This man studied Law by himself for 16 years to sue a company that was polluting his village and won.

Wang Enlin, a chinese farmer, and his neighbors were affected by the high levels of pollution that were in the water they used for agriculture caused by Qihua Group, which caused that they could no longer grow healthy crops. In 2001, Wang send a report to the Land Resources Bureau of Qiqihar but the officials aked him to produce evidence.
This is when Mr. Wang decided to go to the local book store and started to study law by his own and with a help of a dictionary, he had dropped out of school in the third grade and could not afford the books he needed so he copied the important parts from the books by hand, he also helped his neighbors gather evidence with the knowledge he had learnt.
"In 2007, Chinese law firm specialised in handling pollution-related cases started providing free legal advice to Mr Wang and his neighbours". However the court only began processing Wang's case in 2015 and thanks to all the evidence gathered in 16 years by the whole village, Mr. Wang and his neighbors won the first instance.
The Angangxi District Court of Qiqihar ruled that the families in Yushutun village would receive financial compensation from Qihua Group amounting 820,000 yuan (£96,000). 

Sauce: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/peoplesdaily/article-4189350/Farmer-spends-16-years-studying-law-sue-firm.html

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