China Scene: East

Crisis of conscience ends with 20,000 yuan payoff

On March 23, Liu Wenxun, a man in Touqiao town in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, received a money order for 20,000 yuan ($2,900) from the post office.

Liu did not know the person - a man surnamed Chen - who sent the money from Zhenjiang, Jiangsu. Then he spotted the note written on the order - Chen confessed to stealing 2,000 yuan from Liu's late father 38 years before.