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METRO Cat Killer Flees A woman accused of abusing and killing adopted Nigeria frees 80 Chinese cats packs up and leaves her rented apartment after angry cat owners surround it. The 38-year-old had to seek police protection after her activities held in raids on markets were revealed. A5

NATIONAL 100 arrested in immigration crackdown TOP NEWS/A3 Size Matters A kindergarten that requires non-local parents to have an apartment of at least 80 square meters before their children are eligible to enroll has stirred controversy in a Province city. A8

WORLD Sunny Side Up An experimental solar-powered airplane takes off from Switzer- land on its first transcontinental flight, aiming to reach North Africa next week. Fog causes a delay, though, demonstrating how susceptible the prototype single-seater aircraft is to ad- verse weather. A10

BUSINESS Still Contracting Private companies in China may see a deterioration in their manufacturing activities in May as a preliminary read- ing for the HSBC Purchasing Managers’ Index suggests a seventh straight month of contraction. A11

SPORTS Police escort for telecom scam suspects TOP NEWS/A2 Volte-face Shanghai Shenhua’s French One of the suspects in a transnational telecom scam involving nearly 500 people is escorted by police at Shuofang airport in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. Officers brought 126 of 177 Chinese mainland suspects to yesterday for further questioning. player-coach Nicolas Anelka Nearly 290 of the suspects hail from and the remaining 19 are from Thailand and Myanmar. — Xinhua does a volte-face and rules out quitting the game over the club’s plan to sign a new coach and blames the controversy over lack of Confucius Institutes communication. A16

VIBE hit with visa ban in US Young women trad- Job Takes Flight TOP NEWS/A2 ing with the exhibi- His family were horri- tors to show their fied when sexy bodies in pub- Zhang Lin quit a se- New lead in case “lic are acts simi- cure job to lar to prostitution indulge his passion for that started milk to some extent. bird watch- Xiaoming ing. But it wasn’t a bird-brained Professor of history at Fudan scheme, as he now makes a carton campaign University in Shanghai good living as a guide to for- eign twitchers. B1 WORLD/A9 METRO/A4 A2 TOP NEWS Friday 25 May 2012 Shanghai Daily

Index Soy sauce Top News A2-A3 Metro A4-A5 US tells Confucius Institute Opinion A6 producer Biz Commentary A7 National A8 in cancer World A9-A10 teachers to leave country Business A11-A13 scare probe Sports A14-A16 Vibe B1-B13 Wang Qingchu educator Confucius (551-479 BC), Education, told Shanghai Daily. Staff Reporters Hangzhou Special B14 and Liang Yiwen is a nonprofit institution aimed at Liu said the university would promoting Chinese language and A CONDIMENT producer in a Classifieds B15-B16,C1-C8 CHINESE academics with a J-1 be calling back all its teachers culture in foreign countries. south China city is being in- Weather A8 visa and teaching at Confucius and student volunteers by the There are more than 350 vestigated over claims it used Crossword, Institutes in the United States end of next month, a date that Confucius Institutes and 500 illegal industrial salt, which Sudoku B11 will have to leave the country coincides with the end of the cur- Confucius Classrooms around can cause cancer, in its soy TV B12 by June 30 as the State Depart- rent semester. the world. These include 81 in- sauce to cut costs. ment has said their visas won’t The university has established stitutes and 299 classrooms in The Weiji Food Seasonings be extended. Confucius Institutes with two US 48 states of the US. Co Ltd in Foshan, Guangdong China’s Foreign Ministry said universities, one of which has An official at the Confucius Province, produced 90 boxes yesterday that Chinese authori- temporarily suspended the ad- of mushroom soy sauce using ties are communicating with US Institute headquarters said the Give us a call mission of teachers from SJTU. industrial salt, with 65 boxes officials for a proper solution to directive could harm the Sino-US Sun Yi, an official at East China already on the market, author- Editorial: the issue. friendship, Xinhua news agency Normal University’s foreign af- ities said. Each box contains (86-21) 5292 0884 Ministry spokesman Hong reported. fairs office, said she learnt the [email protected] told a news briefing that China The official said all of its cen- 12 bottles. ters around the world, including news from the media and would They said the company had Subscriptions: hopes programs won’t suffer be- those on American campuses, bought 3 tons of industrial (86-21) 962288 cause of the policy. be discussing the situation with salt and mixed it into about (86-21) 5292 0024 In a policy directive issued on were voluntarily requested by university leaders to find a subscription@ May 17, the State Department said foreign partners, approved by solution. 26 tons of water. Some of the shanghaidaily.com it was reviewing the credentials the headquarters and jointly op- The university has established water was used to produce the of Confucius Institutes which erated with Chinese colleges. five Confucius Institutes. 