Rental housing project inside air raid shelter forced to stop

Property owners have stopped the construction of rental housing inside a civil defense bunker at one of Beijing's largest housing communities, amid protests from residents.

Chen Fengshan, director of the owners' committee at Baiziwan Home community, said he had received reports from property owners that a construction team was carrying bricks into the basement of Tower B in the community on Wednesday morning. He then stopped the team.

Chen said no individual or group has admitted to being the operator of the rental housing project. He added that property owners were not notified about the construction.