Chinese football team fined for channelling evil spirits to help beat rivals

12 hours ago

A football club in China has been fined 30,000 yuan (US$4,000) for channelling evil spirits to help them beat their rivals.
Changchun Xidu Football Club, who play in the country's third tier, were found guilty of putting 'feudal superstition items' in their opponents' dressing room.
Second in League 2 North, they were finally caught after placing the paper talismans in Shanxi Chongde Ronghai's changing room before their home match on Saturday.
Changchun went on to win the game 2-0 against their eighth-placed opponents.
The use of paper talismans, known as fu in Chinese, is a Taoist practice believed to use spirit energy to bring positive outcomes, but they can also be misused to bring harm or misfortune.
The yellow talismans placed in Shanxi's dressing room read: 'By imperial decree, Shanxi Chongde Ronghai will fail.'

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Hong Kong pet shop owner arrested for alleged theft of 35 cats to repay loan

South China Morning Post

10 hours ago

South China Morning Post

Hong Kong pet shop owner arrested for alleged theft of 35 cats to repay loan

A Hong Kong pet shop owner has been arrested for the alleged theft of 35 of his customers' cats which he used to repay debts to a loan company, with the felines estimated to be valued at more than HK$623,000 (US$79,870), the Post has learned. The owner, surnamed Chan, 44, had a shop in Hung Hom, which also offered consignment and pet-sitting services, a source said on Thursday. The source said Chan took out a loan of HK$210,000 from a company in August last year. The firm demanded repayment on Monday but Chan, who could not pay, proposed offering the cats from two customers to cover part of the debt, the source said. The proposal was accepted by the company staff, who later took away the cats. Three Bengal cats, valued at HK$150,000, and 32 British Shorthairs and Ragdolls, valued at HK$473,300, were given away. The Bengal cats were owned by a woman, 57, who requested a pet-sitting service at the shop. The other cats belonged to a man, 54, who asked for a consignment service.