China Scene: East
China Daily | Updated: 2012-03-20 08:45
90-year-old loses all to runaway bride
A man aged 90 in Jinan, capital of Shandong province, married a 39-year-old woman who disappeared with his entire savings two days later.
The elderly man, named Wang, was introduced to the woman, named Li, by a matchmaking agency and the marriage registration took place the day after they met. Li asked Wang to give her his bank savings of 100,000 yuan ($15,800), saying that she would manage the money to earn profit.
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