While the 30-year contracts could make it harder for cadres to abuse the system, local officials arguably can still revoke those contracts, as the party secretary did in Ligezhuang village to start a quarry.

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Superintendent Kabir said the two women were from Jetia village and worked in a stone quarry.

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Brian Genner, chairman of the Friends of Quarry Bank, said the area had traditionally had a "village" feel, but had seen a rise in violence and anti-social behaviour in the last four to five years.

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