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Man who shares suspect's name held, again
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-07-28 08:53

Police have wrongly arrested a businessman from Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, twice because he shares the name of a wanted suspect.

Liu Zhongqiang, 25, was picked up for the second time in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, last week.

He was held in custody for 22 hours until police from his hometown arrived in Guangzhou and confirmed their colleagues had made the same mistake they did five years ago.

In 2004, Liu was detained for a month. Once cops realized their blunder, they gave Liu 3,000 yuan as compensation.

The man police are looking for goes by the name of Xie Zhongqiang, wanted for causing intentional injury.

Liu said Zhongqiang was a common name and there were five of them in his high school class.

(Nanfang Daily)