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17th May 2012, 05:18 PM
'They won't get me out of here': Stubborn resident halts £350m development by threatening planners with Molotov cocktails
By Rob Preece (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Rob+Preece)
PUBLISHED: 16:34 GMT, 17 May 2012 | UPDATED: 16:39 GMT, 17 May 2012
Any developer with plans to build a multi-million-pound scheme in a housing area can expect to encounter the occasional gripe from a concerned local resident.
But few could have predicted the lengths that one hard-headed homeowner would go to in trying to stop the construction of a £350million luxury development in China.
Zou Mingcan has refused to make way for the scheme and has declared war on the builders by rigging his one-bedroom apartment with home-made weapons and booby traps.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/17/article-2145930-13229348000005DC-793_634x362.jpg Ready to fight: Zou Mingcan has declared war on the builders by rigging his one-bed apartment with home-made weapons and booby traps
The stubborn 70-year-old, who lives on the sixth floor, can often be seen standing on the roof in a military camouflage uniform.
He keeps a terrifying array of Molotov cocktails and pelts approaching developers with bricks and rocks.
In revenge, builders have crushed his car and left it flattened outside the apartment block in Kunming, Yunnan province, southern China.
Planners claim they warned Zou almost a year ago that the apartment block was scheduled for demolition as part of a huge expansion of the city's upmarket housing district.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/17/article-2145930-13229184000005DC-14_634x921.jpg Standing guard: Dressed in military uniform, the 70-year-old keeps a terrifying array of Molotov cocktails and pelts approaching developers with bricks and rocks
But Zou has told them he will not move until he is offered more compensation.
'I used to be a builder so I know all their tricks,' he said.
'They won't get me out of here until they pay me proper compensation.
'I know how much my flat is worth to them so they might as well pay up.'
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/17/article-2145930-13229339000005DC-226_634x397.jpg Determined: Bloodied from his endeavours, Zou has told planners he will not move until he is offered more compensation
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/17/article-2145930-1322C9B2000005DC-891_634x611.jpg Last man standing: Zou's apartment block is the only building preventing the £350million scheme from going ahead
Hole in back yard also.....damn this Alzheimer's where is that silver I buried.....
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2145930/Zou-Mingcan-halts-350m-Chinese-development-threatening-planners-Molotov-cocktails.html#ixzz1vAifY4dO
By Rob Preece (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Rob+Preece)
PUBLISHED: 16:34 GMT, 17 May 2012 | UPDATED: 16:39 GMT, 17 May 2012
Any developer with plans to build a multi-million-pound scheme in a housing area can expect to encounter the occasional gripe from a concerned local resident.
But few could have predicted the lengths that one hard-headed homeowner would go to in trying to stop the construction of a £350million luxury development in China.
Zou Mingcan has refused to make way for the scheme and has declared war on the builders by rigging his one-bedroom apartment with home-made weapons and booby traps.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/17/article-2145930-13229348000005DC-793_634x362.jpg Ready to fight: Zou Mingcan has declared war on the builders by rigging his one-bed apartment with home-made weapons and booby traps
The stubborn 70-year-old, who lives on the sixth floor, can often be seen standing on the roof in a military camouflage uniform.
He keeps a terrifying array of Molotov cocktails and pelts approaching developers with bricks and rocks.
In revenge, builders have crushed his car and left it flattened outside the apartment block in Kunming, Yunnan province, southern China.
Planners claim they warned Zou almost a year ago that the apartment block was scheduled for demolition as part of a huge expansion of the city's upmarket housing district.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/17/article-2145930-13229184000005DC-14_634x921.jpg Standing guard: Dressed in military uniform, the 70-year-old keeps a terrifying array of Molotov cocktails and pelts approaching developers with bricks and rocks
But Zou has told them he will not move until he is offered more compensation.
'I used to be a builder so I know all their tricks,' he said.
'They won't get me out of here until they pay me proper compensation.
'I know how much my flat is worth to them so they might as well pay up.'
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/17/article-2145930-13229339000005DC-226_634x397.jpg Determined: Bloodied from his endeavours, Zou has told planners he will not move until he is offered more compensation
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/17/article-2145930-1322C9B2000005DC-891_634x611.jpg Last man standing: Zou's apartment block is the only building preventing the £350million scheme from going ahead
Hole in back yard also.....damn this Alzheimer's where is that silver I buried.....
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2145930/Zou-Mingcan-halts-350m-Chinese-development-threatening-planners-Molotov-cocktails.html#ixzz1vAifY4dO