China Scene: North

Police catch suspect bragging about his crime

Police from Meihekou, a city of Jilin province, recently caught a suspect who attacked a person in Fushun, Liaoning province, after overhearing his conversation with others at a roadside restaurant.

A local cyclist had asked the suspect surnamed Zhu to beat up his enemy for him, and Zhu boasted, "I'll lay the guy down flat as easy as A-B-C. I chopped someone up in Fushun with a knife."