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Article introduction: Demolition is about to begin! The demolition authorities came to your door again and again to persuade you to sign, and if you didn’t sign, they would demolish it! Will you compromise? If you are not satisfied with the compensation conditions, will you sign because you are afraid of forced demolition?

1. To trick the expropriated person into cooperating with the expropriation

When the expropriation party mobilizes for relocation, what they are best at is to trick the expropriated people into cooperating with the relocation as soon as possible. For example, you verbally promised to pay more incentives than other families in the resettlement compensation agreement, verbally agreed to pay more than the original compensation, verbally promised to pay compensation after signing the resettlement compensation agreement, etc. Ying Ting believes that these commitments by the expropriating party are not legally binding. If the expropriated person encounters the expropriating party using this trick, it is recommended that the expropriated person can take the following two methods:

(1) The expropriating party is required to write down the agreement it agrees to in the resettlement compensation agreement, and sign and seal it. At the same time, the expropriated person must keep the original resettlement compensation agreement.

(2) Use audio and video recording to record the expropriating party’s commitment as evidence for later rights protection. But a verbal promise is much less effective than a written agreement.

2. Verbal threats and pressure.

The expropriating party may repeatedly emphasize the special nature of this construction project, saying that this is the above policy, and then tell the expropriated person that it is useless even if they delay in signing, and the house will still be demolished in the end. Some people do not understand the law and sign under pressure.

3. Use force to force the other party to sign and fingerprint.

The Yingting Demolition Team learned that some expropriated people were very frightened after seeing various violent demolitions, illegal demolitions and other incidents in the news, and then signed compensation agreements. Or some expropriated persons have been coerced by the expropriating party, for example:

(1) Use glue to seal the door lock of the expropriated person’s home.

(2) Measures such as cutting off water and electricity or digging and blocking roads will be used to prevent the expropriated persons from living normally.

(3) Taking advantage of the status of the expropriated person or his relatives and friends who are engaged in public office to persuade or threaten.

(4) Use methods such as blocking roads, cutting off water, power and gas.

(5) Threaten the timid demolished households, saying that if they do not sign, they will face forced demolition.

Yingting reminds you:

If you are facing land acquisition and demolition, you must stay clear-headed and follow the agreement no matter what. If the promise can be made verbally, then it must be written in the demolition compensation agreement, otherwise it cannot be signed. Because verbal promises have no legal effect. What can you do if you have objections to resettlement compensation? According to the relevant laws and regulations of our country, the expropriated and demolished persons can file an administrative review within 60 days of receiving the expropriation decision, expropriation compensation decision and other specific administrative actions, and file an administrative lawsuit within 6 months. If your house is forcibly demolished, you must file a lawsuit to defend your rights within 6 months of knowing the date of demolition. If you have not negotiated compensation terms with the government, you can consult a lawyer specializing in land acquisition and demolition, or ask a lawyer to intervene and negotiate with the government using professional legal knowledge to strive for fair and satisfactory compensation.