SHIJIAZHUANG -- Twenty-two people have been prosecuted for posing as reporters and blackmailing companies in North China's Hebei province, according to local police. Since March last year, the group had traveled to ten counties in Hebei, including the capital Shijiazhuang, Hengshui, and Cangzhou with fake journalist documents they had made or bought, according to Hengshui police. "The suspects drove around different towns looking for smoking chimneys or companies discharging sewerage. Then they blackmailed the companies and threatened them with media exposure if they refused to pay," said Ge Tao, police officer. The group are suspected of collecting 340,000 yuan (about $50,000) in blackmail payouts. They also blackmailed two butcheries with no environmental irregularities and collected 2,000 yuan from them, police said. Police began the investigation after receiving information from the public last November. silicone bracelets custom cheapmedical bracelets ukpersonalized silicone braceletsfidget spinner braceletrubber arm bandslivestrong bracelet
MACAO - The overall residential property price index in China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) from March to May increased by 5.4 percent to 265.0, compared with that of the previous period from February to April, the SAR's statistics service said on Tuesday.Information from the Statistics and Census Service also indicated that the index for the Macao Peninsula (266.7), and Taipa and Coloane (257.0) rose by 6.0 percent and 2.3 percent respectively.The index for overall existing residential units (285.2) went up by 3.4 percent from March to May, while the index for pre-sale residential units (274.3) increased by 9.2 percent.The overall residential property price index expanded by 8.7 percent year-on-year compared with the same period last year, with the index for existing residential units and pre-sale residential units rising by 10.0 percent and 10.8 percent respectively year-on-year.
