CHINA 'MURDER VICTIM' FOUND ALIVE

a Chinese man who spent almost 10 years in jail for murder was freed after his supposed victim was found alive. Zhao Zuohai's neighbour Zhao Zhenshang disappeared after they had fought and Zuohai was charged when a headless, decomposed body was found 18 months later. His brother said police had forced him to drink chilli-tainted water and set off fireworks above his head in order to make him confess. Henan Provincial Higher People's Court ordered an investigation into the case. Zhao was initially sentenced to death for the crime but the sentence was commuted to 29 years in prison.