Farmer dies, dad injured in fire protest

Local government demolishes property to build highway

BEIJING - A farmer died and his father was severely injured as they protested the forced demolition of their pig farm in East China's Jiangsu province, in the second protest of its kind in four months.

Tao Huixi, 68, and his 92-year-old father locked themselves in the house and poured gasoline on the door as more than 100 people arrived to demolish the property in Taoli Industrial Park in Donghai county, Lianyungang on Saturday, the Beijing News reported.