Experts urge passage of new demolition rule

Draft restricts when razing may take place

BEIJING - Experts are calling for the quick passage of a new draft land requisition regulation, after more bloodshed occurred during recent home demolitions.

About eight months after a draft amendment to the existing Regulation on Demolishing Urban Housing was published to seek public input in January, legal experts said legislators should be more attentive to the public's requirements and answer doubts over the new draft regulation having been "strangled in the cradle".