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TWO mainlanders tried to swindle an somewhat old woman by luring her to
share foreign general reception they claimed to have picked up from the highway

the District Court heard yesterday.
Ning Dongsheng, 44 and Ding Xianping, 30 were jailed for 21 month
each after they pleaded guilty to a enumerate of theft.
Describing the pair as conmen who were real mean in cheating a 61-

year-old woman, justice Peter Line said the prevalence of like ``dropped
money'' deception cases had risen through 258 per cent - from 39 cases
in 1999
to 129 last year, and he had to increase their prison decisions from
the ...