Probe into scenic area villa project
By Pan Zheng and Xu Fang |
December 29, 2010, Wednesday
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THE Nanjing government in Jiangsu Province has started an investigation into illegal villa construction at the Dr Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum scenic spot, Yangtze Evening News reported yesterday.
Construction has continued unabated for one year because the developer called the site a "forbidden military zone" and refused to allow landscape administration officials to enter for inspections.
The mausoleum is a famous scenic spot commemorating Sun, who pioneered China's democratic revolution and was revered as the founder of the Republic of China.
Commercial development has been banned in the scenic area since 2004.
The Deji Zijin Villa Complex has been surrounded by walls since early this year, apparently to hide construction work, according to a China Central Television report which exposed its illegal expansion.
When a CCTV reporter was filming footage outside, a man surnamed Chen claimed there were national secrets inside.
"You are filming national secrets," Chen reportedly said. "I can sue you for violating the rules about forbidden military zones."
However, police later proved Chen is a property management employee, not a military officer.
Hao Xiaohua, a Real Estate Managing Bureau official with the Nanjing Military Area Command told CCTV the villa complex has not been part of the military control zone since 1993.
Xu Jianrong, director of the administrative enforcement team in the scenic area, told the newspaper that the project was definitely illegal because the developer never applied for government approval.
Inspectors have tried to stop construction four times since 2008, but each time they were kept out on claims the area was a "military control zone," enforcement officials were cited as saying.
The bureau said it will renew its investigation after an insider provided a document proving the area wasn't a military control zone.
The insider told CCTV that the complex, with 16 villas, was developed by Nanjing Fuxiang Real Estate Development Co in 1992. Twelve villas were bought in 2001 by Jiangsu Deji Group, which started the expansion project early this year, CCTV said.
Construction has continued unabated for one year because the developer called the site a "forbidden military zone" and refused to allow landscape administration officials to enter for inspections.
The mausoleum is a famous scenic spot commemorating Sun, who pioneered China's democratic revolution and was revered as the founder of the Republic of China.
Commercial development has been banned in the scenic area since 2004.
The Deji Zijin Villa Complex has been surrounded by walls since early this year, apparently to hide construction work, according to a China Central Television report which exposed its illegal expansion.
When a CCTV reporter was filming footage outside, a man surnamed Chen claimed there were national secrets inside.
"You are filming national secrets," Chen reportedly said. "I can sue you for violating the rules about forbidden military zones."
However, police later proved Chen is a property management employee, not a military officer.
Hao Xiaohua, a Real Estate Managing Bureau official with the Nanjing Military Area Command told CCTV the villa complex has not been part of the military control zone since 1993.
Xu Jianrong, director of the administrative enforcement team in the scenic area, told the newspaper that the project was definitely illegal because the developer never applied for government approval.
Inspectors have tried to stop construction four times since 2008, but each time they were kept out on claims the area was a "military control zone," enforcement officials were cited as saying.
The bureau said it will renew its investigation after an insider provided a document proving the area wasn't a military control zone.
The insider told CCTV that the complex, with 16 villas, was developed by Nanjing Fuxiang Real Estate Development Co in 1992. Twelve villas were bought in 2001 by Jiangsu Deji Group, which started the expansion project early this year, CCTV said.
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