An elderly man on subsistence allowance in Jiangsu passed away. The village committee asked his family to pay 80,000 yuan for the funeral

After an elderly man receiving minimum living allowance passed away in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, the village committee required his adopted daughter to spend 80,000 yuan (RMB) to organize the funeral, otherwise a death certificate would not be issued. The news appeared on Baidu’s hot search on April 30 and sparked heated discussions.