Beijing home-owners who refuse to sell land live in isolation

Beijing home-owners who refuse to sell land live in isolation

BEIJING, China - Owners of these houses in the Fengdai area in southern Beijing refuse to sell their land to housing developers, who have razed the land around their houses to three, four meters deep, forcing the residents to use ladders to enter or leave their homes. Local residents say the developers have offered to buy their land at 3,500 yuan (about 57,000 yen) per square meter while apartment houses nearby are selling for 7,000 yuan per square meter. About 100 families have sold their land to the developers but 12 have refused. Residents say the developers have cut off water and power supply to the stand-alone houses and they were attacked by stick-wielding gangsters last month.

4 shot dead, 2 others seriously injured at Maebashi bar

4 shot dead, 2 others seriously injured at Maebashi bar

MAEBASHI, Japan - Police officers look for evidence around a bar in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, on Jan. 26, where two men shot and killed four people and seriously injured two others in an apparent fight among gangsters.

Gang war breaks out on Tokyo street, 4 injured

Gang war breaks out on Tokyo street, 4 injured

TOKYO, Japan - As passersby watch, plainclothesmen check the scene near Tokyo's JR Shimbashi Station where a gang war broke out among knife-wielding, tear-gas-spraying rival gangsters late night Aug. 28. Police said four gangsters were injured with stabbing wounds in the night melee that involved some 53 gangsters from two rival factions of the Kokusuikai mob group.

Gang war breaks out on Tokyo street, 4 injured

Gang war breaks out on Tokyo street, 4 injured

TOKYO, Japn - As passersby watch, plainclothesmen check the scene near Tokyo's JR Shimbashi Station where a gang war broke out among knife-wielding, tear-gas-spraying rival gangsters late night Aug. 28. Police said four gangsters were injured with stabbing wounds in the night melee that involved some 53 gangsters from two rival factions of the Kokusuikai mob group.

4 shot dead, 2 others seriously injured at Maebashi bar

4 shot dead, 2 others seriously injured at Maebashi bar

MAEBASHI, Japan - Police officers look for evidence around a bar in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, on Jan. 26, where two men shot and killed four people and seriously injured two others in an apparent fight among gangsters. (Kyodo)

Beijing home-owners who refuse to sell land live in isolation

Beijing home-owners who refuse to sell land live in isolation

BEIJING, China - Owners of these houses in the Fengdai area in southern Beijing refuse to sell their land to housing developers, who have razed the land around their houses to three, four meters deep, forcing the residents to use ladders to enter or leave their homes. Local residents say the developers have offered to buy their land at 3,500 yuan (about 57,000 yen) per square meter while apartment houses nearby are selling for 7,000 yuan per square meter. About 100 families have sold their land to the developers but 12 have refused. Residents say the developers have cut off water and power supply to the stand-alone houses and they were attacked by stick-wielding gangsters last month. (Kyodo)