Low-cost flats illegally became mahjong parlors
By Ni Yinbin |
June 7, 2012, Thursday
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SHENZHEN authorities are investigating the owners of more than 30 low-cost apartments who turned their units into mahjong parlors or leased them to people who did.
Officials of the housing administration center of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone said the owners had committed serious violations of low-cost housing rules and would be fined or forced to return the apartments once violations are investigated.
The altered government housing was found in the Taoyuan No. 3 Neighborhood after complaints from residents annoyed by the noise from the mahjong parlors.
"There are at least three mahjong tables in each of the apartments and when people were playing, it was very noisy and disturbing," a resident told the Daily Sunshine newspaper. "At the end of May, a household moved out from 3D-5G and six mahjong tables were moved in 3D-5G on June 2, turning it into a mahjong parlor on the same day."
The family in the unit, surnamed Zhuang, "moved out and leased the house privately to another to operate as a mahjong parlor 12 hours a day," said the resident, name withheld for his protection.
The newspaper investigation showed that a mahjong table was installed in each of the bedrooms and three other tables were squeezed into the living room.
Sales of an illegal lottery also were discovered in the parlor. The mahjong operation alone could add up to a monthly profit of 7,400 yuan (US$1,162) for each apartment, the newspaper found.
Officials of the housing administration center of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone said the owners had committed serious violations of low-cost housing rules and would be fined or forced to return the apartments once violations are investigated.
The altered government housing was found in the Taoyuan No. 3 Neighborhood after complaints from residents annoyed by the noise from the mahjong parlors.
"There are at least three mahjong tables in each of the apartments and when people were playing, it was very noisy and disturbing," a resident told the Daily Sunshine newspaper. "At the end of May, a household moved out from 3D-5G and six mahjong tables were moved in 3D-5G on June 2, turning it into a mahjong parlor on the same day."
The family in the unit, surnamed Zhuang, "moved out and leased the house privately to another to operate as a mahjong parlor 12 hours a day," said the resident, name withheld for his protection.
The newspaper investigation showed that a mahjong table was installed in each of the bedrooms and three other tables were squeezed into the living room.
Sales of an illegal lottery also were discovered in the parlor. The mahjong operation alone could add up to a monthly profit of 7,400 yuan (US$1,162) for each apartment, the newspaper found.
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