Saving one yuan costs miser 36,000 of them

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(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-08-07 09:12

A man who refused to pay one yuan extra for his bus ride will now have to cough up 36,000 yuan ($5,270) extra.

A court in Gongyi, Henan province, asked the man to pay a mini-bus driver whom he beat up after the latter asked him for an extra yuan on his fare in May.

The driver, whose right ear was seriously damaged as a result of the beating, dragged the man to court, demanding compensation.

The Gongyi intermediate people's court also sentenced the man to a year in jail, but with a two-year reprieve.

(Dahe News)