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Man admits killing

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-17

A MAN surrendered to police yesterday after strangling a woman to death in a residential area on Zhidan Road in Putuo District. The man, surnamed Jin, said had been living with the woman, about 25 years old, for several...

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Gang of bus robbers end up in prison

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-17

THE leader of a gang of six responsible for a bus robbery early this year in the city's suburban Minhang District was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve yesterday. The other five received prison terms...

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Masked robber nabbed soon after looting a hotel

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-16

A masked man robbed the cashier of a budget hotel in downtown Shanghai at 2:45am today, using a fire extinguisher as his weapon, and he was caught by police within an hour. Witnesses said the man broke into the...

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Parking fee collector run over, killed

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-16

A woman who collected fees at a city parking lot was crushed to death yesterday morning by a car in a dispute over the parking fee. City police said the driver, a middle-aged man surnamed Wang, was detained and...

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Denial in buns scandal

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-16

THE defendant held the most responsible for the April buns scandal - illegally adding dyes when producing the buns and recycling expired buns - partly denied prosecutors' accusations in court yesterday. Ye Weilu,...

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Trip home that ended in tragedy

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-16

THE death toll in Wednesday night's bus crash in Shanghai rose to 11 yesterday after an injured passenger died in hospital, the city's health bureau said yesterday. There were 24 people on board, including the...

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A cooling breeze, then disaster

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-16

BLOODSTAINS, shattered glass and deep gouges on the highway marked the spot where 11 young lives were lost. Before the bus journey that ended in tragedy, 17-year-old Liu Jiaoxia, a Gansu Province native, had called...

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Workers put in jail for smoking at big market

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-16

ABOUT 20 store workers have been jailed for smoking in the famous Qipu Road Clothing Market in recent months, the district fire control authority said yesterday. The violators, store salespersons and owners, were...

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Parking lot keeper crushed to death by fee evader

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-15

A downtown parking lot fee collector was crushed to death by a car driver who refused to pay for his parking fee this morning. The driver in his 40s was trying to leave the parking lot on Dong'an Road at about...

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Man dies fighting over 2 jiao washroom fee

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-15

A man was killed this morning while fighting with a public washroom keeper over a 2 jiao (US$0.03) washroom fee. The fatal event occurred in the Gaoqiao Area of Pudong New Area. A witness surnamed Fu said a mid-aged...

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10 die as bus crashes in city

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-15

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Cutting in blamed for 30% of accidents

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-15

RANDOM lane cut-ins, a common bad driving practice, causes about 30 percent of traffic accidents in the city, traffic police said yesterday. Even though the tactic often produces deadly results, perpetrators face...

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Fugitive nabbed

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-15

A fugitive has been seized on a train after being at large for 16 years, police said yesterday. The suspect, Guo Tingguang, stole 530,000 yuan with others from a long-distance bus in 1995, police said. Guo was caught...

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Dead fish gone

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-15

SHANGHAI water authority has cleared a creek in Minhang District of dead fish and ruled out deliberate poisoning, officials said yesterday. An online photo showing dead fish floating in the small river in Pujiang Town...

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Hundreds in big anti-terror drill

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-15

SINGLE-HANDED reloading, airborne raids and precise sniping were not movie scenes but reality shows of the SWAT corps of Shanghai police in a counterterrorism drill yesterday. Hundreds of well-trained SWAT officers...