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newspaper reporter correspondent Lee Seung-Jin Xiao Shuchen

recently, Jiaozuo, Henan Province, Shangqiu illegal Cemetery became the focus of attention of public opinion. It is understood that the local government issued a notice on several occasions over the years to clean up against until now, these two places is not only illegal Cemetery not absolutely forbidden, on the contrary but never both in number and size of growing.

rural public cemetery illegal sale

located in Jiaozuo City suburb of the Dragon Temple Cemetery is a graveyard of thousands of illegal Cemetery. It is understood that the illegal Cemetery has become a cash cow for local Long Teramura wealth. The number of dozens of graves from the original block into more than 3,000 pieces, now cemetery here, the most expensive one is 17 million, in addition to many more than 10 million cemetery, the cemetery is also the cheapest around 5,000 yuan.

It is understood that Dragon Temple Cemetery is liberated in Jiaozuo City of White Dragon Teramura built as offices for the village, the villagers of the public welfare only cemetery, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the cemetery is strictly prohibited to sell out. However, the cemetery has sold out as of now more than 2,000 graves in the village cemetery plan will build bulk.

"Dragon Temple Cemetery", the Jiaozuo "Chunlin Ecological Park", "Honghe Village Crane Ridge cemetery," and several illegal Cemetery is also well established, and some exceeded its cemetery area, has been completed more than the 1000 cemetery. The small cemetery is difficult to count illegal.

Jiaozuo person in charge of civil affairs, Kitayama's illegal Cemetery is gradually built up around 2000, these illegal cemetery, in part, built by the local village came forward, some are built by individual investors, they built illegally Cemetery purpose is to profit.

"land" a small price relatively low degree of difficulty

illegal Cemetery why can grow, people who do not know that illegal Cemetery is to be removed sooner or later banned?

"the cost of an ordinary grave also thousand dollars, while the overseas price up to two or three thousand dollars, the profit of some luxury tomb is surprisingly large. Is driven by high profits, only to illegal Cemetery herd. "one industry insiders.

Although the members of the public are aware of these cemetery is illegal, but most people prefer to choose these illegal Cemetery, less than 1 km north of Jiaozuo city is rolling mountains, this mountain terrain is the breeding illegal cemeteries soil. The cemetery built in the mountains like the plains of arable land needed to build Cemetery, relatively speaking, "land" is much smaller, only the existence of discrete program in the mountains can be. Illegal Cemetery no land costs, administrative costs low, relatively low cost, so the sale price is relatively low.

In addition, illegal Cemetery almost all in urban areas around the memorial holidays, when far away than to legitimate the cemetery is easy. This is the cemetery was neglected causing the most legitimate fundamental reason.

an illegal cemetery officials said, illegal Cemetery although no formal procedures, but relatively close from the city, and the price is low, the public, another convenient and "affordable." "We are not forcing people to sell cemetery, we are free to choose Well. Hill is the span of the mountain, to be I's, we reflects environment Everyday is better than digging a landslide destroyed the mountain stone Well."

and Shangqiu an industry that, in addition to low price, the illegal Cemetery to allow the deceased's family secretly buried the remains illegal Cemetery is an important reason for popularity. Currently, more than 20 illegal Shangqiu city cemetery, only there are more than 10 illegal Shangqiu city cemetery, there are many nonprofit cemetery open for sale and so on.

According to the sources, in Shangqiu Zhecheng County, was actually an illegal cemetery run by the county civil affairs bureau. This home has been built and put into use as early as 6 years up to the cemetery still do not have formal procedures.

"and difficult to clean up"

illegal Cemetery as illegal, as the local government departments ignore it?

It is understood that the past few years, the funeral of Jiaozuo City, Jiaozuo City Commission Office and the Bureau of Civil Affairs issued a public notice on many occasions, many times against treatment, but the effect is not obvious.

Jiaozuo City, was in June 2006 9 subsolar the paper, decided to ban illegal nature of the city cemetery clean-up work. Document drawn up clear standards against illegal sexual Cemetery: Migration has been buried in the ashes, bulldozed graves, cleaning accessory, in accordance with a hole for a tree to restore vegetation; tear down walls, remove arch; seized accounts, punishable by law, is strictly prohibited reconstruction and operation ; order the restoration of landscape construction unit, return the illegally occupied land, the cost borne by the responsible people, confiscate their illegal gains, may impose a 1 times the illegal income 3 times a fine.

"blow off a few years ago back, the city's unified actions against a few, the first dozen times, left 7 of the banned. Has rebounded in recent years, mainly in the northern mountains area , so check with you, he said it was not built Cemetery, built rural public cemetery, public welfare to allow construction of the national cemetery, he was drilled loopholes of national policy. "Jiaozuo City, the civil affairs department official said.

illegal Cemetery in the face of the increasing size of how to contain, as the management of the funeral of the government agencies, Jiaozuo City Management Committee and the Bureau of Civil Affairs funeral feel powerless: "We have no law enforcement personnel, and no law enforcement methods, we only able to notice in the form of the illegal Cemetery tell to you, advise people to buy legitimate Cemetery cemetery. "

Shangqiu a civil affairs department head, said in an interview that they have issued a notice on many occasions , illegal occupation of land remediation construction Cemetery, but is not a department to handle civil affairs, planning, land, industrial and commercial departments are involved, "clean up very difficult." Investigation so far did not have an illegal cemetery, "there has been so long, and bad treatment, fears of the social discontent."

the official said, another reason why cleaning is difficult, it is the government After approval of the construction Cemetery, but inadequate attention to this piece of work. Civil Affairs Bureau, no law enforcement team, but in the following areas and county law enforcement unit can rarely go to law enforcement.

Jiaozuo Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau, said a staff member, illegal Cemetery is not a civil affairs departments can be done, must be public security, land resources, forestry and other departments to be effective joint action.

the face of the ban, the operators of these illegal cemetery is nothing to fear. "Thousands of graves, thousands of families is the most effective protection, which have a high level of leadership to bury loved ones in this. Is Who says the graves bulldozed flat to push it?" In charge of an illegal Cemetery said.

in August this year, the problem of illegal Cemetery Jiaozuo city government has once again aroused great attention. August 20, Jiaozuo City, held a "control illegal Cemetery conferences" on the adoption of strong measures to address the spread of Jiaozuo Kitayama study the issue of illegal Cemetery deployment. Require all illegal Cemetery immediately stop all construction and operations, with the District Development and Reform Commission, monitor, business, land resources, urban management, forestry and public security departments do a good job rectification.

, however, participated in the rectification of illegal cemetery to appear, this is still extremely difficult to control illegal Cemetery, "one must fully understand the difficulty. Each cemetery involves a few or even a dozen families A large-scale illegal Cemetery on thousands of families involved, Qian Fen is a word not matter. "

Jiaozuo City Bureau of Civil Affairs, said a leader, people pay attention to put to rest, even as" Pa grave "To insult, For Qianfen, to do good" communication ", and not allow the tomb have a" Steak grave "idea. In addition, Qian Fen involving several million dollars, even thousands of million of costs, but also a burden.