Over 500 retired Chinese army personnel have held a rare demonstration in the Chinese capital Beijing, demanding pensions, social security, jobs and other welfare measures.
Reporting this today, the Hong-Kong based South China Morning Post said the veterans of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) staged the protest on the 28th of last month over unpaid benefits.
The protest followed the first ever demonstration in October last year to petition the central authorities for benefits they say they were promised in lieu of jobs, such aspension payments and social security.
In this demonstration, thousands of veterans had besieged the military headquarters in the heart of Beijing triggering alarm in the top leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC). It was the biggest protest by former military personnel since the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949.