90 boxes of soy sauce, they Supplements: The Chinese teachers were care- said. (86-21) 5292 0242 are university-based, Chinese- No one at Shanghai Normal sponsored language and cultural fully selected and trained by both University was available for com- Industrial salt contains ex- Advertising: centers, and said that these in- sides in an effort to help Ameri- cessive heavy metals and can (86-21) 5292 0242 ment yesterday. stitutes should gain certification can elementary and secondary cause cancer, but Foshan food (86-21) 5292 1234 from the US government before school students learn Mandarin safety officials said the seized ext. 618012 carrying out teaching activities and understand Chinese culture, products had been tested and advertising@ in American universities. the official said. met quality standards. shanghaidaily.com However, the directive did not The People’s Daily said that “Perhaps the industrial salt Marketing: say where certification could be presidents of several American is not a major ingredient, (86-21) 5292 0762 obtained. universities were upset by the that’s why the soy sauce still marketing Similar cultural establish- new policy which they felt was a This will affect measured up to standard. @shanghaidaily.com ments such as ’s Goethe violation of their rights to carry But the company’s practice Institute and ’s Alliance out teaching activities. Chinese language is unquestionably illegal,” an Francaise don’t have to apply for Several Chinese universities, official said at a press confer- Seven days a week certification, yesterday’s People’s including Shanghai Jiao Tong teaching in the ence on Wednesday. Published by Daily reported. University, East China Normal The scare caused problems The Wenhui-Xinmin Officials at the Confucius University and Shanghai Normal United States. for one of China’s leading United Press Group Institutes in the University of University, have collaborated with Liu Jianxin manufacturers — Foshan Printed by Wenhui-Xinmin Maryland and George Mason US colleges to establish Confucius An official with Shanghai Jiao Haday Flavoring & Food Co United Press Group University said they were bewil- Institutes. “ Ltd — because some of its Tong University’s School Printing Center dered by the decision and were “This will affect Chinese lan- products are branded “Weiji,” communicating with authorities guage teaching in the United of International Education. which means “superior.” regarding certification. States,’’ Liu Jianxin, an official The university is recalling At the press conference orga- The Confucius Institute, named with Shanghai Jiao Tong Uni- all its teachers and student nized by the Foshan Industrial after the Chinese philosopher and versity’s School of International volunteers from the US. and Commercial Administra- Price 2 Yuan tion, Haday stressed that it had no connection with the industrial salt investigation. 482 held in telecom scam bust “We never commissioned Besides the print issue, Weiji to produce any products. Shanghai Daily also offers All the salt we use in our prod- A TOTAL of 482 people suspect- name of police or prosecutors new media products on ucts is edible and refined,” ed of being involved in a major and threatening to accuse them various platforms. Haday said in a statement transnational telecom scam of money-laundering crimes,” 73m yuan yesterday. were seized by law enforcement said Liu Ancheng, deputy direc- This is the amount (US$11.5 It began producing its officials from the Chinese main- tor of the ministry’s Criminal million) believed to have been “Weiji” series of products, land and Taiwan on Wednesday Investigation Bureau. Website iPhone iPad App stolen in a telecom scam that which include light soy source App with the help of police in six They asked victims to transfer involved criminals in China and and mature vinegar, in 1994, countries. money into the group’s accounts six other countries. A total of a company official said. The Of the suspects, 177 are from and then told accomplices in Tai- 482 people were seized in a Weiji company was registered the Chinese mainland and 286 wan and Thailand to withdraw BlackBerry PlayBook Amazon joint police operation this week. four years later and wasn’t al- Phone App App Kindle from Taiwan, the Ministry of the money from local ATMs. lowed to use the name on its Public Security said yesterday. Liu said the Taiwanese sus- products, he said. Malaysia to Beijing yesterday for The other 19 suspects are from pects comprised the majority of He believed the company Thailand and Myanmar. further questioning. the group, distinguishing it from MMS Windows had chosen its name to trade Of the 286 Taiwanese suspects, ๮ऐԒ Phone App They are suspected of having most cases in the mainland. on Haday’s reputation for su- 262 were taken back to Taiwan. stolen more than 73 million y uan “Ringleaders from Taiwan perior products. Follow us on (US$11.5 million) in 510 cases of The ministry launched its in- were deterred by mainland po- The Nanfang Daily reported telecom fraud, all of which took vestigation in November 2011 and lice’s stern crackdown on telecom that the products at the cen- Twitter place in