Wednesday, November 16, 2011

81-year-old Chinese grandmother 'dies in self-immolation' over house demolition...

An 81-year-old woman died after setting herself on fire in protest over the planned demolition of her home, according to Chinese media reports.

Wang Liushi set herself alight on November 3 after workers arrived to pull down her home in central Henan province following a demolition order by local officials.

Local officials said the house had been illegally constructed, according to the Caijing financial magazine, but the Beijing Times said Wang's home was cited for demolition to make way for a tunnel project.

The case is one of several recent reported self-immolations related to property seizures in China. Some of the most passionate protests in the country have been against local officials who have taken people's houses, often with little or no compensation, to make way for development projects. Full story...

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