CHINA> Society Computer-crazy youth fakes self-abduction (China
Daily) Updated: 2008-08-01 10:27  A man surnamed Yang was
detained by police in Shangqiu, Henan province, over the weekend
on a charge of colluding with two men to fake his own abduction.
Local police launched an investigation upon receiving a report
that Yang's "kidnappers" were demanding a 10,000 yuan ($1,400)
ransom.  Yang and his accomplices surnamed Zhou and Pan were
apprehended upon withdrawing the sum from an ATM.  Yang admitted
to conspiring to "kidnap" himself with the intent of extorting
money from his parents, because they had refused to buy him a
Nintendo computer.  (Dongfang Jinbao News)