Lone Chinese home destroyed; farmer accepts deal

December 01, 2012 14:31

Chinese authorities have demolished a five-story home that stood incongruously in the middle of a new main road and had become the latest symbol of resistance by homeowners against officials accused of offering unfair compensation.

Xiayangzhang village chief Chen Xuecai told The Associated Press the house was bulldozed today after its owners, duck farmer Luo Baogen and his wife, agreed to accept compensation of 260,000 yuan (USD 41,000).

Chen says Luo voluntarily consented to the deal.

The couple were the lone holdouts from a neighbourhood that was demolished to make way for the main thoroughfare heading to a newly built railway station on the outskirts of the city of Wenling in Zhejiang province

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