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Search for lost police gun stepped up with rewards offered, imaginative thinking shows huge increase and official suspected of taking huge bribes under investigation.

Rewards offered after police gun lost

An announcement by the Public Security Bureau of Guang'an city, Sichuan province concerning a lost gun has attracted much attention on the Internet. The statement said a policeman in Yuechi County lost a gun outside working hours on March 21. Anyone able to provide helpful clues to the whereabouts of the gun could earn a reward of 30,000 yuan ($4,830), and the bureau offers 50,000 yuan for anybody finding the gun. People.com.cn has contacted local police and confirmed the incident.

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Decision in 'seized baby' case upheld

Baoding Intermediate People's Court in Hebei province upheld an earlier verdict in the second trial of a "confiscated baby" case. A couple in Anxin county claimed that their third child — a daughter born in 1995 — was taken away by family planning officials 11 days after the child's birth. They sued the county government last December for failing to disclose information, but lost the case. According to the policy in 1995, urban families could have one child, and rural families two at most, but only if the first was a girl.

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Beijing is most inventive city

The number of invention patents granted in Beijing reached a peak of 40.4 per 10,000 of the population last year, which was 10 times higher than the national average and ranked first in the country, Beijing Daily reported.

The Beijing Intellectual Property Institute said the capacity for innovation in enterprise, universities and research institutes has been enhanced greatly in the past year.

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Vice-governor under investigation

Vice-governor of East China's Jiangxi province, Yao Mugen, is suspected of severe violations of discipline and is under investigation, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China said. Yao allegedly accepted huge bribes, the 21 Century Business Herald reported.

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'Privileged' plates available to public

Sanya has lifted exclusivity on 100 "privileged" automobile license plate numbers formerly reserved for local officials and will make the numbers available to the public. Since October 2007, the government had held the plate numbers, ranging from Qiong B-90000 to B-90100, for officials at and above vice-department levels. The practice drew public concern as many people deemed it to grant special privileges.

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Man fakes bank receipt to fool wife

A man counterfeited a bank balance receipt to give to his wife to trick her into thinking there was still money in the account after he withdrew 80,000 yuan ($12,880). The ruse was discovered when the man's wife later went to the bank in Dazhou. Bank workers called the police after confirming that the receipt was a fake, Western China Metropolis Daily reported. The man later admitted he had spent all the money.

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Xiamen offers residents free funeral service

Xiamen will sprinkle the ashes of deceased residents at sea at no charge, with the first such service to be held in April, Xiamen Daily reported on Thursday. According to the city's civil affairs administration, the free service is available for those whose household is registered in Xiamen. The first such service will be held on April 2, three days before Tomb Sweeping Day on April 5.

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Young girls' rapist gets death sentence

A man in Wuhu was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on Tuesday for raping several primary school girls, People's Court Daily reported on Thursday. Between May 2012 and April 2013, Ji Songgang, 50, a former security guard at a factory, caught five girls going to or from school and assaulted them. He succeeded at raping three; the other two escaped. The oldest of the five girls was 10 and the youngest was 7.

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