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3 years for sale of wild creatures

Metro | Courts
2009-11-13

A PET store owner has been given a suspended sentence of three years for attempting to sell endangered wild animals, Changning District People's Court said yesterday. The owner surnamed Zhao was also fined 30,000...

Firm to reform SOEs and act as fund channel

Business | Asset management/M&A
2009-11-9

SHANGHAI'S Changning District yesterday established a company to reform state-owned enterprises and serve as a financing platform for companies in the area. The Shanghai Changning State-owned Assets Management...

Court rejects graduate's tale of woe over diploma

Metro | Courts
2009-10-1

A GRADUATE seeking 25,000 yuan (US$3,662) in compensation from a university for not awarding him a diploma yesterday had his case thrown out by Changning District People's Court. Zhuang Tianhao, who graduated...

Residents fear buildings will collapse

Metro | Work safety
2009-9-22

RESIDENTS of two buildings in Changning District fear they may collapse after nearby construction have caused them to sink at least 8 centimeters and sparking frequent tremors, a Website reported today. One fifth-floor...

'Good boy' imprisoned

Metro | Courts
2009-9-18

A TEENAGE branch leader of an Internet-based "society" that recruited more than 160 juvenile trouble makers to carry out robberies and other crimes was yesterday jailed for 14 months by Changning District People's...

Quick-thinking police rescue kidnapped woman

Metro | More to Tell
2009-9-7

AFTER being stabbed, gagged, tied up and held hostage for 27 hours, a 35-year-old wife and mother was reunited with her family, thanks to police who foiled the kidnap attempt. The alarm was raised after Ma failed...

Homework Free Wednesdays

Metro | Education
2009-8-31

LOCAL education authorities met yesterday to outline programs for primary and secondary students before the new semester begins tomorrow. Pupils in Changning District can look forward to Wednesdays without written...

Kidnap foiled by cops

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-8-30

TWO men and two women were detained yesterday for allegedly kidnapping a middle-aged woman for ransom, Shanghai police said yesterday. The injured victim, surnamed Ma, in her 40s, was rescued and taken to hospital...

Man detained for parking space swindle

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-8-14

A man was detained for allegedly forging contracts to sell parking spaces to six people in a residential community, Changning District police said. The suspect, surnamed Liu, swindled more than 600,000 yuan (US$87,783)...

Ex-professor found nearly decapitated

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-8-7

A RETIRED professor was found murdered in his apartment in Shanghai's Changning District yesterday morning - the victim of a killer who chopped off a hand and nearly severed his head. The body of 88-year-old...