Mentally ill Chinese man ‘lost’ for a year reunited with family thanks to facial recognition technology
Brother of 31-year-old found wandering around railway station ‘grateful’ for sibling’s safe return
A mentally ill Chinese man who was cared for by the authorities for more than a year has finally been reunited with his family after he was identified with the help of facial recognition technology, according to a newspaper report.
The shabbily dressed man was found in January last year wandering in a tunnel at Chongqing railway station. He appeared confused, and when officials asked him where he lived he simply mumbled “money”, Chongqing Evening News reported.
The man was sent to a hospital for treatment and improved, but still could not say where he came from.
Staff read out the names of all the counties in neighbouring Sichuan province as he had a thick local accent, but still could not confirm where his family came from.
