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Most chat fraud victims women, prosecutors say

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-23

OF the more than 10 suspects arrested and charged in fraud cases since the beginning of the year in Jing'an District, prosecutors have found that more than 70 percent of the victims were females. Online chatting...

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Police: Online, Telecom Fraud Cases Rising

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-23

CITY police said yesterday that they stopped 714 telecom/Internet scam cases so far this year, with nearly 36 million yuan (US$5.8 million) in economic losses averted. Such schemes are on the rise, police said....

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11 charged in extortion

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-23

FENGXIAN District prosecutors yesterday approved the arrest of a gang of 11 people who allegedly pretended to work as construction workers and extorted tens of thousands of yuan from three companies after they refused...

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32 children suffer lead poisoning

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-23

THE number of children in Shanghai suffering excess levels of lead in their blood has risen to 32 from last Friday's 25 after 1,115 children in Kangqiao in the Pudong New Area underwent checks, health authorities...

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Dead fee collector mourned

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-22

ASH fluttered down on Dong'an Road in Xuhui District yesterday morning as a group of people stopped traffic and burned paper money to mourn a parking fee collector crushed to death by a car, allegedly following a...

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'Abducted' child actually begging with his father

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-22

A CHILD in local Metro stations who passengers feared may have been abducted from his family was in fact begging with his father, police said yesterday. A photograph posted on a microblog of the three-year-old...

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Extinguishers hard to find

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-22

LOCAL residents looking to follow the advice of the authorities and invest in domestic firefighting equipment are experiencing difficulties finding these items. Even at the Shanghai International Fire and Security...

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Drivers detained over scooter deaths

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-22

A DRIVER who allegedly plowed into four scooters on Monday night, killing one man and injuring three other people has turned himself in, police said yesterday. The 21-year-old, surnamed Luo, obtained his driving...

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Child compensation payout hike

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-21

COMPENSATION payment limits for city children killed or injured in accidents will increase by almost 50 percent under proposed new regulations. However, the latest draft of the amendment to regulations on school...

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Father sought after toddler found dead

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-21

POLICE are looking to speak to a young father whose two-year-old daughter was found dead at their home on Monday morning. According to witnesses, the toddler was discovered hanging from a rope at the family home...

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Tough rules see dump truck firm closed

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-21

A LOCAL dump truck business was closed down yesterday after its drivers were found responsible for traffic accidents in which three people died. This is the first time a waste disposal company has been permanently...

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Official sacked for 'bribe-taking'

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-21

A TOP official in the city's Putuo District has been sacked for accepting bribes, the authorities announced yesterday. A judicial investigation is now under way into the activities of Chen Meng, who took up the...

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Dad suffering depression sought for child's murder

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-20

A two-year-old child was found dead in her home early yesterday morning and her father, who is missing and suffering from depression, is alleged to be the murderer. Witnesses said the toddler was found dead and...

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Dates set for handover of city blaze donations

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-20

DONATIONS for victims of the Jiaozhou Road high-rise inferno and their families will all be distributed soon, the Jing'an District Charity Foundation said yesterday. The fire on November 15 last year killed 58...

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Parents of boy dead at school seek justice

Metro | Crime and public security
2011-9-20

THE shocked and angry parents of a seven-year-old boy want justice after their son died at school on September 9. "He was in grade one and had only gone to school for seven days," the boy's father, Shen Jianhua,...