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TWO mainlanders tried to swindle an somewhat old woman by luring her to
share foreign circulation they claimed to have picked up from the public way

the District Court heard yesterday.
Ning Dongsheng, 44 and Ding Xianping, 30 were jailed for 21 month
each after they pleaded guilty to a account of theft.
Describing the pair as conmen who were excessively mean in cheating a 61-

year-old woman, connoisseur Peter Line said the prevalence of like ``dropped
money'' deception cases had risen by means of 258 per cent - from 39 cases
in 1999
to 129 last year, and he had to increase their prison doctrines from
the ...

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