A three-year-old girl was killed by a bulldozer during a land dispute in Fujian province, her father said yesterday.
Hong Xiaorou died under the tracks of the construction vehicle on land next to the family home in Zhangzhou , said her father, Hong Bingsheng.
She was killed as the family tried to block construction crews from "forcibly flattening the land" on Wednesday, Hong said. The workers were planning to target their own property at a later stage.
I asked an official: ‘What is more important – human life or land acquisition? The official replied: ‘Land acquisition is more important’
"I asked an official from the demolition team: 'What is more important - human life or land acquisition?'" Hong said. "The official replied: 'Land acquisition is more important.'"
The family took the girl's body to a local government office to protest to officials, the father said.
Images posted on Sina Weibo showed a toddler lying on a table in what appeared to be an office, badly bruised with blood pouring from her head as a woman cried at her side.
The family had been negotiating the amount of compensation for the acquisition of their land, Hong said. "We live in the developing zone and they wanted to acquire our land. We haven't settled on a compensation agreement, and they killed my daughter with a bulldozer," he said.
