Man secretly digs out two-storey cellar under Beijing street
一名男子在北京偷偷挖掘了一个两层的地下室
Illegal basement had to be filled with cement in case the ground caved in, according to newspaper report
据报纸报道，这个非法的地下室已被填上水泥，以防止地面塌方。
Building workers had to take emergency measures and pour cement into a two-storey basement illegally dug out next to a residential block in Beijing in case the ground gave way, according to a newspaper report.
据报道，在北京紧靠一座居民楼发现了一个非法挖掘的两层地下室，工人们必须进行紧急检测并将水泥灌进去以防地面塌陷。
The work came to light after officials were carrying out inspections as part of a massive crackdown on illegal building work in the capital, which has seen hundreds of structures demolished and businesses closed.
这一事件曝光是因为北京官方正在查处和拆毁大量的违章建筑，至今已有数以百计的房屋被拆，许多买卖也因此关闭。
Residents had complained of illegal structures on the street next to the residential block in Xicheng district, Beijing Daily reported.
据北京日报报道，居民们曾对这个西城区街道上的违章建筑提出抱怨。
As workers were demolishing the buildings with mechanical diggers on Friday, the owner of one of the flats in the block admitted the ground in the area could cave in as he had built a basement underneath, the article said.
报道中说，上周五正当工人在用挖掘机拆除违建时，一家住户的业主承认说他在地下挖了地下室，害怕地面被压塌方。
An official was quoted as saying: “He said, ‘don’t go there, don’t go there, it’s hollow underneath’. His voice even changed and it didn’t look like he was faking it.”
一位官方人士说：“他说’别过去，别过去，下面是空的’。他说话的嗓音都变了，看着不像是在说谎。”
The basement covered an area of about 100 square metres and the man was planning to use it as storage. Officials found an entrance to the cellar inside the man’s flat.
地下室占地大约100平方米，这个男子想用它来储藏物品。检查人员在该男子的住房内发现了地下室的入口。
Demolish： 拆除
Hollow：空的
He said he had started work on the cellar five years ago and hired people to secretly dig out the basement, moving out the soil in bags. One official described the secretive building work as like ants moving house.
那名男子说他是五年前开始挖掘的，他雇人偷偷挖掘，将土装入袋子里运出去。一位官员把这种工作形容成蚂蚁搬家。
Neighbours of the man, whose full name was not given, said they had no idea the underground construction work was going on near their homes.
对于这位没有透露名字的男子，他的邻居们说他们对他挖掘地下室并不知情。
One said the only clue was he sometimes saw people taking soil away on the back of tricycles. “I thought he was just building something on the ground,” the person said.
一位邻居说唯一线索是他有时看到有人用三轮车把土运走，他说：“我还以为他只是在地面修建些点儿什么呢”。
The district government said in a statement the man had been punished, but gave no details.
该区政府在一个声明中说该名男子已受处罚，但并没有透露细节。
In a similar case, a man was sentenced to five years in prison in 2016 after he tried to dig a basement under his courtyard house in Beijing. It later collapsed and also damaged his neighbours’ homes.
在一个相似案例中，在2016年，一名男子在其北京的院子里挖掘地下室并导致塌方，造成邻居房屋受损，该男子被判刑5年。
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