Citizens reported that they were tempted to buy 100 "blessing"
Liu (a pseudonym), a citizen who lives in Ganjingzi District, told the reporter that he learned from an advertisement at 5438+0 in June 2006 that a tower for holding ashes was being sold in Jinbaoshan Cemetery. "In the advertising, Jinbaoshan Company claimed to be a cemetery jointly built with the Civil Affairs Bureau, and adopted a very fashionable and land-saving tower ashes storage method. This cemetery method will be promoted in a few years. " Lured by this propaganda, Liu bought a "blessing bit" of 10 worth 2000 yuan. From Liu, the reporter got a "list of buyers of Dalian Jinbaoshan Cemetery". On this list, the reporter saw the names of more than 70 buyers. The reporter contacted several buyers on the list. They confirmed to reporters that they bought the tower of Jinbaoshan from 200 1 to 2002. A buyer surnamed Zhang said that he bought the tower of 100 for a lump sum of 200,000 yuan. At that time, there were at least 200 buyers in Dalian, involving more than 5 million yuan. Most of these people who buy towers are healthy and mature.
It is clearly in the prime of life, how can you make such a ridiculous thing as buying a "cemetery" by the living? Liu told reporters that the original intention of buying the "cemetery" was not to store ashes at all, but to promote the "super high profit" of Jinbaoshan Company. "The salesperson told us that Jinbaoshan Cemetery not only has a tower for storing ashes, but also has a quaint and elegant memorial hall. The mausoleum area has a beautiful environment and will be developed into a' sightseeing cemetery' in the future, operating tourism projects and selling tickets. Therefore, it can greatly increase its value in a few years, and the tower of 2,000 yuan can be sold for about 65,438+10,000 yuan. " By 2002, the price of a single tower had risen to 8200 yuan. More importantly, the sales staff of Jinbaoshan Mausoleum also told the buyers that Jinbaoshan Mausoleum has permanent land rights and will not be relocated. "At that time, there were two widely publicized tower cemeteries, Jinbaoshan and ascended heaven. The sales methods and publicity methods of these two cemeteries are very similar. " Liu said that since 2003, the buyer found that the value-added of the cemetery promised at the beginning had not been realized at all, so he went to Jinbaoshan Company to discuss it, but the other party never gave a reasonable explanation. At the beginning of 2006, Jiuzhongtian Cemetery in Jinzhou District was investigated by the public security organs for alleged fraud, which strengthened the buyer's determination to demand restitution.
Reporter's investigation: its illegal behavior has been punished.
Did Jinbaoshan Cemetery really deceive them in publicity as the buyers said? 165438+1On October 22nd, the reporter went to Jinbaoshan Cemetery near Dalian Funeral Home on Hongling Road for a field investigation.
One of the commitments: long-term land rights
Actual situation: Around Jinbaoshan Cemetery, a large area of land was demolished, and there were ruins and rubble everywhere. Only the cemetery park is surrounded by demolished open spaces. Several workers who are conducting surveys told reporters that the shantytown renovation project is under way here and will be used to build residential areas after demolition. Will the Jinbaoshan Cemetery, which stands here alone, be relocated? The workers said: judging from the current construction trend, they will definitely move.
Commitment 2: Rapid Value-added
Actual situation: After entering the cemetery, the reporter saw that the sightseeing cemetery was deserted. Except for a few staff members, the memorial hall was empty. Subsequently, the reporter went to the office of Jinbaoshan Cemetery Co., Ltd. outside the main entrance of the cemetery. Ning Dekui, deputy general manager of the cemetery, received the reporter.
After learning of the reporter's purpose, Ning Dekui immediately said that our cemetery had been closed for sale in 65438+ 10. He said that the cemetery * * * has15,000 places, but at present only about 5,000 places have been sold, and the sales situation is very unsatisfactory. When the reporter mentioned the tower buyer who asked for a refund, Ning Dekui expressed his understanding of the matter. "This part of the buyers account for about two-fifths of all our customers, involving nearly 2,000 towers. Many people have bought a dozen or even hundreds of towers. "
"It can be said that at present, the cemetery can only barely make ends meet. The rapid value-added promised at the beginning is actually just a kind of propaganda of sales staff. " Ning Dekui said: Many buyers are pre-purchasing, only paying money and not choosing seats. This sales method is actually illegal. As for whether the cemetery is facing the problem of relocation, Ning Dekui said that the cemetery has not yet received the notice of relocation.
