Chinese woman, 24, who was presumed dead found to have been living in Internet cafes for 10 years
Presumed dead by her family, the woman - nicknamed Xiao Yun and now 24 - was finally found by
police officers on Nov 20 after a routine check on an Internet cafe in the wee hours of the morning.
Xiao Yun, who had been carrying
a fake identity card, was taken to a local police station for questioning. There, she revealed that she
had been living in Internet cafes for the past decade.
A fan of the
multiplayer first-person shooter CrossFire, she spent her days playing the game and slept mostly in cafes and bath houses.
She relied mostly on handouts fro
m fellow cafe patrons and occasionally worked as a cashier at some cafes to earn additional income.
The police fined her 1,000 yuan
(S$222) and after initial resistance from her, contacted her parents so they could be r
eunited with their long-lost daughter.
Her mother told the Qianjiang Evening News that she had
not changed her phone number since her elder daughter left home, in the hope that Xiao Yun would contact her.
"I have a
stubborn personality and a short temper, so I used to scold her. But it's already been 10 years and now she's an adult. I will never scold her again," she said.
Mess
But poor her mum
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/eas...internet-cafes
Not even a good game either.