the Chinese mainland, invited the cooperation of police scams, so they recruited locals ter of the investigation were http://twitter.com/shanghaidaily the ministry said. from Taiwan. Earlier this month, in Taiwan to commit this crime,” branded “Weiding” and sold in The suspects were spread the ministry sent six groups Liu said. Yangjiang in Guangdong. Sina weibo throughout the Chinese main- composed of 70 Chinese police The ministry said it regarded Shanghai industrial and http://weibo.com/shdaily land and Taiwan, as well as six officers to the six countries for the coordinated crackdown on commercial authorities said other countries — Thailand, Ma- further investigations. the telecom scam as a new ex- the soy sauce in question was QQ laysia, , Cambodia, Sri The group was busted on ample of transnational police not available locally. “If these http://t.qq.com/shanghaidaily Lanka and Fiji — and had estab- Wednesday with the help of law cooperation, adding that China’s sauces are found in Shanghai, lished money-laundering dens in enforcement agencies in those law enforcement departments they will be removed from Kaixin001 Taiwan and Thailand, it said. six countries, the ministry said. were always confident in, and shelves,” said Zhang Yusong, http://dly.sh/kaixin001 The ministry said that 126 sus- “The group mainly squeezed capable of, safeguarding the se- an official with the Shanghai pects from the Chinese mainland money from individuals or com- curity of people’s property. Industrial and Commercial were escorted from Thailand and panies by calling them in the (Xinhua) Administrative Bureau. Shanghai Daily Friday 25 May 2012 TOP NEWS A3 Nigeria frees 80 of 100 Chinese held in raids Dong Zhen Xu Chunman, an official with 45 Chinese dealers, including were in retaliation for Beijing’s Immigration officials in Nige- the consulate, told Xinhua news 34 men and 11 women, for “ille- announcement last week of ria, however, denied that their NIGERIA has released 80 of agency. The issue has been gally conducting textile trade.” a 100-day campaign to catch crackdown was targeted specifi- nearly 100 Chinese nationals properly solved, Xu said. The chief of the immigration foreigners illegally staying in cally at Chinese workers. it had arrested on suspicion of The Chinese Embassy in Ni- department in Kano is said to the capital, which encouraged The People’s Daily said trad- being in the country illegally, geria said it had contacted the have accused the Chinese of “in- the public to pass on details of ing ties between China and the Chinese Consulate-General Nigerian Immigration Service truding into the market” and foreigners who shouldn’t be in Nigeria had grown steadily in the port city of Lagos said and the Nigerian Foreign Minis- taking the jobs of local people. the country. since the 1990s and there were yesterday. try after the arrests, urging them The market is the largest tex- The Beijing crackdown was 20,000 Chinese living in Nigeria Most of those held in a crack- to protect the rights of Chinese tile trade center in Nigeria and launched days after a British while about 200,000 Africans, down on Tuesday in Lagos and nationals and make sure they the western African region. man was detained for molesting including Nigerians, were in Ka no we re sa id to be te x t i le t rad- were treated properly. Similar market raids took a Chinese woman in public. China at present. ers working in city markets. The People’s Daily reported place at the same time in sev- Chinese media reports said Nigeria imposes strict con- Those still in custody face that in a textile products mar- eral other cities. that some Nigerians in Beijing trols on foreign workers and being sent back to China as they ket in Kano in northern Nigeria There was speculation in the had been found to have over- business activities to protect have overstayed their permits, alone, the government arrested Chinese media that the actions stayed their visas. local jobs and industries. Young billionaires are making it by themselves ... Lu Nengneng is expected to launch its self- developed mobile phone this UP to three-quarters of young year to diversify into the hard- billionaires on the Chinese ware sector. mainland earned their money Jiang Nanchun, 39, chair- from investments or in busi- man and CEO of Focus Media, ness rather than inheritance, the biggest digital signage the Richest Chinese Under company in China, ranked Forty List for 2012 shows. third in the self-made cat- Of 33 individuals under 40 egory with 8 billion yuan. The with at least 1 billion yuan -listed company made (US$158 million) in personal US$200 million in profits last assets, only eight inherited year, which compared to a from their families, accord- monthly revenue of less than ing to the list released by 1 million yuan after its estab- the Hurun Research Institute lishment in 2003. yesterday. Basketball start Yao Ming Huiyan, 31, second ranked last among self-made daughter of real estate tycoon Yang Guoqiang and biggest Sanaa’s saddest parade shareholder of her father’s company , 25 of 33 Soldiers carry coffins during a funeral for dozens of their comrades killed in Monday’s suicide tops the list with a 36 billion