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HUBEI

Cashier embezzled funds to reward gamer

A cashier was sentenced to seven years behind bars for using more than 4.9 million yuan ($731,340) worth of company funds to reward a male online game host in Wuhan. Yang, a cashier from a local company, said rewarding the game host helped ease her stress. Yang who was under investigation of spending a large amount of company funds to reward the host between August 2016 and August last year, surrendered to police after she was exposed. Yang's family later returned about 400,000 yuan to her company. The judge said Yang had committed embezzlement and misappropriated company funds.

WUHAN EVENING NEWS

Nephew guilty of stealing from aunt

A man surnamed Kong was found guilty of secretly transferring a total of 2,067 yuan ($305) from his aunt's Alipay account into his own Alipay account in Wuhan on May 5. The judge said that those who steal more than 2,000 yuan would be convicted in Wuhan, and the 26-year-old man would be sentenced to between four and six months in jail according to relevant laws and local regulations. Kong secretly transferred money into his account on three separate occasions from the Alipay account of his aunt, who is surnamed Zhang, after he learned her password late last year. After Zhang sought police help earlier this year, an investigation found Kong to be the one transferring the money. Kong surrendered to police thereafter and said he would like to return the money to his aunt.

WUHAN EVENING NEWS

Swindler cheats five single women

A man, who passed himself off as the son of a rich business tycoon to misappropriate more than 900,000 yuan ($132,800) from five single women, was detained in Xishui county. One woman, surnamed Wang, was cheated of a total of 720,000 yuan. Feng, 43, told his victims that he ran two companies in Guangdong province and asked them to give him their money for investment. In the last few months, he used the money he received from his victims to buy cars and other expensive gifts for other victims before cheating them as well. The swindler was detained after one of his victims reported him to the police. An investigation was launched at the beginning of May.

CHUTIAN METROPOLIS DAILY

GUANGDONG

Man's suicide attempt ends in mud bath

A man, surnamed Huang, who jumped into the sea to commit suicide when the tide was ebbing became a "mud person" after he was pulled out by police officers in Shenzhen. Officers who were patrolling Shenzhen Bay Park quickly arrived at the scene and organized a rescue team when they heard Huang shouting for help. Huang was found standing with half of his body in the mud, about 50 meters from shore.

Huang was then pulled out of the mud, and was brought to shore in 30 minutes. Huang, 37, said he wanted to end his life after he lost a large sum of money in an investment and had a fierce quarrel with his wife about a housing problem. Huang eventually gave up his suicide attempt and returned home after being persuaded by police officers.

GUANGZHOU DAILY

SICHUAN

Runaway teenager walks on expressway

A 13-year-old boy who ran away from home and walked barefooted on an expressway was brought to safety by traffic police in Chengdu on May 4. Traffic police were dispatched to the scene after the teenager in a red T-shirt was seen walking along the city's third Huangcheng Expressway at about 4:30 pm. The boy said he left home in a fit after having a fierce quarrel with his mother because the latter asked him to wash the bowls after a meal.

CHENGDU BUSINESS DAILY

ZHEJIANG

Mobile phone addiction causes lake accident

A 19-year-old woman surnamed Peng who fell into a lake was still in critical condition at the Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine on May 6. Doctors said Peng has serious liver damage and pneumonia. The incident took place at about 10 am when Peng who was playing with her mobile phone missed a step while walking along the West Lake bank. Peng fainted as she was pulled ashore by a young man who refused to reveal his name, and was thereafter rushed to hospital.

QIANJIANG EVENING NEWS

SHANDONG

Inn owner installed needle camera in room

A man has been placed in detention for 20 days and fined 500 yuan ($74) for installing a needle camera in a room of his inn in Qingdao. Ai who runs an inn was also ordered by police to refund the money for the room to his victim Yun Fei, and his inn was closed for thorough inspections. Ai was detained when Yun sought police help on May 5 after the latter found the camera in the room after check-in. Police said Ai committed an invasion of privacy.

BEIJING YOUTH DAILY

YUNNAN

Largest cobra caught in Kunming housing estate

A 2.5-meter-long cobra that was caught in a Kunming housing estate had been released back into the wild. The snake, which weighs more than 3 kilograms, had entered through a hole in the wall between the third and fourth floors of a residential building in Xishan district on May 5. Forestry police officers were dispatched to the scene after receiving a report. It took police officers more than half an hour to catch the cobra, which is a species under State protection. It is the largest cobra that has been found in a housing estate in the urban area of Kunming city.

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