Around the nation: Official says sleazy nightclub photos a set-up

Beijing

Bus blaze
An empty bus was burnt down to its metal frame in Fengtai   district, Beijing, after its rear end caught fire yesterday morning, The Beijing News  reports. Residents said the flames rose up to 2 metres high. Firefighters put out the blaze and no one was injured. The blaze is thought to have started from a spontaneous engine fire.

Flood causes ‘skating rink’
A pavement outside a gated community in Changping district’s Huilongguan  neighbourhood became a “skating rink” after an underground water pipe broke, The Beijing News reports. The water froze into 3cm-thick ice after urban management officers and the community’s property management company refused to clean it up because they said it was not their responsibility.

Fujian

A father’s pride
The owner of an industrial trading company from Jinjiang  city put up portraits of his son on 16 billboards along a major road to celebrate the boy’s 16th birthday, Mnw.cn  reports. The father said his son was “the family’s treasure” and he wanted to share his happiness with everyone. The family owned the billboards and it cost them only 1,600 yuan (HK$2,024) to print the portraits, he added.

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.