The third child was born without permission from the authorities, so they knocked down the woman's house as punishment.

We talked about the demolition at the end of our street, and what it would be like if they knocked down our house.

In any case, after the baby came, a brigade from the township knocked down his house.

As a result, says Dong, the authorities, whom he barely eluded, destroyed his furniture and knocked down his house.

Norio Horinouchi, a lean 66-year-old in eastern Kobe, speaks lightly of how the earthquake knocked down his house, killing six people on the floor below him.

"I'm not saying that anyone who knocks their house down is doing the wrong thing, but we and our neighbors don't want an outsized house," she said.

One municipal Web site is filled with postings from anxious residents asking, "Are you going to knock down my house?"

Anjaneyulu has told media that the police even knocked down their house, after Kishenji went underground to take part in the armed struggle.

It hadn't properly registered with Arthur that the council wanted to knock down his house and build an bypass instead.

When the street gets too much higher than your door, you knock down your house.