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17 rescued from illegal sales den

A woman, surnamed Li, was rescued from a secret pyramid sales group when she wrote a plea for help on a banknote and threw it out of a building in Baoji on Dec 9. Li, who comes from Chongqing, was one of 17 young people rescued from the illegal sales den hidden on the fifth floor of a residential building. Victims were held at the location and forced to raise funds from friends and family. Local resident Zhou Xinchang called the police after he picked up the banknote.