Police detain a demolition manager in connection with the death of a holdout evictee.
Authorities in the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun have detained the manager of a demolition company after a 50-year-old protester was crushed during demolitions at a film studio renowned for its revolutionary movies.
Liu Shuxian, 50, died at the weekend during the demolition of the No.4 accommodation block at the Changchun Film Studios, which began at around 11 p.m. on Saturday when more than 20 earth-movers manned by more than 100 demolition crew arrived at the building.
The demolition gang removed a group of holdout evictees from the site before continuing to demolish the building, leaving Liu trapped inside.
“I cannot get out,” she told a friend in a phone call made shortly before her death. Liu’s body was dug out on Monday after her family called the police.
Wang Haibin, manager of the Changchun Donglin Demolition Co., was formally detained by police on suspicion of “illegal demolitions” leading to the death of evictee Liu Shuxiang, official media reported on Thursday.
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