“Six elderly people in China are said to have killed themselves to ensure they died before new regulations banning coffin burials come into force, a newspaper has reported.

China has a tradition dating back thousands of years of ancestor worship, which usually requires families to bury their relatives and construct a tomb.

But in recent years local governments across the country have demolished tombs as part of a national campaign encouraging cremation, in an attempt to save on limited land resources.”* The Young Turks hosts Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola break it down.

*Read more here from Agence France-Presse / The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/28/anqing-china-six-elderly-people-kill-themselves-burial-ban