‘Dead’ man wakes up, grabs bottle of water at his own funeral

People were shocked when a man who was said to be dead, suddenly got up and grabbed a bottle of water.

The soft drink vendor in China faked his own death in order to sue the government after an altercation with the government workers.

But his cover was blown when it became too hot in the Hubei province, in central China. The heat was too much for him to bear.

The incident occurred around 4 pm, when more than 10 men held the “corpse” on a gurney covered with a white sheet near the Jianghan road Subway station in the provincial capital of Wuhan.

The men protested and claimed that government workers had beaten a vendor to death and they demanded ten thousands of Yuans for compensation.

More than 300 people gathered at the scene, and 80 police officers were sent to the scene to maintain order.

After two hours of protest, the “dead” man suddenly stood up, grabbed a bottle of water and drank before saying, “Its too hot, I cannot take it anymore”.

According to human rights watch, many Chinese cities employ non criminal law enforcement personnels called Chengguan who work independently from police. Their job is to monitor citizen’s compliance with sanitation, traffic and environmental laws.

The dead man whose surname is HAN, along with two others were arrested for disorderly conducts. After being detained, Han told police that Chengguan members clashed with vendors early in the day, after claiming their carts  and were blocking traffic.

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