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Policeman-turned-kidnapper is jailed

A POLICEMAN in northeastern China has been jailed for 14 years and fined 50,000 yuan (US$7321) for kidnapping a transport director, a central Henan-based newspaper reported today. Wang Haiming, 37, a former economic... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Mon, Nov 02 2009

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