Figuratively speaking

Source:Global Times Published: 2016/6/21 17:58:01

14 - the number of renters that were living in a 60-square-meter apartment in the Tuanjiehu area. The local neighborhood committee and the police raided an illegal group-renting apartment on June 15. The apartment was rented by a restaurant as a communal bedroom for their staff. There were seven bunk beds in the apartment. Every bed had a power socket, connecting many phone chargers, fans, and electric hair dryers. According to the police, this kind of set up not only disturbs other residents but is also a great fire hazard. Since April, the Tuanjiehu neighborhood committee has shuttered 15 illegal group-renting apartments.

639 - the number of passengers who were fighting on a Hainan Airlines flight recently. On the night of June 19, Hainan Airlines flight No. HU7737 was delayed at the Capital Airport in Beijing. A female passenger became impatient and began to curse a flight attendant, and when two male passengers got up to stop her, she turned on them, punching and beating them with her handbag. The two men fought back, and the woman's two male friends joined the fight. The brawl lasted for 20 minutes, and all five passengers were taken off the plane by police.

7,910,000 - the amount of money in yuan that a woman surnamed Xia swindled from nine victims. From 2010 to 2014, Xia claimed to be able to offer highly profitable financial products to people. Xia used her knowledge as a former bank employee to gain the trust of unsuspecting investors. She duped nine people and amassed 17.91 million yuan ($2.6 million) before she was caught. She was tried in the Third Intermediate People's Court of Beijing on June 17. During the trial, Xia admitted that she had spent most of the money.

50 - the number of bags of marijuana the Chaoyang district police found in the home of a Chinese man and his Malaysian accomplice in 2015. The two men had been planting and selling marijuana in Huairou district since March 2015 at a price of 200 yuan per gram. Huang was a forestry worker. The Malaysian man approached him in 2014, claiming to be able to offer him marijuana seedlings. In October 2015, an anonymous person from Chaoyang district reported their activities to the police. They were arrested in a marijuana field and charged.

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