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A man plunges to his death at the Beijing airport, a woman is taken hostage at a metro station and a man traps his ex-wife in a cellar.

Relief supplies go moldy

Relief materials for the 8-magnitude Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 were found rotten at an office in Xinsheng township in Southwest China's Sichuan province, China Youth Daily reported. The materials, including instant noodles, rice, bottled water and clothes and were distributed to the town after the massive quake on May 12, 2008. Guo Fangping, secretary of Xinsheng township Party branch, was suspended by the local Party committee on April 25.

 

 

Family killing

Six people in a family were found dead on Tuesday in Panyu district, in Guangzhou city, South China's Guangdong province. The case is being investigated by the local police department.

Man leaps to death at Beijing airport

A man died after jumping from the third floor of Terminal 3 at Beijing Capital International Airport on Monday morning, Beijing Youth Daily reported on Tuesday. The man, who landed on the second floor, according to airport sources, died after receiving emergency treatment

Golden bride

A woman wore more than 50 pieces of golden jewelry during her wedding in Foshan city, South China's Guangdong province, according to a post on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter.

 

 

Woman taken hostage at station

A man took a woman hostage at a metro station on Monday, saying he wanted to be taken to prison. The incident occurred at about 9 pm when he held the young woman hostage at knifepoint, a netizen named Jiazi Xinjia said on a Sina micro-blog account. The woman was saved by a local resident, and a suspect was taken into police custody, local news portal Xinmin.cn reported. According to the report, the man claimed he hadn't eaten for two days and wanted to be imprisoned.

Ex-wife trapped in cellar

A man in Deyang has been detained after his former wife was imprisoned in a cellar for two weeks, Chengdu Commercial Daily reported on Tuesday. The man became angry after his two marriages ended in divorce. Early this month, he allegedly trapped his first wife in a cellar he constructed at his house.

Remittance back after 10 years

A Bank of China employee in Chuzhou spent 10 years returning a remittance to a customer, Yangtze Evening News reported. The worker, surnamed Jiang, was unable to contact the customer because he had changed phone numbers and his address. Jiang contacted a friend at the public security bureau and eventually managed to identify the customer in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province.

Misprint could mean big money

A man who owns a misprinted banknote is looking forward to making a fortune from it in Chongqing municipality, Southwest China. The man, surnamed He, said he was told by some auction companies that the banknote could be worth up to two million yuan ($319,000), after 19 years of preserving it.