Only full investigation can clear up circumstances of demolition death

THREE WEEKS AFTER HER HOME was forcibly demolished in Yuelu district, Changsha, capital of Central China's Hunan province, the homeowner's body was found buried in the rubble. The absurd case is a test of Changsha government, which has vowed to fully implement rule of law in the city by 2020, says an article of the Southern Metropolis Daily on Thursday:

It is not big news in China that homeowners will risk their lives to try and stop their homes from being demolished. It is not unheard of for some of them to lose their lives in doing so.

However, the death of the woman in Changsha is uncommon. The Changsha government said in its latest investigation report the grassroots officials' "carelessness" caused the woman's death, without explaining whether the woman returned to her home after she had been evicted by officials in one last bid to stop the demolition of her home, which is what most people believe, or the officials failed to find her in the final evacuation of the building.