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IIlicit cheating pervades glass work

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-8-4

ILLEGAL shortcuts amid a lack of regulation plague the exterior glass industry, leading directly to low-quality glass that may explode and rain shattered pieces of windows from skyscrapers and other buildings. About...

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Another window 'explodes'

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-8-4

ALTHOUGH local authorities have launched a citywide inspection campaign targeting glass exteriors of all buildings, the rash of "glass-exploding" incidents this summer is continuing. A window on the ground floor...

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Train evacuated from driver cab

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-8-3

PASSENGERS had to escape through the driver's cab of a broken-down Metro train yesterday morning, after other doors would not open. The Metro Line 10 service suddenly halted in a tunnel between Songyuan Road station...

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Supernatural scam gang held

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-8-3

POLICE have taken for questioning a gang who claimed to have supernatural powers to swindle cash from elderly people. Officers said yesterday they have seized five people who they say scammed money and jewelry...

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Trial in high-rise inferno ends with 23 sent to jail

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-8-3

THE former head of a district construction authority was sentenced to jail for 16 years yesterday in Shanghai on graft charges, highlighting the conclusion of a trial over last November's high-rise inferno that killed...

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Local student admits killing NZ taxi driver

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-8-3

A local resident who stabbed a taxi driver to death in New Zealand went on trial in Shanghai yesterday and pleaded guilty to charges of intentional injury. Xiao Zhen, 25, was studying in New Zealand. In the early...

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Driver who hit 4 and fled captured

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-8-3

POLICE have apprehended a driver suspected of fleeing after hitting four people and three cars in Qingpu District early yesterday morning. The three women and one man who were injured were in a stable condition...

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Student in Shanghai court for stabbing NZ cabbie to death

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-8-2

A Shanghai resident who stabbed a taxi driver to death in New Zealand went on trial in the city today on the charges of intentional injury. Xiao Zhen, 25, who had been studying in New Zealand until the incident happened...

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Woman hurt as lift malfunctions

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-8-2

A woman was injured yesterday when an elevator started up as she was entering it. The accident happened in an office building at Zhongshan Road N. and Wuning Road in Putuo District. The woman, surnamed Wang, was...

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Illegal building rampant, city officials say

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-8-2

ILLEGAL construction is rampant in Shanghai, and there are at least 60,000 residential building units that are illegally constructed or expanded, local government officials said yesterday. Further, the local government...

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2 suspects detained in killing of taxi driver

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-8-2

CITY police said yesterday that they detained two suspects in the robbery and slaying of a taxi driver in the suburban Songjiang District two months ago. Police said the two men, surnamed Liao and Xiang, escaped...

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Salon boss flees

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-8-1

MORE than 30 customers were left in the lurch after a beauty salon boss suddenly shut the shop and fled. More than 10 employees at the Jiayi Hair and Beauty Salon were unable able to get in touch with the boss yesterday.

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Boy drowns

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-8-1

A 13-year-old boy drowned in a river in Jiuting Town in suburban Songjiang District yesterday. Three boys were playing in the river when at 1pm two went ashore and the other began to struggle. The other boys tried...

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Checks passed

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-8-1

ALL elevators and escalators shut down for safety checks in the city last month have been passed to resume service, the city's quality watchdog said yesterday. Some 22 escalators were suspended over safety concerns...

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Gas pipe drama

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-8-1

A NATURAL gas pipe was damaged about 8:30pm on Saturday on Gaoping Road, affecting nearly 3,000 households. The 300-millimeter pipe was broken by an excavator working on a sewage piping project. The authorities...