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Cabbies report meter thefts

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-22

MORE than 50 taxi meters have been stolen, probably the work of illegal cloned cabbies to upgrade their vehicles for the latest rise in taxi fares, police said yesterday. The thefts were widely reported by local...

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Fall prevented

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-21

A police officer caught a woman by the hand before she could fall off the second floor of Terminal 1 at Pudong International Airport yesterday evening. The woman allegedly tried to jump off the second floor and...

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Porn peddling

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-21

A carpenter was arrested for allegedly selling digital pornographic material to more than 30 people, Fengxian District prosecutors said yesterday. Prosecutors said the suspect, surnamed Kong, 35, from Jiangsu Province,...

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Arrest in slaying

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-21

A man has been arrested and charged with stabbing a woman to death in a robbery, Pudong New Area prosecutors said yesterday. The suspect, surnamed Zhang, allegedly stabbed the 69-year-old woman repeatedly with a double-edged...

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Woman, baby killed as truck slams into moped

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-21

A woman and her infant baby were killed and three others were injured when the electric moped the five rode was hit by a truck yesterday at a busy intersection. The woman's husband, their daughter and nephew were...

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1,300 suspects caught

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-21

MORE than 1,300 criminal suspects have been detained in the past two months in an intensifying campaign to catch those listed as wanted by the police in Shanghai, officials said yesterday. The Shanghai Public Security...

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Infant dying as parents refuse care

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-21

THE nine-month-old infant He Shunzhi moans in bed as his hand falls down on his belly, which has grown to the size of his head due to a bacteria infection that causes him pain every time he takes a breath. The...

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High price of bridge breakdowns

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-20

DRIVERS breaking down or involved in an accident on the city's Donghai Bridge face hefty charges from the only tow truck company in the area, Shanghai-based STV news reported last night. A motorist surnamed Chen...

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Boy's head trapped in escalator accident

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-20

A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy was injured yesterday after his head became trapped in a gap between a moving escalator and wall at a local Carrefour supermarket. Doctors at Shanghai Children's Hospital confirmed last...

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Arrest over permit fraud

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-20

A MAN has been arrested for allegedly faking job contracts for foreigners whose working visas had expired but wanted to stay in China to fraudulently obtain working visas and residence permits, Minhang District prosecutors...

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'Exploding' glass doors latest Metro safety fear

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-20

FOLLOWING safety concerns over Metro escalators, passenger confidence has taken another dent after two glass platform barriers "exploded" within days of each other. Metro management said it will now test all...

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5 on trial over deadly tower block inferno

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-19

FIVE people, four of them former government officials, stood trial in Shanghai yesterday on charges arising from the Jiaozhou Road inferno last November which engulfed a residential building and claimed 58 lives. ...

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Five on trial over deadly high-rise blaze

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-18

FIVE people stood on trial today for allegedly being responsible for the Jiaozhou Road inferno last November that engulfed a high-rise residential building and claimed 58 lives. Gao Weizhong, former director...

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Five on trial over deadly high-rise blaze

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-18

FIVE people stood on trial today for allegedly being responsible for the Jiaozhou Road inferno last November that engulfed a high-rise residential building and claimed 58 lives. Gao Weizhong, former director...

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Truck Overturns

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-7-18

A cargo truck overturned on Longwu Road yesterday afternoon, blocking traffic for more than two hours. The driver escaped with only bruises. Initial investigations suggested that a broken tire roller bearing was responsible...