bombing in Sanaa. A man with explosives strapped under his army uniform killed more than 90 yuan fortune. The number of self-made billionaires under the age of people in the Yemeni capital when he blew himself up in the midst of a military parade rehearsal But 25 self-made billionaires 40 compared to their total near the presidential palace, the defense ministry said. — made it onto the list, including number on the Chinese six of the top 10. mainland with such wealth “The findings defy the usual assumption that the young rich community in China is billionaires with 1 billion Her son’s death was not in vain largely made up by heirs to old yuan. After retiring from the money,” said Rupert Hoogew- NBA last year, China’s tallest A MOTHER who donated her two female patients aged 38 I had to face his fate,” she said. erf, researcher and publisher superstar launched his own brain-dead son’s organs to help and 68, while the boy’s corneas “I felt that if his organs could of the Hurun Report. “There winery exclusively for the five strangers has been praised brought sight to another two save just one person, his life are actually many rags-to- Chinese market. for her selflessness. patients. could be extended.” riches stories.” The entertainment and Yuan Dezhen, a 40-year-old “Previously, life was a gamble Gao Min, an organ donation Fang Wei, 39, chairman of information technology indus- migrant worker from Shenzhen, for me. I did not expect the sur- coordinator with the Shenzhen Beijing-based China Fangda try accounts for 15 percent of has lived in the city’s northern gery to be such a success. There Red Cross Society, said: “It is Group, led the self-made bil- both self-made and inherited Longgang district with her fam- are no words for me to express impossible to imagine how hard lionaires with a 15 billion billionaires, with energy close ily of five since 2006. my gratitude and respect for it would be for a mother to make yuan fortune, ranking 2nd on behind on 13 percent. The Yuan’s husband and her Yuan,” Zhang said. such a decision.” the list. manufacturing sector and the youngest son, 11-year-old Tian The mother’s donation also After the transplant op- Founded in 1991, the in- finance and investment indus- Gan, were seriously injured touched the hearts of millions erations were carried out in dustrial group specializes in try account for 11 percent and in a car accident on January 6 of Chinese online. Guangzhou, Tian’s body was chemicals, pharmaceuticals, 9 percent respectively. this year. Her husband died in “Your selflessness has saved sent back to Shenzhen. Yuan steel and iron products. Guangdong Province holds February and her son was de- more sufferers. Your son is an chose to donate his body as Tianqiao, 39, chairman the lion’s share in the bil- clared brain-dead not long after, angel. May he find peace in well, giving it to the Medical and CEO of Shenda Interactive lionaires club, boasting six relying on a respirator and med- heaven,” wrote microblogger “3 School of Shenzhen University Entertainment, was the sec- entries this year, the most of ication to sustain his life. sheshidu.” for educational and research ond richest Chinese mainland all provinces and municipali- Yuan took the agonizing de- “In spite of her grief, this purposes. entrepreneur with 9 billion ties in China. cision to take her son off life mother donated her son’s or- “Yuan’s decision to donate her yuan. Shanghai is home to five support and donate his organs gans to save others. She showed son’s organs is worthy of our Founded in 1999 with listed individuals, followed by on May 9. us the greatness of maternity,” respect,” said He Xiaoshun, vice 500,000 yuan, the online game Beijing with four and Jiangsu, His body was transferred to said “haijiaotianya.” president of the No. 1 Hospital operator has grown into an Sichuan, and prov- the provincial capital of - Yua n sa id it pa i ned her g reat ly affiliated with Sun Yat-sen Uni- all-inclusive online entertain- inces each with three. zhou, where his liver, pancreas to see her son on the respira- versity. He was in charge of the ment flagship, running video The average age of the listed and small intestine were given tor. She slept just two or three transplant operations. websites, online communities individuals is 35.5. to Zhang, a 53-year-old diabetic hours a day while he was in the He said the number of organ as well as a user-driven liter- There are eight women on and liver cancer patient. hospital, praying for a miracle. donations rarely met demand. ary platform said to be listed the list, including four self- Tian’s kidneys were given to “B ut a f te r fou r mont h s pa ssed , (Xinhua) in the US soon. The company made billionaires. A4 METRO Friday 25 May 2012 Shanghai Daily

