Monday, October 21, 2019

Cheese Grater Used on Calluses (cartoon) – Needles in Bus Seats (Hong Kong) – Needles in Food (New Zealand)



South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]
28 June 2018

Needles sticking out of Hong Kong bus seats injure two passengers

Police were investigating on Thursday after three needles were found sticking out of seats on separate buses in Hong Kong, injuring two female passengers in their 20s. […]


South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]
3 July 2018

Yet another needle found sticking out of Hong Kong bus seat

The strange spate of needles sticking out of Hong Kong bus seats continued on Tuesday, when the sixth such needle in less than a week was found on a KMB bus. […]


South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]
5 July 2018

Angry rider with grudge about buses not stopping for him arrested in Hong Kong over needles sticking out of seats

An angry 30-year-old bus rider unhappy with the service has been arrested in Hong Kong over the recent strange spate of needles sticking out of bus seats that injured three passengers. The jobless man told police officers that buses often drove past stops he was waiting at, meaning he failed to catch a ride. […] Since last week, there have been 10 cases of needles being planted in seats on KMB double-decker buses. Six sewing needles, three acupuncture needles and a pin were believed to have been planted in seats. At least three passengers were injured. […]


South China Morning Post [Hong Kong]
21 October 2019

Hong Kong man who planted sewing needles in bus seats sent by court for mental assessment

A Hong Kong man who admitted to planting needles in bus seats to hurt passengers because he claimed the drivers were skipping stops has been sent for a mental evaluation. District judge Frankie Yiu Fun-che on Monday ordered psychiatric and psychological assessments and a background report on Mok Cham-sum, 32, after the unemployed man pleaded guilty to the bizarre crime that injured three passengers and triggered a series of copycat incidents. […]

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TVNZ [New Zealand]
21 October 2019

Number of needles found in food following strawberry contamination scare revealed

Needles have been inserted into food on six occasions in New Zealand shops following the highly publicised strawberry scandal in Australia. On another 67 occasions, between September and June, needles or pins were inserted into fruit or other food items either "accidentally or deliberately after sale", according to the Ministry for Primary Industries' annual report. "Some were hoax or copycat incidents, or involved children who admitted inserting needles or pins into fruit as a 'joke' or to avoid eating the fruit," the annual report reads. […]

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Jeff Corriveau, Deflocked, 16 October 2019. Cheese grater used to remove calluses. 


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