Chapter 1328

Under the current compensation standards, residents could barely afford small-property-rights homes. Understandably, such a low payout left them deeply dissatisfied. Since the start of the year, suburban residents had been gathering at the neighborhood committee office. They were demanding that the subdistrict leader, Tammy, speak up on their behalf. They firmly refused to accept the meager compensation and opposed the demolition. Tammy, a long-time resident of the suburbs, had deep ties to the community. Her family wasn't well-off. Her husband worked as a security guard, and her son, David, had just passed the civil service exam. She had hoped the demolition would allow them to trade their old home for a new one. That way, David would have a proper place to start a family. But faced with the paltry compensation of just 4,500 dollars, she, too, felt helpless and outraged. Tammy had originally planned to lead the residents in filing a collective petition. But just as things reached