4 detained

FOUR people who allegedly poached thousands of birds have been placed under custody in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province.

In October 2017, the suspects netted over 5,000 birds, including some protected species, in Yanjiang District of Ziyang City in Sichuan, local forest police said yesterday.

They attracted the birds by playing recordings of birdsongs.

Typhoon kills 12

A TOTAL of 12 people have been confirmed dead after Typhoon Rumbia, the 18th this year, hit in East China’s Anhui Province, local authorities said yesterday.

As of 11 a.m. yesterday, more than 1.9 million people have been affected by Rumbia, the provincial civil affairs department said.

About 30,000 residents were evacuated, 13 people were injured, and one remains missing.