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Wife charged with shopping mall murder

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-10-13

A WOMAN who allegedly stabbed her husband's mistress to death in a crowded shopping center was arrested yesterday. Yuan Xuelan, who surrendered herself to the police four hours after the killing, has been charged...

Woman arrested over love-note extortion bid

Metro | Crime and public security
2008-12-24

A WOMAN was arrested yesterday for allegedly trying to extort 500,000 yuan (US$72,998) from her boss after she saw a love letter on her boss's computer. Wang Xiaohui is said to have confessed when she was taken...

Snow sweeps nation to bring transport chaos

National
2008-12-22

SNOW and freezing weather have swept large parts of northern China causing travel chaos for thousands, the meteorological authorities said yesterday. In Beijing's neighboring city of Tianjin, all flights were...

3 men charged for mugging lone women

Metro | Crime and public security
2008-12-11

THREE would-be muggers from Shandong Province were arrested yesterday for allegedly robbing single women because they couldn't make money operating an unlicensed taxi. The Minhang District Prosecutors' Office...

Cell phone swindle cheats 20 people

Metro | Crime and public security
2008-11-28

A MOBILE phone maintenance worker who allegedly swindled more than 300,000 yuan (US$43,924) by stealing the number and contact lists of mobile phone users and using them to send messages to their friends asking for...

Man confesses to murder 16 years after the killing

Metro | Crime and public security
2008-11-10

A 50-YEAR-OLD man confessed to murder over the weekend, 16 years after the death of his victim, whose skeleton was found in a sewer earlier this year. Chen He was charged with murder by the Minhang District Prosecutors'...

Biker charged for officer attack

Metro | Crime and public security
2008-9-2

AN unlicensed motorcyclist who allegedly dragged an arresting traffic policeman behind his bike and then attacked him has been charged and will soon appear in court. The Minhang District Prosecutors' Office charged...

Mother charged after boy, 4, beaten to death

Metro | Crime and public security
2008-7-22

A MOTHER, who allegedly beat her four-year-old son to death because he wet the bed, has been charged with assault by the Minhang District Prosecutors' Office in Shanghai. The father of the boy, surnamed Qi, has...

Train in fatal crash was 50kph over speed limit

National
2008-4-30

SPEEDING was the "direct cause" of the train collision in Shandong Province that killed at least 70 people and injured more than 400, investigators from China's Cabinet said yesterday after an initial investigation....

Scores die, hundreds hurt as trains collide

National
2008-4-29

TWO passenger trains collided in Shandong Province yesterday, killing at least 70 people and injuring hundreds as carriages jumped the tracks and toppled into a ditch. More than 400 were taken to hospital, 70...