Internet users have also questioned data released by Zhoukou authorities showing that more than 50% of locals support the tomb removal campaign, says Southern Metropolis Daily.

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Mainland media are also shocked at how a high school student in Zhoukou, Henan, hired two "hit-men" on the internet to kill his father and elder sister on Sunday.

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In domestic news, media and internet users are condemning authorities in Zhoukou, northern Henan province, for ordering farmers to level graves that they rebuilt after the city launched a tomb removal campaign.

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Authorities in Zhoukou in Henan province have started a controversial second tomb-removal campaign to free up more arable land and are warning villagers of legal reprisals if they refuse to level graves, The Beijing News reports.

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With Tomb-Sweeping Day - a traditional holiday to honour ancestors in China - approaching in early April, the government in Zhoukou in Henan has urged villagers not to rebuild more graves during the festival that were forcibly demolished amid widespread public resistance.

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