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Hundreds hit in downtown blackout

Metro | Courts
2011-8-31

HUNDREDS of homes and businesses in the downtown People's Square area suffered a blackout for hours yesterday afternoon when an elevated wire was tripped by a construction team, officials said. A worker was shocked...

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Death sentence in abduction of girl

Metro | Courts
2011-8-30

A man who plotted a kidnap last year that killed a four-year-old girl was sentenced to death in Shanghai yesterday. One of his two accomplices received a life sentence and the other, only 16 years old at the time,...

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Police bust smuggling ring of 7

Metro | Courts
2011-8-28

SEVEN suspects have been taken into custody for allegedly smuggling cigars and tobacco worth millions of yuan and selling the products online, Shanghai police said yesterday. Officers said they seized products...

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Kiwifruit importer charged with evading tariffs

Metro | Courts
2011-8-27

A local agent for Zespri kiwifruit, a popular imported fruit from New Zealand sold in Shanghai, evaded 60 million yuan (US$9.4 million)in Customs duties by forging documents, Shanghai Customs officials charged yesterday....

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Gun hobbyist faces charges for illegal possession of firearms

Metro | Courts
2011-8-26

A gun enthusiast has been charged with the crime of illegal possession of firearms after his midnight shooting practice scared the neighbors, Huangpu District prosecutors said yesterday. The 22-year-old suspect,...

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Shenglu Food executives sued over 'dyed bun scandal'

Metro | Courts
2011-8-26

THREE senior executives of a Shanghai food company were accused of selling dyed steamed buns by prosecutors today in a follow-up to April's "dyed bun scandal." Shanghai Shenglu Food Co Ltd was found recycling...

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Parents pay swindler for children's path to celebrity

Metro | Courts
2011-8-26

A woman who swindled more than 100,000 yuan (US$15,648) from eager parents by promising that she could help their children become showbiz stars was sentenced to three years in jail by a local court today. Li Lin,...

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Dutch firm manager jailed for embezzlement and bribery

Metro | Courts
2011-8-25

A Dutch company's Shanghai manager was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a local court yesterday on charges of embezzlement and bribery. Ma Dong, a native of Shandong Province, embezzled 7.8 million yuan (US$1.22...

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Woman, niece admit medical insurance fraud

Metro | Courts
2011-8-20

A 79-year-old woman and her niece pleaded guilty yesterday to defrauding medical insurance out of nearly 200,000 yuan (US$31,250) by faking medical bills and documents. Both Liang Maodi and her niece, Liang Meijuan,...

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Spy sentenced

Metro | Courts
2011-8-20

A Shanghai resident convicted of providing state secrets to overseas organizations was sentenced to jail for 10 years yesterday. Zhao Zhenhai, 31, was a security guard at a local police station since 2004. He copied...

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Bribery: 12 years

Metro | Courts
2011-8-20

THE former assistant director of the Shanghai Aerospace Bureau 803 Research Institute yesterday was handed a 12-year prison sentence for bribery. Luan Yijun, who accepted bribes of 2.32 million yuan (US$362,925) from...

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3 plead guilty to fraud, forging credit cards

Metro | Courts
2011-8-19

TWO waiters "helping" restaurant patrons pay their bills copied their personal information and used it to forge credit cards, and are expected to get jail sentences as a result. With a third defendant who sold...

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Trio admit smuggling precursors for meth

Metro | Courts
2011-8-19

THREE people pleaded guilty yesterday on charges of smuggling more than 75 kilograms of ContacNT granules, which contain a key ingredient of methamphetamine, by hiding them in packs of clothes sent to New Zealand. ...

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Kidney-Transplant Plot Goes Awry

Metro | Courts
2011-8-17

THREE men with apparent plans for an illegal business involving kidney donations were sentenced to jail for up to two and a half years for illegal detention, a Shanghai court said yesterday. The three, Fang Guang,...

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Husband axed wife's lover

Metro | Courts
2011-8-17

A MAN killed his wife's lover in a frenzied ax attack and hid the body in an apartment block electrical substation, a court heard yesterday. Zhang Jie, from Hongkou District, was appearing at Shanghai Intermediate...