Tired of stairs, Chinese man builds DIY lift but is later forced to remove it | South China Morning Post

Having had enough of climbing stairs, an elderly man in northern China’s Liaoning province built his own cable lift to get to his fifth-storey flat. Local authorities recently told the man to dismantle the device after five years of use, citing safety concerns after footage of it went viral on social media.

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