‘Need some buzz’: Shanghai firm turns dead woman’s flat into illegal staff dormitory, says place needs livening up
- Elderly woman dies without will, with no relatives to inherit estate
- Firm moves employees in without permission, angering neighbours
A property management company in China which turned the flat of a dead woman into a dormitory for its staff has angered many people on mainland social media.
Residents of a building in a Shanghai compound noticed strangers moving into the empty home of their deceased neighbour a year after she died.
They knocked on the door and discovered the firm’s employees were occupying the property after it had been turned into a staff dormitory.
A manager from the company tried to convince the residents that occupation of the small flat was a good idea because the building needed “some buzz”.
Reports said that the late owner did not have any living relatives and had not made a will.
According to China’s Civil Code, an estate without a will belongs either to the country or an organisation of which the deceased was a member.