Rain, gray Controversy laid bare as product to go away soon, allow expo makes use of sexy models sunshine Xu Chi Ni Yinbin THE young Caucasian woman SHANGHAI is expected to en- in a sexy bikini fully stretched dure another wet day or two but her body in a giant tub where the weekend should be mostly she gentled pushed the water dry, forecasters said yesterday. with her fingers, stirring up Showers should diminish waves that shone under cam- today and tomorrow, and the era lights. sky is forecast to turn overcast In front of her were male visi- to cloudy tomorrow afternoon, tors, who were holding their said the Shanghai observatory. breath as well as their cell Sunday will be mostly cloudy, phones and cameras high above and the sun should show up their heads. After all, a half- again on Monday, the observa- naked foreign woman bathing tory said. in a public expo seemed to be The high should gradually a rare scene deserving to be climb up over the weekend and recorded. reach 28 degrees on Monday. “Nice tub, isn’t it? And sure “The rain belt is moving can afford it — the tub I east over the weekend and the mean,” interrupted the exhibi- rain should gradually stop on tor, who had to constantly cut Saturday,” said Zhang Ruiyi, in advertisements to remind a chief service officer of the the visitors that this was not observatory. another free adult show and “The temperature difference that they were actually selling should also increase with the the luxury tubs, not the bikini rising of the high, and residents women. might want to be aware of it.” It was the second day of the Shanghai’s cool weather 17th Shanghai International should remain today, with a Kitchen and Bath Expo, where low of 18 degrees Celsius and a over 4,000 exhibitors, mainly high reaching 23 degrees. The kitchen and bath producers, are mercury is expected to reach showing and selling their prod- Gan Lulu promotes a bathtub at a kitchen and bathroom products exhibition yesterday. — Xu Wen 25 tomorrow. ucts at the exhibition center on The cit y’s recent cool wave has Longyang Road in the They are misguiding the surnamed Wei at the fair. stranded the city’s entry into New Area, from Wednesday to Displaying sexy women at a summer. Summer is announced Saturday. young people to take off kitchen show is strongly op- when the average 24-hour tem- But the annual expo this posed by Gu Xiaoming, history perature reaches 22 degrees year is stirring big waves of their clothes in public to professor at the Cultural Heri- Celsius for five consecutive controversy across the city as tage Protection Department of days after li xia, a solar term of the kitchen shows are joined gain money and fame. . the Chinese lunar calendar that by a lot of Chinese and foreign “Young women trading with usually occurs around May 5. young models wearing bikinis, For the audience, the climax young models to stand beside the exhibitors to show their bathrobes, sexy uniforms or may have come when Gan its products. sexy bodies in public are acts only body paintings. Lulu, a woman widely known “Exhibitors are inviting these similar to prostitution to some In one scene at the expo, a for her enthusiasm for pos- models as a way to boost the extent,” Gu said. “I don’t see Standard young woman wearing only a ing her sexy pictures, walked expo’s popularity, attracting any links between bikinis and bathrobe and with her hair still in wearing specially designed more people to come. But still kitchens.” translations wet was introducing another clothing“ that covered only half we see a decreasing number of Gu said some young girls tub to visitors. Another woman her body. visitors this year,” he said. have fallen prey to an efficient dressed in a sexy uniform was Now the spotlight on the “You put a model beside the way for exhibitors to attract for TCM sitting on a toilet bowl, asking kitchen expo is turning into product and the consumers more visitors and they are Liang Yiwen the visitors whether they would a repeatedly asked question: will think they can also be that becoming “playful things” for like to have a try. Why are so many kinds of Chi- happy beautiful model,” said male aesthetics. TRADITIONAL Chinese In another scene, several nese expos turning into female Li. “A product itself is not that “They are misguiding the Medicine will have standard models wearing underwear body shows. desirable unless it’s accompa- young people to take off their translations for each term to or only body paintings went “I have to say the kitchen and nied by some people using it. clothes in public to gain money improve the spread of its theory onto a mini stage to be warm- bath industry is having a tough It will certainly be a trend to and fame,” said Gu. and benefit more people around ly welcomed by cameras. For time as the market is shrink- future exhibitions.” “I’ve been to other expos in the world. exhibitors who didn’t invite ing due to the collapsing of But why they are all female other countries and seen beau- A local university researcher is models, huge advertising real estate business across the models, not males? tiful models, but they don’t leading the translation team for boards with naked woman country,” said a marketing di- “Do you want to be the man, dress so little as in China,” said the World Health Organization’s hiding behind a transpar- rector surnamed Li of a famous wearing only his underwear, an exhibitor surnamed Liu of International Classification of ent bathroom glass were also Tangshan-based sanitary ware awkwardly standing near the a Guangzhou-based company Traditional Medicine project, catching plenty of eyes. company. The firm