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China carer devotes life to solitary elderly man for 12 years, gets 5 flats worth millions in thanks for efforts

  • Elderly man said he would give caregiver his property when he died
  • Demolition project results in carer getting five expensive properties

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A care giver in China who looked after a solitary elderly man for 12 years has been awarded five properties worth millions owed by the old man on his passing away. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Baidu
Yating Yangin Beijing

A court in China has awarded a caregiver five properties potentially worth millions of US dollars after he diligently cared for a solitary elderly man for 12 years.

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The ruling has won plaudits online for “rewarding good deeds with good rewards”.

The elderly man, surnamed Ruan, was born in Beijing in 1930 and had never married or started a family.

When his parents died at a young age, Ruan found himself becoming increasingly isolated as he aged, reported Beijing Evening News.

In 2011, Ruan realised he was struggling to care for himself in his older years, so he contacted his local village committee for assistance.

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They connected him with the younger man, surnamed Liu, who had a good reputation in the village.

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