AnhuiExtreme heat thwarts apparent suicide attemptThe extreme heat foiled a woman’s apparent attempt to commit suicide by leaping off a construction crane in Dangshan county, the Xinan Evening News reports.儲存倉 The woman passed out from heat stroke after sitting on the 30-metre crane for six hours as the temperature approached 39 degrees Celsius on Thursday. She was pulled to safety and is in a stable condition.Drunk official dies after passing out in hot carIn other heat stroke news, a Yingshang county official has died after passing out drunk in a colleague’s sweltering car, the Xinan Evening News reports. The official from the land and resources bureau was left in the car after returning from an alcohol-fuelled lunch with five colleagues earlier this month. The workers have been suspended and ordered to share the compensation payout of 600,000 yuan (HK$753,000) for their dead colleague’s family.Beijing32b yuan of public money wasted or stolenAuditors have determined that 31.7 billion yuan – or 11 per cent – of Beijing’s of 285 billion yuan public spending last year was unnecessary, The Beijing News reports. Unreported surpluses, fraudulent budget applications and projects that were never started were among the problems cited. The individuals and agencies involved were not named, as authorities said they wanted to prioritise finding solutions over public exposure.Girl, 2, dies after being thrown to groundThe two-year-old girl thrown to the ground in an argument over a parking space in Beijing’s Daxing district has died, the Beijing Morning Post reports. A man lifted the girl from her stroller and threw her down on Wednesday because the stroller was preventing him and a friend from parking his car. Police said the man who threw the child had recently finished a prison term for theft. He has been detained.FujianCompany backs down after crew-cut backlashAn employee backlash has forced a Fuzhou information technology company to withdraw a policy requiring all male staff members to get crew cuts, the Strait City Daily reports. The company boss said the policy was meant to improve workplace efficiency and make the company appear “full of youthful spirit”.Truck driver held for killing pregnant womanA Fuding truck driver has been detained after striking a motorcycle and killing its seven-months pregnant passenger, the Ningde Evening News reports. The motorcycle driver was only slightly injured, but the passenger, his wife, was crushed and her unborn baby died. The truck kept going until its driver was waved to stop by a passing vehicle.GuangdongCorruption trial of official gets under wayThe corruption trial of a Guangzhou district official accused of building a 40 million yuan property empire began yesterday, the Nanfang Daily reports. Former Panyu district urban management chief Cai Bin , 56, was exposed last year after acquiring 21 properties despite receiving a monthly wage of only 10,000 yuan. The case has fuelled outrage.Politician arrested for molesting teenage girlsA 50-year-old Jiangmen legislator has been arrested for repeatedly molesting two teenage girls, the Southern Metropolis Daily reports. Police say local People’s Congress deputy Huang Baolin lured the girls, aged 15 and 13, to hotels in Taishan and Zhuhai , where he molested them. Huang h迷你倉沙田s been removed from his official posts.Henan2 killed in subway construction collapseTwo workers died and two were injured during an equipment collapse at a construction site for Zhengzhou’s subway line No 1, the Zhengzhou Evening News reports. Four workers were buried, but only two were pulled from the wreckage alive. One veteran worker said recent rainfall and a build-up of construction materials above the equipment may have contributed to the fatal collapse.Family chain up mentally disabled man for 13 yearsA Xinye family says severe poverty forced them to chain a mentally disabled family member to a utility pole for more than a decade, the Dahe Daily reports. The disabled man, 31, started attacking family members in 2000, but his parents gave up treatment after spending 50,000 yuan on medical bills. They first chained him to a tree, but moved him to a utility pole after the tree died from his frequent shaking.HubeiEx-doctor jailed for botched abortionA former Wuhan doctor was sentenced to 10 years in jail yesterday for performing a botched abortion that left the patient dead in November, cnhubei.com reports. The ex-doctor had been operating an underground abortion clinic for extra income in addition to working full-time at a local hospital.Man stole from victims he had hit with his carA Wuhan man has been accused of carrying out a series of audacious robberies in which he caused traffic “accidents” and then robbed his victims, the Wuhan Evening News reports. Police said the 51-year-old former convict, who had drug and gambling problems, stole 1,800 yuan from a pedestrian he struck with his car earlier this month. The victim was in a coma for more than three weeks.LiaoningTibetan mastiffs disfigure owner after attackA Shenyang kennel owner has been left disfigured after he was attacked by three Tibetan mastiffs he raised, the Liaoshen Evening News reports. The dogs suddenly attacked the man while he was patrolling the kennel this week, biting his face, arms and legs. The dogs only released the man after his colleagues beat them with shovels.Girl, 12, dies after mother forces her into riverA 12-year-old Dalian girl has died after her mother grabbed her and leapt into a local river amid a family dispute, nen.com.cn reports. The pair were pulled from the water unconscious on Thursday after being discovered by a local resident. The girl died on the way to hospital, but the mother was revived after three hours of treatment.ShanghaiCake company ordered to stop drone deliveriesA Shanghai company called Incake has been ordered to stop delivering its wedding cakes by drone aircraft due to public safety concerns, Eastday.com reports. The company’s unmanned aerial vehicles have become a hot topic on social networking platforms since they conducted a 45-minute demonstration on July 15. The company argues that the drones are economically and energy efficient.Father forced daughter to kneel in sun for hoursA Pudong district father has received a reprimand from police for punishing his eight-year-old daughter by forcing her to kneel in the scorching summer heat and do her homework, the Shanghai Morning Post reports. Neighbours said the girl sweated for more than three and half hours in temperatures that peaked at 39 degrees Celsius before policemen intervened.迷你倉價錢
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