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Guizhou

Worker reports fake crime to get off work

A man in Guiyang, surnamed Gao, was fined 200 yuan ($30) and placed in a detention house for five days for raising a false alarm on July 2. Police attended the scene after Ma reported that he had been stabbed and robbed of all his belongings by three men in an alley in the city's Nanming district. Ma was detained after surveillance video footage indicated he had lied. He admitted raising a false alarm, saying that his motive was to get time off work. The automobile repair worker said his employer had not allowed him to take leave for many years.

Shanghai Daily

Beijing

Resident faces fine for naming street

A man faces being fined for illegally naming a street after himself in the capital's Chao-yang district. Ge Yulu, a native of Wuhan, Hubei province, discovered an unnamed street in Shuangjing neighborhood in 2013. He put up a sign reading Geyulu, or Geyu Road. The online map Amap starting using Geyu Road in 2014 and included it on its navigation system. It was quickly followed by Baidu Maps in 2015 and Google Maps in 2016. According to the law, no individual is allowed to name a street or road without approval from the authorities.

Beijing Youth Daily

Guangdong

Smuggler caught with 102 iPhones

A Hong Kong woman who taped 102 iPhones to her body was detained by customs inspection officials at a checkpoint in Shenzhen's Luohu district this month. Further investigation found the woman also had 15 Tissot watches taped across her chest. Upon noticing the woman's unusually bulky clothing and strange walking style, customs officers ordered the woman to walk through an X-ray scanner, which sounded its alarm. iPhones, which are cheaper in Hong Kong than on the Chinese mainland, have long been a popular item for smugglers, officers said.

Southern Metropolis Daily

Anhui

Cellphone user takes a tumble

A woman in Suzhou was injured after falling down the steps of an overpass earlier this month because she was using her mobile phone and not looking where she was going. She suffered injuries to her head, mouth and ear after tumbling down more than 30 steps. An ambulance arrived at the scene after a pedestrian dialed the emergency hotline, and the woman was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Knews.com

Hubei

Police help sought over 'snake' find

A man in Jingmen sought police help after finding two "snakes" in his home on July 14. Police officers arrived at the scene to discover that the "snakes" were actually finless eels, which the man's wife had purchased to cook.

Jmnews.cn

Boy gets head stuck in burglar bars

A 4-year-old boy in Xiangyang whose head got stuck in burglar bars on July 16 was rescued by a man who helped him from the apartment below. When Xu Yongjun saw the boy hanging outside the window, he rushed to an apartment on the fifth floor to help support him. The boy was eventually removed from the bars by his grandmother when she returned home 15 minutes later. He had become stuck after climbing on the bars when he was left home alone.

Hubei Daily