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jimu news reporter ding peng

on september 2, wang hongkai, a man from guanyun county, lianyungang city, jiangsu province, reported in his real name that his father had passed away, but the local government refused to issue a death certificate and required him to buy a cemetery first. after paying 3,800 yuan to buy a cemetery, he received a receipt instead of a formal invoice. on the 3rd, jimu news learned from wang hongkai that he could not cremate his father without a death certificate, so he had to buy a cemetery first. the local town government said it would investigate and handle the matter.

wang hongkai reported the local authorities under his real name that they had to buy a cemetery before issuing a death certificate (video screenshot)

on the morning of september 3, wang hongkai told jimu news that he was a villager of gaohe village, xiache town, guanyun county, lianyungang. on march 5, 2024, his father died of illness. on march 6, he went to the local baiqian hospital to get a death certificate for the old man, but the hospital refused to issue it and told him to buy a cemetery first and then get the certificate for the purchase of the cemetery, because they were afraid that he would cremate the old man and bury him randomly.

wang hongkai said that because there was no death certificate, the old man's body could not be cremated. he could only go to the town civil affairs office to pay the grave fee. the payee was gao, the driver of the funeral car. gao asked him to pay 3,800 yuan and issued him a handwritten receipt.

the receipt obtained by jimu news shows that wang hongkai paid 3,800 yuan for his father's grave, and the payment was collected by the xiache town funeral management office. wang hongkai questioned whether there was any violation of laws and regulations when he asked for an invoice but was not given, only a receipt.

the receipt wang hongkai received after paying 3,800 yuan (photo provided by the interviewee)

on the morning of the 3rd, jimu news called zhang jun, the head of the civil affairs section of xiache town, to inquire about the matter. he said he was handling it and then hung up the phone. a staff member of the xiache town people's government said that there are many cemeteries in the area and the matter will be reported to the leadership for investigation and handling.

the staff of guanyun county civil affairs bureau said that the matter would be reported to the leadership. the reporter called guanyun county funeral management office several times, but no one answered the phone.

the sign for the baixian cemetery where wang hongkai buried his father (video screenshot)

according to public reports, on the eve of qingming festival in 2023, the jiangsu provincial market supervision bureau issued a reminder letter on the price policy of funeral services, reminding all funeral service institutions to strictly abide by national laws and regulations and not to bundle, split, tie-in, or force sales of goods or provide services in any form.