He makes it very clear that he’s resisting the local government and calling on the central government to aid him. He also makes reference to two other farmers who burned themselves in protest earlier this year when their land was taken, but says he’s not like them. At the end of the article he says, “Our family has 6 brothers and none of them have a criminal record–we are law-abiding citizens. Somethings are too illegal, I’m not willing to do anything like that. Fireworks, I don’t think they will be able to kill anyone.”