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Chinese man who cut off finger to protest innocence wins apology

A young factory driver who cut off his little finger to protest his innocence in the face of a police sting operation has won an apology from the city government of Shanghai. ...full story at Times Online

from Times Online on Tue, Oct 27 2009

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