China: Officials Apologize to Families for Cremation of Landslide Victims

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/world/asia/china-officials-apologize-to-families-for-cremation-of-landslide-victims.html

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Officials in Yunnan Province have apologized for rapidly cremating the remains of 46 landslide victims without first consulting relatives, state news media reported Tuesday. The officials had hoped to avoid spreading disease and spare relatives the trauma of viewing the remains, the reports said. Residents, who usually bury their dead after elaborate funerals, protested the move, prompting the unusual apology.