From Southern Metropolis Daily (in Chinese), translated by EastSouthWestNorth:
In Shantou City, Chenhai District, Longdu Town, Zhucuopu Village, a 52-year-old mental patient Chen Zhisheng killed another person but he could not be convicted in court because of his state of mind. The village wanted to send him to a mental hospital, but they did not have the money. In order to prevent a recurrence, the village held a meeting and “invited” him to live inside a two-square-meter space steel cage as of early September last year. He has been living there for over a year.
The unexpected thing was that since Chen Zhisheng moved into the cage, he has become a celebrity among many local residents who are obsessed with playing the lottery. They came to ask him for predictions of the “special” lottery numbers. Anything that he does becomes a “mystery clue” that they spend a long time trying to decipher.
