A group of beggars in Zhengzhou, China, are enjoying a lavish
lifestyle at five-star hotels as well as shopping at high-end
branded shops, reported Nanyang Siang Pau.
In a photo collage titled A day's life of China's professional
beggar, it shows a "family of beggars" starting their day by eating
hamburgers for breakfast at a fast-food restaurant; beef and beer
for lunch, watermelon and popsicles for tea and dinner at a fine
dining restaurant in a five-star hotel.
After dinner, they visited a Cartier shop.
The pictures were taken by a photographer who had been following
three senior beggars.
The beggars would pretend to be sick and lay on the ground while
another would plead to passers-by for money.
They would also feed the "sick" beggar with cold beer, poured into
a bottle labelled as medicine.
It was reported that they could earn between RMB$2,000 (S$412) and
RMB$3,000 a day.
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