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| Bystander picks up one of the debt collection slips, each with a $10 bill attached |
The police are investigating a strange case of dozens of debt collection notices, each with a real $10 bill attached, being scattered along Des Voeux Road Central yesterday afternoon.
According to the police, their attention was called
to the incident when a 56-year-old man visited Central Police Station
at about 4pm yesterday, Monday, bringing with him a pile of the notices which
he reportedly found outside the Wing On Department Store in Sheung Wan.
In total, the man managed to collect 83 notices,
each containing a $10 note, amounting to $830.
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| Basahin ang detalye! |
Videos that started circulating online at about the
same time showed a number of passersby stopping to pick up about 50 such notes near
the corner with Cleverly Street, and
were amazed to see the attached $10 bill in each.
The notices contained personal details and
photos of individuals allegedly with unpaid debts, alongside such phrases as “money
borrowed and not repaid.”
It was not immediately clear if the persons named in
the notices were locals or of other nationalities.
The police have classified the incident as a “request
for assistance,” but said they are still investigating.
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