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A young boy in Lanzhou, Gansu province, has amused netizens after calling the police to report that a “bad guy” had stolen his Lunar New Year lucky money. This playful incident took place at the beginning of February and quickly went viral on social media. In Chinese culture, it is a common tradition for adult relatives to give red envelopes, or red packets, containing cash to children during the Lunar New Year holiday as a symbol of good luck and blessings for the year ahead.
In many families, parents often hold onto these red packets for safekeeping. However, this particular young boy found himself in a dispute with his father over who should keep the money. In an attempt to resolve the situation, the boy used his father’s mobile phone to call the police, claiming that a “bad guy” in his home had taken his money. The officer who answered the call could hear the voice of a man yelling in the background, “You naughty boy, you really called the police!”
When officers arrived at the home, they were greeted by the boy, who eagerly pointed to his father and exclaimed, “Uncle Police, you came so quickly. Please catch this bad person immediately.” The father, somewhat embarrassed, apologized to the officers, explaining that his son had called the police after a quarrel over the red packet. “I didn’t expect he would really call the police,” he said.
The police officers mediated the situation and advised the boy to allow his father to keep the money for safekeeping. They suggested that when the boy needed money, he could ask his father to give it to him and keep track of all his expenses. The officers also recommended that the father improve his educational approach with his son.
This incident is not the first of its kind in China. In a similar story from January, a 10-year-old boy in Ningxia Hui autonomous region called the police after being reprimanded for not doing his homework. He reported his father for hoarding poppy capsules at home. A police search later uncovered the illegal narcotics, which the father claimed were for medicinal use. The father was taken in for questioning, and his fate remains unclear.
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