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Crime in China
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Police are saying that cheap artificial intelligence tools allowing scammers to “swap faces” even in real time are no longer the stuff of science fiction. Such awareness is the first step in avoiding being drawn in

Embezzling several thousand yuan was once enough to trigger capital punishment, but Lai Xiaomin’s execution last year for taking more than US$260 million seems to have set a new minimum.

  • The suspects are aged below 14 and were detained by police in Handan, Hebei province
  • The case has prompted calls online for the government to focus attention on the education of ‘left-behind children’
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Celebrities in China can get into serious trouble for violating the law or breaching cultural sensitivities, and they often struggle to make a comeback. The Post finds out where they are now.

A family in China wants police to reopen an investigation into a neighbour who “accidentally” shot their daughter, leaving her with debilitating injuries from which she still suffers.

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A former professional goalkeeper for China’s national football team, who now helps charities build school sports facilities, burst into tears when internet trolls accused her of embezzlement during a live-streaming event.

A massive 2.5 billion people have viewed the story of a woman teacher in Shanghai whose alleged sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male student was exposed by her husband, resulting in her suspension.

A woman from eastern China, who spent years in an unhappy marriage, says her husband tried to force her to have sex, so she fought him off and accidentally killed him.

An investigation by the China Securities Regulatory Commission found the 2023 financial disclosures of Beijing Zuojiang Technology to be ‘seriously untrue’.

A popular new way of giving cash gifts on special occasions in China, in which money is hidden inside specially baked cakes, has seen the bank account of an innocent baker frozen amid a police investigation into a dirty money racket.

A woman from China fell in love with a man who left a trail of deceit and lies over several years, including convincing her to pay off his massive debts and even that he had been kidnapped then died.

A man in China, who lost money in a fraudulent investment scam, persuaded his family to pay for non-existent medical bills, saying he had been involved in a serious accident.

The father of a young boy in China, who took his own life at the age of 11 after being verbally abused by a teacher at school, gave up his job as a traffic policeman to become a lawyer so he could fight his dead son’s case in court.

A young woman in China says she was raped by a man she met online after she agreed to sleep in the same bed as him for a night without having sex, as a way of “testing” his powers of restraint.

A fraudster in China has been detained by police for operating a US$28,000 racket in which she claimed to have found “foreign objects” in food deliveries to extort compensation from restaurants.

A serial thief in China who upgraded his criminal skills when he was taught a new technique by fellow inmates while serving jail time, has returned to prison after he was caught using the method to burgle homes.

A young delivery man in China who was desperately trying to complete his round on time was confronted and killed by a security guard anxious about being fined for letting people access a luxury complex without permission.

A bride in China had her big day ruined and was left injured and in pain after guests thought it would be amusing to fire flammable party streamers directly at her as she emerged from the wedding car.

A Good Samaritan in China who tried to stop a man on a violent knife rampage two years ago, and suffered serious injuries as a result, says he would not do the same again because he has to think of his family.