Commitment 3: government co-construction
Actual situation: The reporter learned from Dalian Civil Affairs Bureau that the Civil Affairs Bureau made a clarification as early as when Jinbaoshan made a big promotion in the name of "government co-construction". On September 25th, 20001year and October 9th, 20031year, the Civil Affairs Bureau published an announcement in Dalian Daily, solemnly stating that Jinbaoshan Cemetery Co., Ltd. used its name to speculate on the ashes storage space, which had a very bad influence on the bureau. Dalian Civil Affairs Bureau has nothing to do with Jinbaoshan Company, and all its business activities have nothing to do with the Civil Affairs Bureau.
In addition, the announcement of the Civil Affairs Bureau also commented on the "illegal sale" mentioned by Ning Dekui: According to the notice forwarded by the General Office of the State Council to the Ministry of Civil Affairs on "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Management of Cemetery", the sale of the ashes storage space is based on the cremation certificate issued by the user, and pyramid selling and speculation are strictly prohibited. Jinbaoshan, like Jiuchongtian Company, which filed a case at the beginning of this year, constitutes obvious hype and is illegal.
In addition, the reporter also learned in the investigation that in response to the false propaganda behavior of Jinbaoshan Cemetery Co., Ltd., the Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce has imposed a penalty of confiscation of illegal income of 200,000 yuan and fine of 654.38 million yuan. After investigation, the reporter found that in the cemetery sales after 200 1, Jinbaoshan Company actually contracted the sales to the salesman, and the company gave the contractor a commission according to 35% of the total sales. Lured by this high commission, its March 8th sales office, which was set up privately without the approval of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, recruited more than 200 salesmen to publicize and attract customers everywhere, and most buyers such as Liu were lured to buy the tower by false propaganda at this time. During this period, * * * sold 1542 "Fu Wei" with a total sales amount of 5,358,800 yuan.
Jinbaoshan Company: The issue of compensation for repeated turnover is controversial.
In order to further understand the operation of Jinbaoshan Company, after many twists and turns, the reporter contacted Li, the general manager of Jinbaoshan Cemetery Co., Ltd., and said that he is currently in Beijing and can only answer the reporter's interview intention by phone. Manager Li told reporters that in fact, the management right of Jinbaoshan Company has changed hands several times. "At first, the company was a joint venture established by a Hong Kong company. In March of 200 1 year, that is, a few months before the worst period of false propaganda, the company's shares were transferred to Heilongjiang Baoda Company, which was responsible for its operation. But not long ago, Hong Kong companies withdrew their management rights and were unaware of the false propaganda, speculation and speculation in the business process of newspaper companies. " Manager Li said that in fact, the "pre-sale" of the cemetery tower to the living exists in many similar enterprises, and most of the buyers are for speculation and profit. "Our company can't' pay the bill' for the illegal activities of Heilongjiang enterprises." Regarding the reporter's further interview intention, Manager Li said that he would interview the reporter after returning to Dalian and left the reporter's contact number, but as of press time, there was no more information.
Heilongjiang Baoda Company said: On August 23, 2004, an emergency occurred in the financial office of Jinbaoshan Company, and all corporate seals, financial account books and files of Jinbaoshan Company were out of the company's control. Therefore, since that date, any economic contract and agreement signed in the name of Dalian Jinbaoshan Cemetery Co., Ltd. has nothing to do with Baoda Company, and Baoda Company does not assume any responsibility. In this way, Liu and other deceived buyers became "two no matter"
Civil affairs department: emphasize that cemeteries should not be "pre-sold"
It is understood that from 2003 to 2004, dozens of buyers of Jinbaoshan Cemetery sued Jinbaoshan Cemetery Co., Ltd. in Ganjingzi District Court, demanding the return of the defrauded tower. At present, these buyers have formed a "rights alliance" and are ready to sue the company again to claim their legitimate rights and interests. The reporter learned from the civil affairs department of Dalian that according to the regulations of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, cemeteries are not allowed to be "pre-sold" or sold to people without death certificates or cremation certificates. This is also to prevent speculation in the cemetery. The civil affairs department reminds the general public that it is illegal to use graves and ashes storage spaces for pre-sale, pyramid selling, speculation, private transfer or sale by buyers, and it is not protected by law. The public should be vigilant and not be deceived.