Sleazy night out
A Fuzhou  property administrator was suspended after photos of him grabbing a barmaid’s breasts were widely circulated online, Nhaidu.com  reports. Lin Zonghui,  deputy bureau chief of a district housing and property administration, said he was set up by the bureau’s party secretary who had invited him to the nightclub. Twenty-six lewd photos of Lin having fun at the club were posted online earlier this week, sparking controversy.

Guangdong

Man of the trees
A 60-year-old man has been living in a home-made tree house in Foshan’s  Chencun  township for the past six years, the New Express  reports. The 10 sq m house, held up by six trees, has a bedroom, living room, kitchen and bathroom. The man  said his house could hold 20 people.

Teacher molester jailed
A 55-year-old physical education teacher from Guangzhou was sentenced to nine months’ jail for molesting a 10-year-old pupil, the Southern Metropolis News  reports. The girl told the court that the teacher took her to the equipment room and molested her during PE classes for a whole semester. Investigators suspected that the man might have molested more pupils but failed to uncover evidence to prove that.

Hebei

Poisonous ‘milk’
A seven-year-old boy from Bazhou  city is in critical condition after he downed a bottle of pesticide thinking it was milk, the Beijing Youth Daily  reports. He found the bottle hanging from a wall at home. The boy’s mother immediately took him to a clinic to have his stomach pumped, and he was later transferred to a Beijing hospital. But the boy fell into a coma after arriving in Beijing. Tests showed that the pesticide concentration in his blood was 10 per cent and that his lungs had turned black.

Student found dead
A senior student from Hebei University of Engineering  in Handan  city was found dead in front of his residential hall on Wednesday morning, the Yanzhao Evening News  reports. His body was found on the ground at around 7am and there was no trace of blood or bruises on him, witnesses said. Investigators said the student was last seen in his dormitory at around 3am. Police are investigating the case.

Jiangsu

Museum ‘disrespect’
Photos of visitors striking unusual poses with Nanking massacre statues have sparked online controversy, with some commentators saying they were disrespectful, Modern Express reports. One photo showed a visitor at the museum in Nanjing pretending to kick a statue of a young man carrying the body of his grandmother. Staff members  said  they  tried to dissuade people from such behaviour. 

Man sits on neighbour
A 122kg man sat on a neighbour during a parking row in Nanjing, sending the neighbour to hospital with seven fractured ribs on Tuesday, the Yangtse Evening News reports. The neighbour was frustrated about residents parking on a lane, and the two men started quarrelling after the car owner refused to move his vehicle. The 122kg car owner then threw the neighbour to the ground and sat on him. He was later arrested.

Shaanxi

Wife dares man to leap
A woman dared her husband to follow through on his threat to jump off an elevated pedestrian walkway after they had a row in Xian , Huashang Daily reports. They were arguing when the man climbed over a fence and stood on the edge of the walkway. He said he would jump and the wife replied: “Jump if you dare”, witnesses said. Firefighters guided him to safety after a short stand-off. 

Human waste flood
A blocked pipeline caused human waste to back up and flood a newly renovated flat in Yang county,  Huashang Daily reports. A woman who said she bought the flat for her son for about 100,000 yuan,  visited the home on Wednesday and found the bathroom was covered in faeces.  She spent hours cleaning it up, the report said. The pipeline was blocked by a road improvement project, construction workers said. 

Shanxi

Tibetan mastiff row
A couple gave up two Tibetan mastiffs but refuse to surrender a third although the pets have bitten eight people in their gated community in Ruicheng county, the Morning Life Post reports. One neighbour, who was bitten in the thigh, said the couple – who head the local grain administration and tourism department –  sent two dogs away after the woman was attacked, but were holding on to the third. The couple said they had the proper permits for their pets and had covered all the victims’ medical costs.

Girl on ‘Ice diet’
A 17-year-old girl whom police found in a daze on the street said she had smoked Ice to lose weight, the Taiyuan Evening News reports. She said  a friend gave her the drugs to help suppress her appetite.  She was released without charge.

Zhejiang

Model blackmailed
A 27-year-old model in Hangzhou became the target of a blackmail attempt by a man who found nude pictures of her on her lost cellphone, the Du Shi Kuai Bao reports. The woman had lost her phone at a karaoke bar on Friday. She bought a replacement and soon began to receive WeChat messages from the man, who threatened to send the photos to people on her contact list unless she had sex with him. She refused and the photos were sent. Police are investigating.

Late-night, early cancer
A 31-year-old clerk from Hangzhou has been diagnosed with early stage stomach cancer after he ate late-night meals for years because of his long working hours, the Qianjiang Evening News reports. The man said he usually ate only after 9pm. His doctor said eating late could cause cancer because gastric fluids did not have time “to settle” throughout the night.