[Sharon]

Older story from 2012:

A resident in northeast China was brutally killed on when he tried to stop his home from being torn down by the government-employed demolition team.

The operator of the heavy equipment also died a horrific death.




The couple had been pig farmers in Saertu District on the outskirts of the city of Daqing, Heilongjiang province. At 3 p.m. on May 15, several men came to their home and commanded a BACKHOE to demolish the walls in their backyard.

They claimed that they were hired by Saertu District’s city management bureau, commonly known as chengguan, to “tear down whatever is there by all means.” The wife knelt down to the group of people and begged. Soon after he heard the engine of the backhoe starting, the husband, standing next to his wife, was knocked down by the digger and crushed at the waist.

When onlookers yelled at the driver to stop the machine, he poked his head out of the cabin to check around, and got his head stuck between the cabin and the slewing arm. He was also killed.



According to the widow, she and her husband have been living here for the past 15 years. Their home was a public property that they rented from a work unit under the local commune for industrial and commercial activities. After the commune went bankrupt a couple of years ago, no one bothered to come by and ask about their home, so they did not move away.

[FavaBeans]

oh gawd...they couldve stopped and taken a minute to call the cops to remove this poor man before this happened!

[Shakey]

How stupid was the operator

[Sisteskrik]

Originally Posted by FavaBeans ↗

oh gawd...they couldve stopped and taken a minute to call the cops to remove this poor man before this happened!

lol the cops. Working for the government ;)

[vipersna]

weird on so many levels. instant karma?

[jbell0129]

damn fucked up!

[Photoplay]

And Confucius says.....

[Susan]

They shoulda both stayed in bed that day

[Soar]

What a ridiculous situation all around.

[blancadon]

I hope the operator shit his pants as well.