Father of 4 held after killing of officials
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July 24, 2013, Wednesday
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Two family planning officials in south China were stabbed to death yesterday by a father said to be angry that they wouldn't register his fourth child, police said.
Brandishing a knife, the man burst into a family planning office in Dongxing, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, about 8am, lashing out at six people. Three other officials and a lawyer were injured and rushed to hospital. None of their injuries is life threatening.
The villager, surnamed He, was arrested soon after the attack.
Video posted online showed him being overpowered by police officers.
According to an initial investigation, the family planning office refused to register He's fourth child for permanent residency, or hukou, on Monday because he had not paid the social compensation fee for a child born outside China's one-child policy.
The villager has fathered a boy and three girls since he got married in 2006. According to Xinhua news agency he has a history of mental illness and had been certified as disabled in June 2010.
A further investigation into the incident is under way.
China's policy of limiting most families to one child was imposed more than three decades ago. Authorities say that it has prevented overpopulation and boosted economic development.
Critics argue that the policy has led to harsh enforcement methods in some rural areas that incite public anger as well as creating major demographic problems.
There have been calls in the country to loosen the family-planning policy over the past few years.
Outrage spread online last year after a woman who had been forced to undergo an abortion seven months into her pregnancy was pictured alongside the fetus.
The one-child policy allows exceptions for some families, including many ethnic minorities, couples who are both only children and rural families whose first child is a girl.
Nonetheless, the limit - coupled with a traditional preference for boys - has led to an imbalance of about six males born for every five females.
China's labor pool shrank last year for the first time since 1963, according to official figures, while a growing elderly population and their need for care has put pressure on only children and the state.
Brandishing a knife, the man burst into a family planning office in Dongxing, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, about 8am, lashing out at six people. Three other officials and a lawyer were injured and rushed to hospital. None of their injuries is life threatening.
The villager, surnamed He, was arrested soon after the attack.
Video posted online showed him being overpowered by police officers.
According to an initial investigation, the family planning office refused to register He's fourth child for permanent residency, or hukou, on Monday because he had not paid the social compensation fee for a child born outside China's one-child policy.
The villager has fathered a boy and three girls since he got married in 2006. According to Xinhua news agency he has a history of mental illness and had been certified as disabled in June 2010.
A further investigation into the incident is under way.
China's policy of limiting most families to one child was imposed more than three decades ago. Authorities say that it has prevented overpopulation and boosted economic development.
Critics argue that the policy has led to harsh enforcement methods in some rural areas that incite public anger as well as creating major demographic problems.
There have been calls in the country to loosen the family-planning policy over the past few years.
Outrage spread online last year after a woman who had been forced to undergo an abortion seven months into her pregnancy was pictured alongside the fetus.
The one-child policy allows exceptions for some families, including many ethnic minorities, couples who are both only children and rural families whose first child is a girl.
Nonetheless, the limit - coupled with a traditional preference for boys - has led to an imbalance of about six males born for every five females.
China's labor pool shrank last year for the first time since 1963, according to official figures, while a growing elderly population and their need for care has put pressure on only children and the state.
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