invited tub?” asked another exhibitor that refused to invite models. the university’s officials an- nounced yesterday. Commissioned by the State Food and Drug Administra- Car plates counted as assets with value tion, Li Zhaoguo, deputy dean of Foreign Languages College Dong Zhen Bureau yesterday announced car but also a car license plate only to license an automobile, of Shanghai Normal University, new criteria to decide whether will now be considered part has turned incredibly costly. has made the national stan- SHANGHAI’S car plate prices a low-income family or resident of the applicants’ property for The monthly car plate auction dards translation for thousands have soared so dramatically is qualified to get the monthly evaluating their qualification is a unique Shanghai practice. of TCM terms. The Chinese over the years that they have government living subsidy. The for the basic living allowance. The city government launched standards have been submitted become valuable family as- revised system adds to what The allowance for a downtown it in 1994 to control the num- to the WHO to make the interna- sets in the eyes of the city’s should be counted as appli- resident is 505 yuan per month, ber of private cars on local tional standards, Li said. government watchdog that de- cants’ personal properties. with 323,600 local residents streets. Experts from different termines whether applicants Antique collections and benefiting last year. The price of a car plate has countries often differ about are qualify for the government stocks should be reported to- The new rules reflect the turned from only hundreds translation of TCM concepts, living allowance. gether with savings and stable harsh reality that a local car of yuan to about 64,000 yuan and Li discusses the standard The Shanghai Civil Affairs incomes. Moreover, not only a plate, a de facto registry permit (US$10,112) last month. translation with experts. Shanghai Daily Friday 25 May 2012 METRO A5

Angry neighbors confront woman BRIEF NEWS Fight over defecating dog they accuse of killing cats for years ends in slaying of man POLICE have detained a 54-year-old Shang- hai man who stabbed his neighbor to death Xu Chi owners rushed to Zhou’s apartment in a fight over a pet dog in a downtown area about 6pm yesterday, kicked the door A LOCAL woman who was accused of yesterday morning. open and searched for their kittens, but abusing and slaying adopted cats for The unidentified suspect allegedly at- no one found any. All they found was 10 years packed up and left her rented tacked his neighbor about 8am in a house that the woman lived in a rather small apartment yesterday after angry cat on Danshui Road near Fuxing Road M. The rented apartment, despite her claims owners surrounded it. victim, surnamed Wang, 41, died of knife The 38-year-old woman, Zhou Ying, She held the cat in that she lived in a luxury villa. wounds at the scene, police said. had to seek police protection as she Cleaning staff workers at the com- The suspect “complained it was our pet stayed at a police station throughout her arms to kiss it in plex told the cat owners that they dog that defecated at his door. In revenge, the night because she dare not con- front of me, wearing often found the bodies of cats, many he put the poop onto our window and that front the crowd of angry cat owners of which didn’t even have their heads, irritated my husband,” said Wang’s wife. waiting outside, wanting to beat her, such a kind-hearted in the garbage bins. on Wednesday evening. Some other cats with broken bones Zhou walked out of the station yes- face and kept calling after being thrown to the ground were Burned boy gets surgery “ often seen dying, the workers said. terday evening and returned home for A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD local boy who was seri- a short time to pack up her things be- it ‘my dearest baby.’ Some neighbors of the woman told ously burned received surgery yesterday fore leaving in a rush, said an animal the cat owners that they sometimes at a local hospital to fix his fingers, two welfare volunteer who waited at her it to break its bones. Finally she threw heard screaming of the cats late at of which had fused together. The surgery rented apartment. the cat in the bag out the window from night, Yang said. was needed for Zhang Hao, who will start On Wednesday night, over 50 cat the sixth floor, the cat owner told oth- “How can she do this! I’ve lived with primary school in September. Zhang was owners, most of whom had given kit- ers. The cat owners said the woman has the cats for many years and treat them burned in a household fire in 2009. tens to the woman in the past two years been doing this for about 10 years. more like relatives. What if the woman but learned that she actually killed “It’s so sickening as I still remember abused your relative to death?” asked them all, gathered at her apartment in the day in November last year when a man among the cat owners. 2 sentenced for fake coins a complex on Jiaocheng Road, Zhou came to my apartment to adopt Zhou and all the cat owners were District, demanding an explanation. the cat,” said Yang. taken to a police station for investiga