A farmer who was jailed for fraud for faking a photo of a rare tiger in a case that shocked the nation has demanded compensation for two suits that went missing during his detention, cnwest.com reported Friday.
Zhou Zhenglong, who was jailed for two and a half years in 2008 in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, was told the suits were missing as he was due to be released from jail.
Zhou claimed his suits were gifts and worth 10,000 yuan ($1,486). The prison said Zhou's suits went missing during the prison transition and will compensate him with a "proper" sum of money.
Zhou will leave Fuping prison within 24 hours of April 26, the report said.
Zhou claimed to have snapped a rare South China tiger in the wild on an afternoon in October 2007. The fabricated photos of the tiger became a source of fascination with the public and circulated widely online.
However, police found official proof the photo was faked and upon searching Zhou's home also found a number of bullets.
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Zhou serves his term in a prison in an undated photo. [Photo/ifeng.com] |
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