On April 22, @中国三农发布 published a report that village and town officials in Kailu County, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, prevented farmers from farming, saying that they would either pay "supplementary contract fees" or terminate their contracts.
The video of the report shows that Hua Zeliang, deputy director of the village committee of Shuangsheng Village, Jianhua Town, Kailu County, stopped the spring plowing of growers, saying: "What can I do when 110 comes, I will collect money if I am asked to collect money." In addition, Ji Yunhao, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Jianhua Town and member of the Political and Legal Committee, said in the report: "Don't look for me, I don't know the law!"
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On the 23rd, the Kailu County Government Office issued a circular, announcing the investigation and verification, and the relevant town and village cadres have been punished. The content of the circular is as follows:
1. On the issue of "strange supplementary contracting fees". The background of the problems reflected in the report is that Kailu County, as a pilot unit for the efficient use of new cultivated land determined by the superiors, has carried out pilot work on the efficient use of cultivated land newly increased by the "three land adjustments" compared with the "second land adjustments". The "supplementary contracting fee" mentioned in the report is one of the disposal methods adopted in the pilot work of efficient use of new cultivated land in Kailu County, that is, the paid use fee collected by the village collective on the new cultivated land.
2. On the issue of "blocking and not allowing farming". During the implementation of the pilot project in Shuangsheng Village, Jianhua Town, some large farmers of newly added cultivated land were unwilling to pay fees, which led to the psychology of comparison among farmers who had already paid fees, which led to the behavior of hindering land ploughing. At present, through the coordination and resolution of the county, town and village levels, the people of the village have agreed to take the form of litigation to claim their rights and interests, resolve contradictions, and ensure that there are no more behaviors that hinder land ploughing and land preparation, delay agricultural time, etc.
3. On the issue of the arrogant attitude and rude language of individual grassroots cadres toward the masses. In view of the problems reflected in the report that some grassroots cadres have an arrogant attitude toward the masses, speak rudely, and have seriously improper work methods, the Kailu County Party Committee has dismissed the deputy secretary of the town's party committee from his post and given him an intra-party warning by the county discipline inspection commission and supervision committee; the county discipline inspection commission and supervision committee have given serious intra-party warnings to the secretary of the village's party branch and deputy director of the village committee. Investigations into possible other disciplinary violations are also ongoing.
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