A man who looked like an escaped criminal ended up in the police five times in three days the man was handed over to the police for three days because of his striking resemblance to the criminal who was put on the wanted list. This is reported by the Global Times.
A North Korean criminal named Zhu Xianjian escaped from prison on October 18. The local police have announced an award of 150,000 yuan (1.7 million rubles) for information on his whereabouts. Later, the award was increased to 700 thousand yuan (8.1 million rubles).
Local residents were looking for people similar to Xianjiang. As a result, Xianjiang's innocent double ended up at the police station five times in three days due to his suspicious appearance. An image of a man in a dark blue down jacket with the same facial features, habits and even hairstyle as the wanted criminal has gone viral on social media.
Users of Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, expressed sympathy a man who has suffered from his resemblance to a criminal. They recommended that he wear his ID around his neck. In the end, the real culprit was caught. After that, Weibo users congratulated the man for not having to worry about getting into the police anymore.
Earlier it was reported that the girl met a double at the university and decided that it was a twin sister. from which they were separated in childhood. She said that the strangest thing about this story is the fact that the girls were born one day apart.