A Nanjing man whose house was torn down by local government officials vented his anger on an outdoor advertising billboard near a city highway this weekend. The protest lasted a day before it was located and pulled by government officials on Monday.
“The Nanjing government secretly demolished my house, when will it be returned to me?,” read the bold characters on the billboard.
Officials in Nanjing said the house was taken down by mistake and accused Zhang of demanding an unreasonable compensation fee, according to the daily.
Zhang said he was further mortified when Nanjing officials told the State Bureau for Letters and Calls - where Zhang had been petitioning his case - that he had agreed to a compensation scheme they offered. Zhang said despite the local government’s claim, he had never signed any agreement.