The Foshan Intermediate People's Court on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit jointly filed by 19 villagers against the administrative committee of a local township industrial development zone in the city's Gaoming District, reports Information Times.

The plaintiffs"ancestral tombs were bulldozed for development of industrial projects; and they asked for compensation of 250,000 yuan (US$30,000) for the emotional trauma.

The court said the villagers had no right to complain because they refused to move the tombs within a specified period.

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