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Boys cries 'kidnap' over grade shame

A badly performing student in Loudi's Xinhua county faked his own kidnapping to prevent his parents meeting with his teacher on Feb 20. The 14-year-old boy was discovered by police in a bag in the woods around 8 pm. He said four men had taken him, but officers investigated and found he had made up the story to stop his mother and father learning about his low grades from his teacher.