Around the nation: Woman swallows ex-boyfriend's SIM card during row
Also: Fake bank takes 200m yuan in savings; Scrooge comes unstruck
PUBLISHED : Friday, 23 January, 2015, 9:18pm
UPDATED : Friday, 23 January, 2015, 9:18pm
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A man bumped into his former girlfriend recently but but the reunion quickly turned sour when he demanded she return his SIM card, which she then swallowed. Photo: Bloomberg
SHANDONG
Down the hatch
A woman in Yantai swallowed a SIM card that belonged to her ex-boyfriend, Shm.com.cn, reports. The two bumped into each other on a street but the reunion quickly broke into a quarrel when the man demanded she return his SIM card, which she then swallowed. The man asked police to help return the card, which he said held many telephone numbers. But police refused, citing the “technical difficulties” involved.
Rash consequences
A Yantai man suffers an extreme allergy every time he goes on blind dates set up by his parents, Shm.com.cn reports. The factory engineer, 35, breaks out in a rash all over his body before or after a date, which are never successful. Doctors believe his condition is psychosomatic. They say there is not much he can do other than learn to relax.
ANHUI
Game nearly fatal
A man playing with a toddler while driving rear-ended a truck in Hefei on Thursday, the Anhui Business Post reports. The driver was entertaining his two-year-old son who was sitting on his lap, local traffic police said. He threw the boy on to the backseat before the collision. The car was badly damaged but no one was injured.
Scrooge comes unstuck
A man in Hefei received a warning from police on Thursday for making a false report on a missing wallet, the Anhui Business News reports. The man did not want to lend money to a friend so told him his wallet had been stolen. The friend took the news seriously and dragged him to a police station to file a report. Unable to answer the questions convincingly, the man admitted that the wallet was still on him.
CHONGQING
Sobering moment
A driver in Yubei district who chased a truck driver for 5km to demand damages after a collision changed his tune quickly when police asked him if he had been drinking, Cqnews.net reports. On Saturday, traffic police arrived at the scene to find a damaged car, which had crashed into a truck, with the driver yelling at the truck driver. When asked if he had been drinking, he suddenly offered to drop the complaint. When asked to take a breathalyser test, he ran off but was captured and charged with reckless driving.
Fake cigarette cache
A shopkeeper has been arrested in Yuzhong district for selling fake cigarettes despite going to great lengths to conceal them, the Chongqing Morning Post reports. Officers went to a tobacco shop last week after a customer complained of been sold counterfeit cigarettes. The storekeeper kept the counterfeits in a concealed, locked compartment, which he opened with a remote control hidden in the heel of a shoe.
GUANGDONG
Police detained man
A man wrongly arrested in mid-2013 because he had the same name as a suspect remains in detention in Raoping county, the Haixi Morning Post reports. The man was arrested in August, 2013 after police busted a gang selling counterfeit cigarettes. The gang gave up the name of an accomplice. Last week, a judge allowed prosecutors to withdraw their case, and said the man was free to go when he signed a document confirming the charges against him had been dropped. But the man first wants police to apologise, which they refuse to do.
Taxi drivers in knife fight
A motorcycle taxi driver died and another was injured in a knife fight over a customer in Dongguan , Nandu.com reports. The two were bickering over who had the right to a customer when one driver pulled out a knife. The other driver ran off and returned with a knife and they started attacking each other. Both men were taken to hospital where one later died.
HEBEI
Rare drought hurts plants
A rare winter drought is damaging plants in Shijiazhuang , the Yanzhao Metropolis News reports. Plants in north China need less water in winter due to low temperatures, but the city has experienced an unusually warm winter, which dries out soil more quickly. For the first time in decades, the city has launched an emergency watering plan.
Wandering off message
The Baixiang county government had suspended an official weibo account on sex education, the Yanzhao Metropolis News reports. The account, managed by the county’s Communist Youth League, carried posts on such like “best sex positions” and “choice of condom”.
JIANGSU
Fake bank, real robbers
A fake bank in Nanjing complete with LED screens and people dressed like bank staff obtained almost 200 million yuan in deposits over a year, Xinhua reports. About 200 people were duped by its promises of impossibly high interest rates. A businessman from Hangzhou deposited 12 million dollars from his company, but he stopped receiving interest after four months. He went to Nanjing to demand his money, but was rebuffed. Police discovered the bank had no permits to operate as a financial institution. The bank branded itself as a “cooperative”.
Hotpot dinner a knockout
A group of diners enjoying a hotpot dinner at a restaurant in Nanjing were poisoned by carbon monoxide fumes, the Modern Express reports. The nine people were eating in a 10-square metre, unventilated room with a coal fire. As they got up to pay, two people fainted and the others began vomiting. The next day, the two customers who fainted went to a hospital and were diagnosed with carbon monoxide poisoning. In 2013, two children, aged six and nine, were admitted to hospital in Luhe district after they fainted while having hotpot at a poorly ventilated restaurant.
LIAONING
Road map of ruin
The city government of Shenyang has listed 50 roads in the worst state of repair with promises of fixing them by the end of this year, Shenyang Daily reports. Most of the roads are in the city centre. Some were in such a bad shape that even the footpaths were considered too bumpy for pedestrians, the report said.
One-man crime wave
A suspect who broke into 500 cars in five months has been arrested in Shenyang, the Shenyang Evening News reports. The man, 42, could open a window in seconds with a small hammer and screw driver. He stole cash and items worth more than 10,000 yuan in total, police said. He did so because he could not find a job.
SHAANXI
Lethal concoction
Two charlatan doctors in Yulin were arrested last week after a farmer they treated died, Shaanxi Television reports. The 71-year-old woman caught a cold and suspected she was possessed by evil spirits. She took herbal medicines prescribed by the doctors and died in five minutes, according to her family.
Traffic cop assaulted
A motorcyclist in Hanzhong has been detained for injuring a traffic police officer with his helmet, Hsw.cn reports. The man, 33, was stopped by police who found his driver’s licence had expired. He became angry when told his vehicle would be confiscated and smacked the head of one officer with his helmet. The policeman was in hospital with concussion.
