End forced demolitions as they make a mockery of rule of law

"RULE OF LAW? It sounds like a joke to me." "Our power is beyond the law, and when my boss wants to demolish your house, we will do it." Such are the quotes of two officials from Zixi county in East China's Jiangxi province who forcibly demolished the house of a local farmer. The officials have already been held accountable for their action, Southern Metropolis Daily comments:

The law forbids them, and the central leadership has vowed to end them, and one after another experts have warned they are illegal.

Yet forced demolitions are still happening. In some cases, they have even provoked serious conflicts that have resulted in bloodshed even deaths.