Rail ticket 'scalper' awarded damages

SHANGHAI: A man who was detained for five days for scalping a railway ticket and subsequently lost his job has been vindicated and awarded compensation by a court in Zhengzhou, Henan province.

In a verdict given at the end of last month but made public yesterday by the Henan Commerce Daily, the Zhongyuan district people's court said the prior ruling of the Shanghai railway police was neither clear nor well-founded.

The court ordered the railway police to pay Hu Zhen 496 yuan ($72.50), an amount equal to his wages for five days, and to refund the price of the ticket, 98 yuan.