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Big trash fire

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-8

A large heap of trash caught fire about 11:30am yesterday on a plot on Fangchun Road in the Pudong New Area. No one was injured. The fire was extinguished about two hours later. Black smoke could be seen kilometers...

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Air-defense warning detailed

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-8

LOCAL residents in every corner of the city except the two airports will hear an air-defense warning on September 17, the National Defense Education Day, the Shanghai government announced yesterday. The warning...

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6 held in killing of HK woman

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-7

SHANGHAI police said yesterday that they detained six suspects in a murder-for-hire plot that ended with the slaying of a Hong Kong woman on August 26. One of the suspects, surnamed Shen, was the subordinate of...

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Slovakian woman plunges to death

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-7

A young Slovakian model plunged to her death early yesterday morning from a high-rise in downtown Xuhui District. Police said they ruled out murder. Neighbors said the body of the woman, about 20, was found...

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Man who savagely beat bus driver gets light term

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-7

THE man who severely beat up a female bus driver in May was sentenced to prison for 3 1/2 years yesterday. The 32-year-old defendant, Shen Bo, beat the driver, Zhou Weiqin, on May 13 when the bus did not stop where...

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Man who beat female bus driver gets jail

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-6

THE man who severely assaulted a female bus driver in May was sentenced to three years and six months in jail this morning after being found guilty on charges of causing a disturbance. The Baoshan District People's...

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6 arrested for assassination of HK woman

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-6

SHANGHAI police said this afternoon that they had detained six suspects for allegedly murdering a Hong Kong woman last month after a job dispute. One of the suspects, surnamed Shen, allegedly hired hit men to murder...

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Man caught 11 years after killing wife's lover

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-6

A man was caught last week 11 years after he allegedly killed his wife's lover in Shanghai, local police said. The suspect, surnamed Zhu, managed to evade a police manhunt all these years by changing his name,...

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Gambling ring in factory broken up

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-6

FOUR men have been detained for organizing gambling in a factory in Jinshan District, where police seized more than HK$2.3 million (US$295,201) and 100,000 yuan (US$15,657), authorities said yesterday. Police got...

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Police bust illegal Jinshan casino

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-5

FOUR men have been detained for allegedly running an illegal gambling den in a factory in suburban Jinshan District, local police today said. Officers also seized gambling money of more than HK$2.3 million (US$295,341)...

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Molester jailed

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-5

A man was sentenced to 17 years in prison for robbery, theft and molesting women, a local court said yesterday. The convict, surnamed Hu, robbed residents in suburban areas of Pudong. Hu, who prosecutors said...

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Boy survives fall

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-5

A four-year-old boy survived a fall from a 16th-floor apartment after he landed on a parked car yesterday afternoon. The car's windshield was smashed into pieces with the roof knocked flat. The boy suffered injuries...

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Student, 19, dies after training

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-5

A Shanghai Ocean University student died while participating in military training on campus over the weekend. Hu Jiajie, a 19-year-old freshman, fainted about 5:40pm near the end of Saturday's training. He was...

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Park swimmers beaten

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-5

THE river administrator for downtown Luxun Park violently drove away middle-aged swimmers as hundreds of visitors descended on the park over the weekend, and four men were injured in the incident. The victims...

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Small aircraft warned after paragliding scare

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-4

SHANGHAI'S military aviation control authority and police warned yesterday that all small aircraft should get approval before taking off after several paragliders were operating without authorization, which affected...