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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...

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Police catch 132 ticket scalpers

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-8-1

POLICE said they netted 132 ticket scalpers during the 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai that ended yesterday, confiscating 355 tickets. Many of the scalpers were apprehended by a plainclothes police team...

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City takes action after glass 'explosions'

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-30

A citywide inspection targeting glass exteriors of all buildings has kicked off after a rash of "glass-exploding" incidents, local authorities said yesterday. The city government will set up a public maintenance...

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A picture perfect crime this was not

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-30

A thief is being warned by local police that he may as well give himself up because they have his photo. The reason? He snatched a camera from a shop but left behind his own digital images taken by it minutes earlier. ...

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Gang stabs two; first is wrong guy

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-29

POLICE are hunting for a gang of men who stabbed two pedestrians on a downtown street yesterday evening, including one they quickly realized was the wrong target. According to witnesses, the mistaken stabbing occurred...

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Man charged with rape, prostituting pre-teen girl

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-29

A man over 60 has been charged with raping a 12-year-old girl and forcing her into prostitution, making a profit of about 50,000 yuan (US$7,756), city prosecutors said yesterday. The victim, from Guizhou Province,...

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Amid drill, a real fire breaks out

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-29

A fire drill met with the real thing yesterday morning when hundreds of people were evacuated from a building in the Pudong New Area. The fire broke out in a ninth-floor office building on Jinxiang Road while employees...

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Manhunt for gangsters who stabbed 2 men in Shanghai

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-28

POLICE are hunting a gang who stabbed two pedestrians on a downtown street last night due to debt disputes. One of the victims was stabbed "by mistake." According to witnesses, the brutal attack happened around...

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800 homes lose gas as pipe crack causes fire

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-28

MORE than 800 households in the city's Putuo District were cut off from their gas supply early yesterday after a gas pipe cracked and caught fire after a water company put its own pipe too close to the gas pipe. ...

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Kidnap, beating suspect arrested

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-28

LOCAL prosecutors yesterday approved the arrest of a suspect accused of injuring and abducting a man to get 180,000 yuan (US$27,937) back after losing the money in a poker game with him. The suspect, who went by...

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Rash of 'exploding glass' prompts examination

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-28

THE rash of "glass-exploding" incidents spurred local government to kick off a campaign yesterday to check the safety of structures built with glass materials. Shen Jun, Shanghai's vice mayor in charge of construction,...