in Nanyang, a city in Henan province, demanding the bank hand over their money.
“They were all subsequently arrested,” an anonymous citizen journalist in China known as “Mr. Li is not your teacher” reported, sharing a video of the protest. The citizen journalist claimed the protesters had not been able to access their own money for over 600 days.
11月26日，河南村镇银行储户们再次前往河南南阳拉横幅抗议，要求归还自己的存款。
随后他们被全部逮捕。
河南村镇银行的储户们在所有人都长期被严密监控的情况下依然展现着他们异常强大的行动力。而距离他们的存款被冻结也已经接近600天。 pic.twitter.com/RrUcrXPYeQ— 李老师不是你老师 (@whyyoutouzhele) November 28, 2023
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