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No money for mahjong, man burns house

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-06-05 09:11

After his wife refused to give him money to play mahjong, a man tried to burn down their house, and was arrested.

His wife was returning to the home in Meihekou, Jilin province, on Sunday when she noticed the fire and called authorities.

Her husband confessed he set the fire in a rage.

"I asked my wife to give me money to play mahjong with friends that day but she refused," he said.

(New Culture View)