The court bailiffs stretched a police cordon in front of the grave. Yesterday morning, Fangshan Court forcibly implemented the removal of graves, flame spectrophotometer. Photo by reporter Wang Guibin Report by reporter Zhang Yuan - Yesterday, Fangshan Court carried out the forced relocation of 17 graves involved in the case. It was reported that the ancestral graves involved were located in the area of a first-level land development project. After the first-instance verdict ordering their removal within seven days, neither an appeal was filed nor were the graves removed. At around 7:00 am yesterday, nearly 150 people from various departments including Fangshan Court, Public Security, Urban Management, Health, and Firefighting set out from their respective units and subsequently arrived at the site of the first-level development project near the Beijing Jiaotong University station on the Fangshan Line. Previously, the Fangshan Branch Center of the Beijing Land Consolidation and Reserve Center had filed a lawsuit regarding multiple graves in this area, demanding the removal of obstructions. According to Fangshan Court's ruling on December 17 last year, it was ultimately determined that the defendant had obtained approval from relevant departments and possessed legal requisition procedures, requiring the grave managers, including defendant Xia Mou and others, to relocate the graves within seven days. After the first-instance verdict was announced, Xia Mou and others did not appeal, nor did they voluntarily relocate the graves. At around 7:40 am yesterday, various groups successively arrived at the site. Staff members from Shuizhantun Village Committee where Xia Mou resided began numbering and photographing the graves. Meanwhile, the court bailiffs stretched a police cordon at the enforcement site. At around 8:09 am, villagers familiar with local customs, invited by the court for assistance, arrived at the scene holding umbrellas, red cloth, and radishes, organizing workers to dig up the graves with shovels. According to local custom, coffins should not be exposed to light, so umbrellas were used for concealment, red cloth was used to wrap the excavated bones, and radishes were used to fill the pits after the graves were emptied. At around 8:22 am, the first grave was excavated, and by noon, all the graves were forcibly relocated and placed in a public cemetery in Changyang Town. ■ Dialogue "Respecting customs, we sought opinions from the villagers" President of the Enforcement Division of Fangshan Court, Chen Jun, stated that the villagers voluntarily relocated 8 graves, and no villagers appeared at the enforcement site to express their opinions. Beijing News: Why do you need to relocate the graves? Chen Jun: This area was originally collective land, mainly farmland, but now it is part of Beijing's billion-yuan land reserve project, a first-level development land that has been requisitioned by the state. Beijing News: Since relocating graves involves customs and emotions, why use compulsory measures? Chen Jun: This is a first-level development project. The verdict came down at the end of last year, and the application for execution was made in February this year. According to relevant provisions of the Civil Procedure Law, simple cases are resolved within three months, and complex cases within six months. All five cases being enforced this time involve non-compliance by the defendants and meet the conditions for enforcement, thus it was decided to adopt compulsory measures. Considering the emotional needs of the defendants, we tried to do as much ideological work as possible beforehand, and some have already voluntarily relocated. Beijing News: How many were voluntarily relocated? Chen Jun: We received news yesterday that another defendant, possibly hearing the news or through our persuasion, voluntarily relocated one grave at 4:30 am today. So far, 8 graves have been relocated, leaving 17 graves (involving 5 cases and 3 families). Beijing News: Were any measures taken to comfort the villagers involved in the forced execution? Chen Jun: Before taking action, we consulted the local villagers about customs and hired professional construction teams. Regarding compensation for requisitioned land, if there are objections, they can file a separate lawsuit. Since the villagers have long been relocated and moved into buildings, they may also understand the policies and laws, so no villagers came to the scene today to express their opinions. Beijing News: Why were only some graves forcibly relocated? Chen Jun: Execution must be based on the judgment. Currently, the remaining graves are not involved in the case and require the rights holders to make separate claims. Welcome to post comments. I want to comment. Microblog recommendation | Today's popular microblog topics (Editor: SN009)