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Man who shares name with fugitive detained

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-09-04 09:52

Police in Haikou, Hainan province, wrongly detained a migrant worker for three days because he not only shared the name of a wanted criminal but also looked a little like him recently.

Yi, along with his fianc, was about to board a ship to return to his hometown in Henan province on Tuesday, when police began interrogating him and later dumped him in a detention house.

The local police department offered Li its deepest apologies after it struck they had detained the wrong man.

(Hainan Economic News)