my favourite part in the english paper is CHINASCENE. it reports snippets of interesting news published by small-town publications in the country. often the stories of the countryfolks are so bizzare that i'm amused to a point i laugh it like a joke. but they're true stories.
i selected a few of my favourite ones in yesterday's papers:
Husband robs wife to repay gambling debts
Li Yinqu, 32, was taken to court on Wednesday in Huixiang county, Henan province for a public hearing of the charge of robbing his wife Lu Li to repay his gambling debts.
Li owed his fellow villager Wang Lei 900 yuan (S$180). When Li's wife Lu refused to help him repay the amount, Li decided to disguise himself as a mugger and rob her.
Li, wearing a mask, attached his wife with a baton on the evening of May 19 as she rode home on her motorcycle. He was detained after Lu reported the incident to police the next day.
Li made a full confession in court, and awaits its ruling.
Reconciliation plea makes splash in local paper
A young man's half page advertisement on the front page of a local newspaper last Wednesday pleading wiht his former girlfriend for a reconciliation has stirred a controversy among locals in Changsha, Hunan province.
Certain readers applaud this romantic gesture; others deplore it as extravagant.
The newspaper does not reveal the advertiser's identity, mentioning only that he is in his 20s and the son of a local businessman. This romantic gesture cost around 100,000 yuan (S$20,000).
Paranoid younger brother goes on a stabbing spree
A young man surnamed Ding was arrested on Monday for inflicting serious injuries on three members of his elder brother's family.
Ding's brother invited him for dinner on June 21 at his courtyard home intheir village nearby Lishu, a county in Jilin province. When, after returning home, Ding began to feel ill, he thought that his brother and his family had poisoned him.
Acting upon his suspicion, Ding took a knife and returned to the courtyard, where he viciously stabbed his brother's family members before fleeing the scene of the crime.
Police drawn into marriage fee dispute
Police officers at Chengnan police sub-staion in Wenchang, Hainan province, have recently become involved in a dispute over the payment aspect of a marriage contract.
A 70-year-old man surnamed Liang claims to have been duped by a woman surnamed Wu, 21, whom he met last year through a matchmaker. Liang promised to pay Wu 80,000 yuan (S$16,000) upon her agreement to marry him, and both parties signed a contract to his effect.
Liang says Wu disappeared after he had paid her the agreed amount.
Wu, meanwhile, argues that Liang is the guilty party because he paid her only 42,000 yuan, almost half of the amount ageed.
Wu explained her side of the story to police, who were willing to mediate between the two parties. Liang, however, refused to argue the matter out with her at the police station.
Police at Chengnan sub-station have consequently been unable to start a file on the case.
Official dissuades couple from suicidal jump
Huang Dagong, deputor director of a public security bureau in Lanzou, capital of Gansu province, spent one hour dissuading a man and woman from their intent to commit suicide on Monday morning.
Local police arrived on the scene after receiving a report about a middle-aged couple threatening to jump off a bridge over the Yellow River. Huang came within speaking distance of the pair and reasoned with them for more than one hour until the couple agreed not to jump and, with the help of firefighters, got down from the 10-m high pier.
i selected a few of my favourite ones in yesterday's papers:
Husband robs wife to repay gambling debts
Li Yinqu, 32, was taken to court on Wednesday in Huixiang county, Henan province for a public hearing of the charge of robbing his wife Lu Li to repay his gambling debts.
Li owed his fellow villager Wang Lei 900 yuan (S$180). When Li's wife Lu refused to help him repay the amount, Li decided to disguise himself as a mugger and rob her.
Li, wearing a mask, attached his wife with a baton on the evening of May 19 as she rode home on her motorcycle. He was detained after Lu reported the incident to police the next day.
Li made a full confession in court, and awaits its ruling.
Reconciliation plea makes splash in local paper
A young man's half page advertisement on the front page of a local newspaper last Wednesday pleading wiht his former girlfriend for a reconciliation has stirred a controversy among locals in Changsha, Hunan province.
Certain readers applaud this romantic gesture; others deplore it as extravagant.
The newspaper does not reveal the advertiser's identity, mentioning only that he is in his 20s and the son of a local businessman. This romantic gesture cost around 100,000 yuan (S$20,000).
Paranoid younger brother goes on a stabbing spree
A young man surnamed Ding was arrested on Monday for inflicting serious injuries on three members of his elder brother's family.
Ding's brother invited him for dinner on June 21 at his courtyard home intheir village nearby Lishu, a county in Jilin province. When, after returning home, Ding began to feel ill, he thought that his brother and his family had poisoned him.
Acting upon his suspicion, Ding took a knife and returned to the courtyard, where he viciously stabbed his brother's family members before fleeing the scene of the crime.
Police drawn into marriage fee dispute
Police officers at Chengnan police sub-staion in Wenchang, Hainan province, have recently become involved in a dispute over the payment aspect of a marriage contract.
A 70-year-old man surnamed Liang claims to have been duped by a woman surnamed Wu, 21, whom he met last year through a matchmaker. Liang promised to pay Wu 80,000 yuan (S$16,000) upon her agreement to marry him, and both parties signed a contract to his effect.
Liang says Wu disappeared after he had paid her the agreed amount.
Wu, meanwhile, argues that Liang is the guilty party because he paid her only 42,000 yuan, almost half of the amount ageed.
Wu explained her side of the story to police, who were willing to mediate between the two parties. Liang, however, refused to argue the matter out with her at the police station.
Police at Chengnan sub-station have consequently been unable to start a file on the case.
Official dissuades couple from suicidal jump
Huang Dagong, deputor director of a public security bureau in Lanzou, capital of Gansu province, spent one hour dissuading a man and woman from their intent to commit suicide on Monday morning.
Local police arrived on the scene after receiving a report about a middle-aged couple threatening to jump off a bridge over the Yellow River. Huang came within speaking distance of the pair and reasoned with them for more than one hour until the couple agreed not to jump and, with the help of firefighters, got down from the 10-m high pier.
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Such interesting news in the daily news paper... I particularly like the one abt the paranoid brother... talk about paranoia... hahahaaa~ but poor family...
~k
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