Chinese man caged in tiny stone cell for 30 YEARS by his own PARENTS

A man has been caged in a tiny stone cell for 30 years by his won parents after displaying signs of mental illness as a teenager. Dong Hai, 46, was locked up in the five square meter stone shelter in his parent's back yard when they grew frightened that he could hurt someone.

Dong Watou and his wife Xiao Hong from Longhai, southeast China's Fujian Province built the stone shelter in 1983. They said they had appealed to hospitals for help when their only son grew distressed and they feared for his metal health.

They visited hospitals in the province but were turned away. The couple spent all their saving on medical treatment in a year and had to stop their son's treatment. They then made what they say was the hardest decision in their life, to lock Hai away in garden. They caged their then-16-year-old son after he began to show symptoms of metal health issues.

As time goes on the couple, who are now nearly 70- years old, say their greatest fear is what will happen to Hai when they die.