29 June 2010 - A man who spent 108 days living in a tree to demand more compensation after his home and shop were demolished went on trial in Chongqing for disturbing public order. Chen Maoguo, also known as 'bird man', had lived in a rough shed in a 12-meters high tree for 3,5 months from August last year. He hung his business license and other certificates on his temporary tree house to prove his shop had been legal. Every morning he dropped a rope down from the tree to which his wife would tie a plastic bag of buns or sweet potatoes. Later he would lower a plastic bag of excrement, which his wife would dispose of. His wife said he lost more than 15 kilos, while living in the tree. He climbed down in November after the Zhuyi town party secretary promised he would receive the RMB 800,000 he demanded, but he was arrested a few hours later.
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