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Grease plant loses pollution lawsuit

Two peasant farmers in north China 's port city Tianjin have been compensated US$65,000 for jujube trees killed by poisonous emissions from a neighboring grease manufacturer.

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Two peasant farmers in north China 's port city Tianjin have been compensated US$65,000 for jujube trees killed by poisonous emissions from a neighboring grease manufacturer.

Liu Zijiang and Feng Guiying planted 15 hectares of wild jujubes in March, 2000, but found in the following year that some trees had died for no apparent reason.

Convinced that emissions from a nearby grease plant were the killer, the couple filed a lawsuit in 2002, demanding compensation of 2.5 million yuan (US$300,000).

After thorough investigation into the case, the No. 2 Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin ruled recently that the grease plant, a collectively-owned enterprise sponsored by the local radiation administration, should compensate the Liu couple 541,314 yuan (US$65,000).

(Source:agencies)

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