(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-04-08 08:59

A man named Yang Jun suffered after a newspaper published a story using his name as an alias for someone who won 5 million yuan ($714,000) in the lottery, in Caidian, Hubei province, last week.

In addition to being continuously congratulated by friends, relatives and neighbours, many local business people wanted to do business with the real 28-year-old Yang Jun. Thieves also tried to break into his house.

Yang said no one believed him when he explained the media had published his name as an alias.