An outrageous and illegal mountain top villa has been built by a rich medicine mogul on top of a 26-story apartment in Beijing, the capital city of China. The government has given him 15 days to tear out the entire structure before authorities would take action, reports Associated Press.The building built like a mountain with “rooms, rocks, trees and bushes,” took over the entire 26th floor, which is more than 8,600 square feet, and later damaged the “building's structural integrity and its pipe system,” reports AP.The name of the owner was not announced. However, according to AP, he is “the head of a traditional Chinese medicine business and former member of the district's political advisory body.” "They've been renovating for years. They normally do it at night," said a resident on the building's 25th floor, who wished to remain unidentified. He said any attempt to talk some sense into the owner was ignored and described the owner as ”very arrogant. He could care less about my complaints," reports AP.Efrain Elias Ramos, a senior majoring in IT from Mexico, said the owner “can do whatever he wants on his floor to the point where it doesn’t affect the other residents.” However, if the owner cannot respect this agreement, then “I agree that he has to remove it in order to show respect to other residents.”Authorities took action only when videos of the villa were spread around the Chinese media with the headline of “Beijing's most outrageous illegal structure," reports AP. Zoram Gallando Armenta, a sophomore majoring in computer science from Mexico, said the government finally took action regarding the owner’s renovation of his villa “because it is beneficial for the government, [and] it shows that they support and care about the people.” He said the government wanted to make a good impression on their citizens.
Writer: Robinia Tan~Multimedia Journalist
