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A special fund set up to help disadvantaged children who become involved with the judicial system and need assistance has come to the aid of eight youngsters in its first few months of operation.
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Ke Jiayun | January 25, 2016, Monday
A CHINESE-BORN Australian man, who stabbed his estranged wife to death and left his mother-in-law in a vegetative state in Perth, was sentenced by a Shanghai court to life imprisonment.
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Ke Jiayun | January 18, 2016, Monday
A WOMAN who stole a baby from a bath house was sentenced to one-and-a-half years in jail for abduction, the Minhang District People’s Court said yesterday.
The court said the 33-year-old woman, surnamed ...
Ke Jiayun | January 7, 2016, Thursday
A WOMAN yesterday successfully appealed against her husband who transferred nearly 2.5 million yuan (US$390,130) to his mistress so that she could buy a house.
The Pudong New Area People’s Court backed ...
Viola Ke | December 8, 2015, Tuesday
A WOMAN suspected of killing her elderly mother has been charged with murder, prosecutors said.
The Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate Prosecutors Office claim the 45-year-old suspect suffocated her 70-year-old ...
November 19, 2015, Thursday
AN appeal by a man against his five-year jail sentence for driving on the wrong side of the road and causing injuries to police personnel has been rejected by the Shanghai Intermediate People’s Court. ...
Ke Jiayun | November 19, 2015, Thursday
A MIDDLE-AGED man who allegedly extorted his lover after she refused his request for money is facing court, the Putuo District People’s Procuratorate said yesterday. The victim, surnamed Bao, has been ...
November 18, 2015, Wednesday
TWO men were sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined 24,000 yuan (US$3,800) each for kidnapping by the Pudong New Area People’s Court yesterday. The duo held a couple to ransom and demanded 1 million ...
Ke Jiayun | November 16, 2015, Monday
TWO Bulgarian men have been detained on suspicion of withdrawing 167,000 yuan (US$26,000) from ATM machines in Shanghai using “skimmed” bank cards. Footage from surveillance cameras at three different ...
Zhang Ningning | November 14, 2015, Saturday
A MAN who made more than 340,000 yuan (US$53,400) by supplying fake documents to foreign nationals to support their applications for Chinese visas has been sentenced to seven years in prison and fined ...
Ke Jiayun | November 12, 2015, Thursday