April Fool’s prank on cops turns sour for Singaporean

A SINGAPOREAN man who played a prank on the police by lodging a fake report on April Fool’s Day is now being investigated for giving false evidence, China Press reported.

The 38-year-old lodged the report at Clementi police station on April 1 that five men had robbed him of S$800 (RM2,400) in Buffalo Road in Little India.

Police suspected his report was false after they investigated the details he had given to them.

If convicted, the man could be jailed for a maximum of one year or fined S$5,000 (RM15,000) or both.

> Sin Chew Daily reported about a bookstore in China which is “manned” by three cats.

The 24-hour shop near Qinhuai River in Nanjing became widely known for its cats which would keep visitors company.

The bookshop, which was opened in September last year, is aptly named A Small Book Store because of its compact size and has about 2,000 books.

The owner, Zhao Yi Yi, who is an avid reader, rented the small space at a high-rise building.

On average, only two to three books were sold daily.

But the profits were sufficient to fund the shop’s maintenance and the cats’ daily meals.

> The paper also reported about China’s first sensory movie for the blind.

The movie premiered at the China Library for the Blind in Beijing.

Movie director Wu Ming said the sensory movie allowed people to “indulge in the artistic experience that transcends different senses and tells the story in audio”.

Titled Soul Dancer, the science fiction sensory movie breaks the concept of traditional movies that depended heavily on visual effects and allowed the blind community to “feel” the movie in the dark.

Beijing Blind Association president He Chuan said the biggest attraction came from the imagination of the audience and how they experienced it through different senses.