China Roundup on July 16
- Source: Global Times
- [07:35 July 16 2009]
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Police surrounded
More than 100 African people surrounded a police station in Guangdong Province yesterday, following the alleged death of an African stallholder, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
A fight broke out after police conducted passport checks at the stalls during which a person was killed, protestors said. Police denied there were any deaths.
The crowd surrounded the Kuangquan Street police station at about 3:40 pm and disrupted traffic, a resident said.
Man arrested
A man surnamed Li from Guangzhou last month became the first person to be arrested for selling personal information following the introduction of an amendment to the Criminal Law in February, Liao Ronghui, deputy chief procurator of Guangzhou People's Procuratorate, said Tuesday.
Li sold personal information of mobile phone owners for about 10,000 yuan ($1,500) when he worked in a telecommunication company.
The buyer, also surnamed Li, sold the data on to a private detective company, police said.
Li was arrested on June 18. If found guilty he could be jailed for up to three years.
Yao Ming buys team
NBA superstar Yao Ming yesterday signed a deal making him the new owner of the Shanghai Sharks basketball team, GolTV Shanghai Sports reported.
The transfer of shares from the three existing stakeholders will be completed over the next two months, it said.
“The deal will help the club to rebuild, and we are looking forward to the start of the new season,” Zhang Zhengming, general manager of the Shanghai Male Basketball Club, said.
Train worker blamed
A worker at a manufacturing company has been blamed for the train crash on June 29 in Chenzhou, Hunan Province, that left three people dead and 63 injured, an official said yesterday.
Feng Long, an employee of the Nanjing branch of the China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Company, installed a flexible brake hose without taking off the dustproof bottom cover, the official said.
The mistake led to the train's brakes failing as the driver applied them on the approach to the station, he said.