China Scene: West

Netizen help requested to trace bogus judge cheat

A 30-year-old resident of Chongqing municipality, who goes by the pseudonym Liu Daiyan, posted a notice online recently asking for netizens' help in finding the man whom Liu claims pretended to be a judge and cheated him out of a sizable amount of cash.

Liu brought a lawsuit against the local railway bureau in June, 2006, but had no result after several rounds of hearings. A friend of Liu's introduced him to a man surnamed Tang claiming to be a judge at the local court, who said he could help Liu with his case. Liu handed the case documents and 20,000 yuan ($2,900) over to Tang expecting a quick result, but lost contact with him soon after. Upon making enquiries at the court he was told no judge named Tang Jian existed.