Chinese firm offers ‘thief for hire’

A company in Qingdao city in China’s Shandong Province has started a unique business — ‘‘leasing’’ thieves. Xi...

A company in Qingdao city in China’s Shandong Province has started a unique business — ‘‘leasing’’ thieves. Xinsheng, one of many leasing companies based in Qingdao, has made itself stand out with its unique scheme to ‘‘lease thieves’’ for businesses.

‘‘We provide ‘thieves’ to businesses and have them caught by security guards on the spot to give real thieves a warning,’’ said Yang, head of the company’s service department.

‘‘Thieves’ will cooperate with the guards and be paraded after being caught. They will be at the disposal of the security guards,’’ she was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency. — (PTI)

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