BEIJING: Chinese police fired 12 shots at a petitioner and his vehicle, killing him and sparking accusations they overreacted, state-run media reported.
Fang Jiushu had gone to a local government office to complain at being detained in a row over compensation for his house and land, which have had an electricity transmission line built through them, the Beijing News reported yesterday.
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