Around the nation: Parents reunited with daughter 30 years after she was kidnapped
Also: Rats eat woman’s eyes; pious thieves burgle by night, pray by day
ANHUI
Daughter finally found
An elderly couple in Bengbu have finally been reunited with their daughter who was kidnapped 30 years ago, the Xinan Evening News reports. The girl was only four when she was taken by a homeless hawker whom the couple had briefly taken in at their cafe. The parents sold their house and the business to search for the girl across Anhui, Shandong, Henan and Jiangsu. On Sunday, police in Jiangsu phoned the couple to tell them their daughter had been found.
Rats eat woman’s eyes
Rats have been blamed after an elderly woman was found dead with her eyes missing in a nursing home in Huangshan on December 30, People.com.cn reports. An autopsy concluded that her eyes had been eaten by rodents, which other patients and volunteers said infested the facility. The nursing home said it would place traps and keep cats to deal with the vermin.
CHONGQING
Balloon airport hazard
Aviation authorities in the metropolis said more than a hundred balloons were blown over the airport on New Year’s Day, forcing several planes to delay their landings, the Chongqing Evening News reports. The balloons were released by partygoers on New Year’s Eve. Airport authorities said balloons were found every year, but strong winds had blown a greater number than usual over the airfield this year.
Taxi blitz launched
Traffic authorities and police have launched a crackdown on unlicensed taxis that will last until the middle of March, the Chongqing Morning News reports. The crackdown will focus on areas around the train station and the airport, the report said. Thirty-one unlicensed taxis were discovered on the first day of the campaign. Drivers face fines of between 30,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan (HK$38,000 to HK$126,000).
GUANGDONG
Cabbies fined
Twenty-five taxi drivers in Shenzhen were fined 1,000 yuan each for refusing fares, the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reports. The city’s Transport Commission recently staged a crackdown on airport taxis that refused to take passengers to nearby destinations by pretending they did not know the way. Drivers were told to use GPS devices or ask for directions from their companies.
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