Official fired after protest death
Source: Xinhua |
January 7, 2011, Friday
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AN official who failed to properly supervise a construction project which led to a woman's death has been removed from his post, a spokesman for the Zhengyang County government in central China's Henan Province said yesterday.
On January 3, 38-year-old Li Li was crushed under a bulldozer while attempting to stop work on a river canal project near her residence.
Min Huaimin, director of the county's Water Conservation Bureau, has been removed from his post.
There was a public outcry after the accident which many said was another case of unsafe construction methods.
A video shot on a mobile phone spread on the Internet and aroused public anger not only about the incident itself but the apparent indifference of workers at the scene.
In the video, Li can be seen slipping in the mud as she rushes to stop the bulldozer and being crushed underneath it. Many residents shouted at the driver to stop but the machine kept on working.
According to the witness who shot the video, up to 300 people had been brought in to guard the construction site and threaten residents who were protesting the project. Three bulldozers were in action that day.
The conflict was over differences between the original plan as presented to the public and the actual construction work done on site.
"The workers did not follow the previous project plan. They dug the canal at a place just 5 meters away from our houses, making our life quite dangerous and inconvenient," said a female resident surnamed Lei.
"By allowing their construction to continue, the canal will be so close to us. We are so afraid that our children would slip down to the river by accident," she said.
"Therefore, about eight women rushed to the bulldozers to stop the construction and Li was among them. However, the work continued and even the bulldozer that crushed Li continued," said Fu Jin, a resident who lives near the project and witnessed the incident.
Li was the mother of two children and ran a breakfast stall near the scene of the incident.
The county government has organized a team to investigate the incident.
On January 3, 38-year-old Li Li was crushed under a bulldozer while attempting to stop work on a river canal project near her residence.
Min Huaimin, director of the county's Water Conservation Bureau, has been removed from his post.
There was a public outcry after the accident which many said was another case of unsafe construction methods.
A video shot on a mobile phone spread on the Internet and aroused public anger not only about the incident itself but the apparent indifference of workers at the scene.
In the video, Li can be seen slipping in the mud as she rushes to stop the bulldozer and being crushed underneath it. Many residents shouted at the driver to stop but the machine kept on working.
According to the witness who shot the video, up to 300 people had been brought in to guard the construction site and threaten residents who were protesting the project. Three bulldozers were in action that day.
The conflict was over differences between the original plan as presented to the public and the actual construction work done on site.
"The workers did not follow the previous project plan. They dug the canal at a place just 5 meters away from our houses, making our life quite dangerous and inconvenient," said a female resident surnamed Lei.
"By allowing their construction to continue, the canal will be so close to us. We are so afraid that our children would slip down to the river by accident," she said.
"Therefore, about eight women rushed to the bulldozers to stop the construction and Li was among them. However, the work continued and even the bulldozer that crushed Li continued," said Fu Jin, a resident who lives near the project and witnessed the incident.
Li was the mother of two children and ran a breakfast stall near the scene of the incident.
The county government has organized a team to investigate the incident.
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