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Escapee hunted in mountains

National
2009-11-18

ABOUT 200 police officers are combing a mountainous area in central China's Hunan Province for a prisoner who tunneled out of a local jail. Officers from the Deshan Prison in Changde City and local police are...

Fake-condom factory busted

National
2009-11-10

THE owner of a factory in central China's Hunan Province has been referred to prosecutors for allegedly producing more than 2 million fake brand-name condoms and selling almost half of them. Li Anping and 10...

Former cop jailed over ID-theft college scheme

National
2009-11-5

A COURT in central China's Hunan Province has sentenced a former police officer to two years in prison for abusing his position and stealing the identity of his daughter's classmate to help his daughter get into...

Eight miners killed in blast

National
2009-10-18

THE bodies of eight miners were retrieved after a coal mine gas blast in central China's Hunan Province, local authorities said yesterday. Rescuers recovered two bodies in the shaft on Friday afternoon, and the...

26 miners die after lift plunge

National
2009-10-9

TWENTY-SIX miners were killed in a plunge yesterday when the brakes failed on two elevators in a tin ore mine in central China's Hunan Province. Rescuers said 19 miners were killed on the spot and the others died...

Official sentenced to death after swindles

National
2009-10-1

AN official in central China's Hunan Province was sentenced to death by a court yesterday for misusing and embezzling more than 100 million yuan (US$14.6 million) from a housing fund. Li Shubiao, former director...

Death sentence for embezzler

National
2009-9-30

AN official in central China's Hunan Province has been sentenced to death for misusing and embezzling more than 100 million yuan (US$14.6 million) from a housing fund, a court said today. Li Shubiao, former director...

Hunan police catch 134 in drug den raid

National
2009-9-24

MORE than 130 suspects were caught when police in Hunan Province raided a drug den, officers announced on Tuesday. Police in the provincial capital Changsha also seized drugs including ecstasy at the private club...

Hunan police raid drug den

National
2009-9-23

HUNAN Province police raided a drug den and caught 134 suspects, it announced yesterday. The den was hidden in a private club in Chasha city, Xinhua News Agency reported today. The club only accepts frequent...

Plant shut in Hunan lead scare

National
2009-8-21

AUTHORITIES in central China's Hunan Province have shut down a smelter and detained two of its executives after more than 1,300 local children were suspected to be suffering from lead poisoning, the second such scandal...