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    Police Apologize for Posting Childhood Photos of Wanted Suspects

    Mar 20, 2019

    Police in southwestern China’s Yunnan province apologized Tuesday for releasing childhood photos of four suspects on their wanted list.

    The Zhenxiong County police had published photos of 100 wanted suspects on Monday in a bid to obtain information that might lead to their arrests. However, photos of four of the suspects — now between 17 and 51 years old — were of them when they were kids.

    Zhenxiong police explained that they had used the childhood photos because more recent ones had not been available, and that the photos had been removed following criticism from the public.

    The wanted list is part of a local campaign to stamp out gang activity. All 100 wanted suspects hail from Zhenxiong County. (Image: @中国新闻社 on Weibo)