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Keira Huang

BEIJING
Money changer cheated
An illegal money changer in the capital has been cheated out of about 370,000 yuan (HK$467,000) after he exchanged cash for two European-looking men and it turned out their notes were counterfeit, The Beijing News reports. The foreigners said they had euros to change after meeting the money changer on the street. He then took their cash to the bank and was told it was fake. The money changer reported the incident to the police, even though he knew he would be punished. Police are investigating.
Fugitive 'killer' caught
A fugitive who has been on the run for 17 years after he allegedly conducted a series of robberies and killed two people has been arrested in the capital, the Beijing Times reports. The man from Hebei province is said to have carried out the crimes in 1997 before fleeing to Inner Mongolia . He was caught after his girlfriend reported him missing, helping the police to track him down. He left her after she said she wanted to get married. Charges are to be filed against the man.
CHONGQING
Egg-size kidney stones
Doctors in Chongqing have found kidney stones bigger than the size of quail's eggs in a patient, the Chongqing Evening News reports. The 38-year-old from the Shapingba district said doctors first discovered he had the stones when he was 18, but did nothing about it. He loves drinking beer, at least two glasses a day, and doctors said its high uric acid content spurred the growth of the stones.
Hair-eating disorder
An eight-year-old girl left behind by her parents in Chongqing's Beibei District has been diagnosed with a rare emotional eating disorder - eating her own hair - Cq.qq.com reports. Doctors said the girl started eating her hair when she was only three after her parents left home to work in a coastal city. They recently removed a large blockage of hair from her stomach and duodenum.
GUANGDONG
Damages over killing
A court in Guangzhou has ordered a mental patient to pay 970,000 yuan in compensation to the family of a man he killed at a hotel, the New Express reports. The man attacked a stranger in the hotel's reception for no apparent reason. The report did not say if the attacker had already been punished in a criminal court for the killing. A separate damages settlement has been reached with the hotel.
Jailed for beating thief
A court in Zhuhai has jailed five security guards for beating up a thief who was stealing from a building site, the Yangcheng Evening News reports. They spotted the thief trying to escape on a motorcycle and attacked him with iron bars. He suffered broken bones and other injuries. The guards were given jail terms ranging from seven months to a year. The construction company has already paid the victim of the attack 40,000 yuan in compensation.
JILIN
Novice driver in ditch
A motorist who had just learned to drive veered off the road and crashed into a dyke near the Songhua River in her luxury Audi, the New Cultural Newspaper reports. A friend of the driver said she mistook the accelerator pedal for the brake. The driver was taken to hospital, but was not seriously injured. Police are investigating.
3 die in crane collapse
At least three people were killed and three injured after a crane collapsed at a building construction site in Yanji . The people known to have died were the operator of the 40-metre high crane and two workers inside the building. The authorities are investigating the cause of the accident.
SHAANXI
Boy cuts woman's throat
A 16-year-old boy cut the throat of a friend's mother and stole 500 yuan from her, the Huashang Daily reports. The woman, 40, managed to write down details of her attacker before she lost consciousness. She was found by her daughter and husband and taken to hospital, where she remains in intensive care. Police are trying to find the boy.
Abducted on a 'date'
Three men and a woman have been arrested in Gaoling county near Xian after they allegedly used a social media app to entice a victim into thinking he was going on a date and then abducted him, the Huashang Daily reports. The victim said he was to meet a woman he met online, but was kidnapped by her and the three men. They asked him to provide his bank account password and took some of his cash. A woman received photographs of her brother naked and tied to a telegraph pole. She reported it to the police and later found her brother in a cornfield.
SHANDONG
Animal parts smuggler
A man in Jinan has been jailed for six years for smuggling into the mainland animal products from Indonesia, including ivory, tiger bones and leopard skins, Xinhua reports. He was carrying 80 items when he was arrested at an airport. A court said he had violated several laws, but gave him a light sentence because he had expressed regret for what he had done.
Held over hit-and-run
Police have arrested a car driver after a hit-and-run accident in Jinan, the Life Daily reports. The motorist hit a motorcyclist and fled the scene. The motorcyclist was not seriously injured. The driver claimed he had not fled, but was merely looking for a parking space.
SICHUAN
Panda attacked at reserve
Staff at the Tangjiahe nature conservation area have treated an injured three-year-old wild panda it is thought was attacked by other animals, the news website People.cn reports. Vets and doctors from local hospitals cared for the animal. Parts of its intestines were exposed and staff think it may have been attacked by yellow-throated martens. The panda is now thought to be out of danger as it recovers from surgery.
100km trek over a smoke
A man made himself walk 100km in just over 20 hours because he broke his own pledge to stop smoking, the Chengdu Economic Daily reports. The man, 35, works in a furniture factory in Shuangliu county near Chengdu and had joined a class to help him quit smoking. He agreed in front of the class punishments if he lit up, but minutes after the group session ended he had a cigarette. Work colleagues said that after his walk he could neither sit nor stand and they had to carry him home.
ZHEJIANG
Wife killed over chat
A man in the Yuhang district of Hangzhou killed his wife because she was addicted to chatting online and he felt she was ignoring him, the Qianjiang Evening News reports. After an argument one night he suffocated her and then electrocuted her with an electric wire. The husband tried to make it look like his wife had died suddenly in the shower, but during police questioning he confessed.
Son's arson threat
A son threatened to burn his father's house down near Ningbo if he did not pay off his gambling debts, the Xiandai Jinbao reports. The father refused after helping him twice before. He called the police when he saw his son arrive carrying diesel fuel. The father later asked the police to release him. They agreed as the son was regretted what he had done.


Egg-size kidney stones; 'Miracle' baby born; Panda recovering after attack in reserve

An illegal money changer in Beijing has been cheated out of about 370,000 yuan after he exchanged cash for two European-looking men.

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An illegal money changer in the capital has been cheated out of about 370,000 yuan (HK$467,000) after he exchanged cash for two European-looking men and it turned out their notes were counterfeit, The Beijing News reports.
