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Official Burned by Outraged Villagers

Yet another land requisition project has ended in violence

This Monday, a township official in Zhejiang province, Mei Jianfeng, was set on fire after outraged villagers threw gasoline-filled bottles at him. According to the Beijing News, this incident happened in Xiafang village following months of disputes over land requisitions between the villagers and the Wantian township government—the level of government that Mei was representing.

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