LIN ZULUAN

China arrests popular village head on graft charges

1 Lin had won a rare open election in 2012 following a standoff with the ruling Communist Party. The arrest has already prompted street protests in the man’s defence 2 Thursday’s legal action against Lin comes one month after he was detained on charges of taking kickbacks on government contracts and places him on track to go to trial where a conviction is all but assured 3 His detention came just before he planned to lead protests against land grabs by local developers, and touched off days of demonstrations in Wukan village, where residents maintain his innocence.