• Protester  He Zhu Hua, appears to be crushed in shocking images
• He opposed  being moved after government tried to claim land for commercial  use
• Reports  claim government then tried to hide body and sent security to quell anger from  residents

By Chris Parsons

PUBLISHED:14:23 EST, 25  September 2012| UPDATED:14:23 EST, 25 September 2012

This is the horrifying moment a Chinese  protester was allegedly brutally crushed to death by a government road  flattening truck over a land dispute.

The demonstrator had apparently resisted a  government relocation when he appeared to be crushed by the huge vehicle on the  orders of a Chinese government official.

The victim, named as He Zhi Hua, had refused  to accept a small sum to relocate from Changsha Village in Hunan Province, where  government officials want to claim land for commercial use.

Brutal: A pair of human feet can clearly be seen  underneath the giant wheels of the Chinese government road-flattening  vehicle

Shocking: Horrific images showed the remains of the man  splattered across the road after the alleged killing in Hunan Province

Instead, when Hua began lying down on the  land in protest, a construction vehicle reportedly crushed him to death with its  huge rollers, allegedly on the orders of the local Vice Mayor.

The local authorities had already evicted  many others from Changsha Village when the state-owned construction vehicle  carried out the killing, according to reports.

Shocking pictures from the aftermath appeared  to show the man’s remains splattered under the rollers of the giant construction  vehicle.

It is unclear exactly what the pictures show,  however, and there is a possibility the incident could have been an  accident.

Reports have claimed that Chinese government officials  tried to hide the body after the man was horrifically crushed to death

Protest: Residents in Changsha Village, Hunan Province, had earlier demonstrated about being moved from their homes as local authorities wanted to use their land for commercial buildings

However, it is even alleged that the local  authorities in Changsha Village attempted to cover up the incident by deploying  security to control angry locals and hiding the body.

Reports have also claimed that the man’s  family were offered a sum of money to ‘keep quiet’ about the incident, according  to infowars.com.

The site also reported that after the  killing, 200 heavy-handed security officials were sent to the scene to quell any  protests from onlookers.

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