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Heilongjiang

Man steals tons of fake bank notes

A man, surnamed Fu, has been imprisoned for four months after stealing more than 140 metric tons of paper money - traditionally burned in China as a gift to dead ancestors - worth an estimated 370,000 yuan ($55,485) in Jixian county. Fu, 32, a former sales and warehouse supervisor of a mock banknote store, had a duplicate key for the warehouse cut before he was fired in February, which he used to carry out the theft.

Life Daily

Jiangxi

Attack victim seeks public support

A video posted online on Aug 6 showing a female train attendant being beaten by 12 members of one family has raised public concern. The woman is seen with more than 10 wounds to her face and arms. The incident took place after the attendant quarreled with the family on board a train from Changsha to Nanchang on Aug 4. The woman said she sought help from the public after the railway company released the family on arrival in Nanchang without asking for a contact number. The woman received 200 yuan ($30) in compensation from her employer.

Newssc.org

Guangdong

Woman hurt during escalator workout

A woman was injured when she used a moving escalator as a running machine in a shopping plaza in Dongguan on Aug 1. The woman, a sales representative, slipped while running in the opposite direction to the way the escalator was moving. The escalator stopped automatically after her fall. The administrative committee of the shopping plaza in Tangxia township said a surveillance video showed the woman using the escalator as a running machine.

Information Times

False alarms land thrill-seeker in jail

A man, surnamed Ye, who reported 23 false alarms in six months has been detained for a week and fined 500 yuan ($75) in Guangzhou's Baiyun district. The most recent incident took place in Tonghe township at 10 pm on Aug 2 when police officers, firefighters and an ambulance responded to a false report of a fire. Police detained Ye, 25, the next day. He said he did it for the thrill.

Information Times

Shanghai

Workers shocked by baby in pool locker

A video posted online showing a baby in a swimming pool locker has raised public concern. Staff members at the bathing center were shocked when they opened the locker and found a baby inside wearing only a paper diaper. The baby was unhurt, but the video has been shared many times on WeChat since it was first posted. The incident is being Investigated.

Youth.cn

Couple sell child for 60,000 yuan

A couple have been detained for selling their newborn baby online for 60,000 yuan ($9,000). The mother, Mo Jicheng, 31, who comes from Yangzhou in Jiangsu province, said her family was already in financial difficulties when she learned she was pregnant with her fourth child. The couple agreed to sell the child three times and took payments from two families in the nearby cities of Changzhou and Yancheng. They finally passed their child on to a couple in Shanghai.

Shanghaiist.com

Zhejiang

Driver saved from burning vehicle

A driver, surnamed Zhang, did not know what was happening when he was rescued from his burning car in Jiaxing on July 26. Security guards called the police when flames were seen coming from the engine of a car parked in front of a high school at about 10:30 pm. Zhang was asleep inside the car with the air conditioning switched on when the fire broke out. Zhang, who was reported to have been drinking, asked why a fire had broken out after he was carried from the car.

Cztv.com

Car makes U-turn to avoid road tolls

A car driver, surnamed Xu, had his license revoked and was fined 200 yuan ($30) after driving the wrong way down an expressway in Ningbo. Xu made a U-turn and drove in the wrong direction after he missed an exit at about 6:10 am on Aug 6. He was stopped by police who responded to multiple reports from passing drivers. Xu said he drove his car in the wrong direction to save on highway tolls after missing the exit.

Thepaper.cn