Man lives in Beijing sewer for 20 years  

打工男子称为供3名子女读书下水道居住20年

“竟然还有人居住在井底下！”昨日有市民反映，偶然发现有人在朝阳区丽都花园路井底下居住，担心其生命安全。王先生是这口井的“主人”王先生。他称自己今年53岁，家在怀柔农村，在井下已居住近20年，家里共有三个孩子，两个女儿正上高中，儿子上初中。“三个孩子上学得花不少钱，家里没有其他生活来源，妻子负责在家看孩子，我出来打打工，房租太贵，至少一个月也得300元，我在这里已经住了近20年。” [查看全文]

(ECNS) -- A 53-year-old man said he has lived in a sewer in downtown Beijing for some 20 years, the Beijing Morning Post reported.

The man, surnamed Wang, is not homeless. He is a villager from Beijing's Huairou district, and does odd jobs in the city. He said he lived in the sewer to save on rent.

"Renting a room will cost me at least 300 yuan a month. It's too expensive," Wang said.

Wang said he's the only income source in his family, where three children are in middle school, and his wife is a full-time homemaker.

Earlier posts online said an old woman lived under a sewer around the area where Wang lived, and he confirmed it.

A cleaner in the area said the old woman and her husband, both over 70, have lived in the sewer for more than five years. "They make money by begging during the day," he said.

A toll collector at a nearby parking lot said the old woman lived there alone this year. "We don't know where her husband has gone."

Local police have arranged temporary housing for Wang, and they promised to keep an eye on the old woman.