The “Jiuhua Agricultural Science Demonstration Park Demolition” in Xiaotangshan, Changping District, Beijing has been going on for more than three weeks. Currently, some of the buildings in the community have been demolished, and about 300 to 400 of the original 2,100 residents are still left behind. The residents have been forced to use firewood for heating as water, electricity and gas have been cut off. According to the “Decision on Compulsory Demolition” posted by the local government, the district will be completely demolished on December 14 this year.
On November 17, 2020, the demolition of the Jiuhua Agricultural Science Demonstration Park in Xiaotangshan Town, Changping District, Beijing, broke out. Hundreds of black-clad men following the orders of the local government broke through the blockade of the residents of the community and occupied the community, destroying the gas station with excavators and posting notices and claiming that the community would be demolished in accordance with the Beijing Urban and Rural Planning Regulations. Since then, the men in black have been occupying the neighborhood and letting unidentified people destroy the owners’ vehicles.
On December 10, the reporter connected with a number of owners of the district to learn about the current situation of the residents of the district.
Mr. Song, a resident of the district, said that most of the original 2,100 residents of the district have fled, with only 300 to 400 people remaining in the hope of stopping the demolition. Since the early hours of Dec. 8, the district has been forced to cut off water and electricity, so those who remain can only cut down trees in the district and use firewood for heating and cooking, and candles for lighting. The black-clad men occupying the neighborhood, on the other hand, have been demolishing some of the neighborhood’s homes since November 25, and have already demolished eight or nine buildings. Currently, the local night temperature is minus six degrees Celsius, and the situation is very difficult for those left behind who lack heating equipment.
Mr. Song said, “In the freezing Beijing night, you (press: referring to the government) dug up our gas station, said that the electricity would be cut off, and demolished by force. Is our 50-year lease contract and the land use certificate you issued still valid? This is the same as Hong Kong’s ‘one country, two systems’, you say null and void?”
Mr. Zheng, the owner of the subdivision, said that the local government carried out the demolition because the newly appointed officials had made new plans for the land in the subdivision. Some residents of the subdivision who have protested have been threatened by the authorities.
He said, “Now the government is making plans as soon as the leadership changes, overturning all the original plans. Our neighborhood is now being planned as a ‘financial tourism district,’ and they are demolishing our neighborhood in order to sell the land for a big price. These officials change the planning for a new crop, and for their own selfishness, they say demolition, and threaten our owners, especially some people of the owners’ committee are threatened by them, and unit leaders are called by them. They can do anything.”
In the neighborhood owners’ network group, 84-year-old owner Mr. Sun wrote about the bad attitude of the men in black. He said that recently, when the men in black posted the demolition notice in the neighborhood, he tried to ask one of the young men for a drink of water, but he was verbally abused by the man, saying, “Don’t say shit. When Mr. Sun questioned how he could treat an old man like this, the man in black threatened to “arrest you again.
At present, the community is posted in the Xiaotangshan town government on December 7 issued a “mandatory demolition decision”. The decision letter will be the residential district called “illegal construction”, said the Xiaotangshan town government will be December 14, 2020 at 8:00, the so-called “illegal construction” to implement the “mandatory demolition “The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public.
In this regard, a community owners in the network group said that some of the community left behind “has written a suicide note”, if the men in black “forced to advance is to kill people.
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