Influenced by a trend, a teenage girl in China decided to steal her mother’s jewellery worth a million Yuan (RM611,460) before selling it for 60 Yuan (RM36.69), as she did not know its value.
According to a report by South China Morning Post, the teenager stole the jewellery so that she could sell it, as she wanted money to buy earrings and get her lips pierced.
Upon realising that her jewellery was missing, the teenager’s mother, surnamed Wang, made a police report and the investigations revealed that it was her daughter, surnamed Li, that stole her jade bracelets, necklaces and other gemstone pieces.
Li, not realising the true value of the items stolen, assumed they were fake and sold them to a recycling shop at a local market.
“I had no idea why she wanted to sell it. She said she needed money that day. When I asked how much, she told me, ‘60 Yuan‘. I asked why, and she said, ‘I saw someone with lip studs, and I thought they looked great. I wanted one too‘,” Wang told the police.
“She said that the lip stud cost about 30 Yuan (RM18.34), and they will give me another pair of earrings for 30 Yuan, so a 60 Yuan total,” she added.
Following the report, the police managed to coordinate with the market management and retrieve the items that Li sold.
The valuables were eventually returned to her mother.
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