A MAN has turned his three-storey house in east China's Anhui Province into a military fortress guarded with nine dogs, four cameras and a flame gun to resist demolition.

Zhang Anfang has guarded his house in downtown Bengbu City in this way for six years since the tension between him and the property developer rose after compensation talks failed, today's Legal Daily newspaper reported.

Zhang claimed the developer had cut water, power and gas supplies to him to force him out of the building as well as attacked his home and threatened demolition.

He now lived on water he carries from far away and power from his own generator, he told the newspaper.

But staff with the developer, Bengbu Jiutong Real Estate Development Co Ltd, denied Zhang's accusation, saying the compensation talks failed because Zhang had asked too much.

Local government officials echoed the company's words, the report said.

• province [´prɔvins] n.省；领域；范围 (初中英语单词)
• resist [ri´zist] v.抵抗；对抗；抵制 (初中英语单词)
• estate [i´steit] n.财产；庄园；等级 (初中英语单词)
• fortress [´fɔ:tris] n.堡垒，要塞 (高中英语单词)
• compensation [,kɔmpen´seiʃən] n.补偿，赔偿 (高中英语单词)
• saying [´seiŋ, ´sei-iŋ] n.言语；言论；格言 (高中英语单词)
• downtown [,daun´taun] ad.&a.在商业区 (英语四级单词)
• tension [´tenʃən] n.紧张；压力；拉力 (英语四级单词)
• accusation [ækju:´zeiʃən] n.谴责；告发 (英语四级单词)