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I thought of my 73-year-old mother, who has had cardiac surgery, when I helped the old woman up. I don't regret doing so and I would do so again if I see an elderly person fall. My innocence is not as important as saving a life."

Ma Aiping, a 47-year-old bus driver in Shenzhen, talks of his experience in March when he was blackmailed by an elderly woman he helped. xinhuanet.com reported on Sunday that Ma was awarded 6,000 yuan ($980) by his company after being cleared of wrongdoing by surveillance camera images.