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Jan 5

Masseur Tse denies sexually harassing his 15-year-female old client, who claims Tse rubbed her chest during a massage. Tse claims that he was simply using a technique that would make her breasts firmer. Tse, however, admits his client was paying for a massage, not a breast-firming session.

Mar 3

Unsatisfied with his chicken wing noodles, an English tourist shouts at staff and breaks a glass table in a cafe. He agrees to pay for the damage after calming down. He returns half an hour later with a bunch of flowers, sits next to a female diner and professes his love for her. Staff intervene and he lifts a chair, waves it around and strikes a table with it. The police are called in to stop him.

Mar 13

A woman cuts 1.5 inches off of her tongue with a pair of large scissors. Paramedics cover her mouth to stanch the bleeding, but for unexplained reasons on the way to the hospital she repeatedly yells, “I have lots of money!” The police believe that the changing weather triggered her mental disorder.

Mar 23

After a dispute with his wife, a man robs a supermarket with a toy gun in the hopes of getting arrested and thus making his wife feel guilty. While “holding up” the store, he urges the staff to call the police and then waits for them to arrive. He originally planned to be shot dead by the police, but surrenders to them instead.

Mar 24

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