Chinese man blasts ghost stories over speakers for 10 hours daily to retaliate against neighbour

A vengeful man in China retaliated against his neighbour by blasting ghost stories over loudspeakers for more than 10 hours a day.

Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock Following a dispute with his neighbour, a Chinese man resorted to blasting ghost stories for more than 10 hours a day as revenge, deliberately keeping the volume just below the legal limit, drawing widespread ridicule online.

The case was revealed by the Ministry of Justice of the People’s Republic of China.

The man, surnamed Lu, and his cohabiter, surnamed Li, both from Guangzhou in Guangdong province, southern China, became embroiled in a dispute with their neighbour, surnamed Xie.

The wired-up loudspeaker, centre, was positioned right next to the dividing wall between the two homes.

Photo: baijiahao.baidu.com The exact cause of the conflict remains unclear.

In retaliation, Li and Lu began playing ghost stories through a loudspeaker placed against the shared wall every day, from 8.45am to noon, and again from 3.30pm to 10pm.

During these periods, eerie “ghostly mountain sounds” echoed through the neighbour’s home, looping continuously for more than 10 hours a day.

It is unclear how long they continued this form of revenge.

His actions not only targeted his neighbour in retaliation but also disturbed residents upstairs, disrupting their peaceful lives.

Officials measured the sound levels using a device like the one above.

Photo: baijiahao.baidu.com Another resident, surnamed Cui, who lives just two floors away, was also affected.

He endured the noise day after day, which severely disrupted his household, especially his child, who was preparing for the highly competitive college entrance examination and struggled to study in peace.

The situation became even more frustrating because that noise measurements showed the sound did not exceed legal limits.

A court officer, above, intervened to investigate the incident after complaints were made.

Photo: baijiahao.baidu.com According to monitoring, the noise level inside Cui’s home was 36 decibels, well below the regulatory thresholds of 60 decibels during the day and 50 decibels at night.

This meant that legal authorities were unable to impose penalties.

However, Cui believed that Lu was deliberately creating noise that seriously disrupted his family’s daily life, and therefore applied to the Guangzhou Haizhu District People’s Court for a pre-litigation injunction.

A pre-litigation injunction is a court order issued before a final j

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