Brain-damaged Chinese man is kept in a cage for more than 40 years by his mother who feared he would hurt himself

Peng Weiqing, 48 has been in the cage at his mother's house since the age of six

His elderly mother Peng Weimei fears no one will look after him when she dies



A Chinese woman who has kept her son locked in a cage for more than 40 years has appealed for someone to help look after him after she dies.

Peng Weiqing, 48, has been in the cage in his mother's home in the city of Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, since the age of six.

And while it may seem like an incredibly cruel way to treat your only son, Peng Waimei, says that she did it to protect Weiqing.

Peng Weiqing, 48, has been in the cage in his mother's home in the city of Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, since the age of six His mother Weimei, seen here feeding him through the bars of the cage, is worried what will happen to her son when she dies

Waimei and her late husband locked their son away and have fed him through the bars ever since after a series of health problems as a child.

When Weiqing was still a baby he suffered a high fever, which left him brain-damaged.



He then begun suffering severe epilectic fits at the age of six.

Fearing that he would hurt himself and unable to afford medical treatment, Waimei's husband built a series of cages that got larger as Weiqing grew.

Waimei said: 'He can't control himself.



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Weimei said that she and her husband put their son in the cage after he suffered health problems as a youngster and they couldn't afford treatment

When Weiqing was still a baby he suffered a high fever, which left him brain damaged and then begun suffering severe fits when he was six

'When he was young, quite often he would cut himself with a knife and glass debris.

'Even when walking, he could suddenly fall down and hit his face and make it bleed.

'He must know me, although he may not know the meaning of "mother". He is my 48-year-old child.'