Counterfeit goods from China have dismayed many a buyer for a long time, but in one case recently, they’ve proved to be an accidental life-saver.
On Feb. 29, the friend of a man named Ye from the city of Qingdao in Shandong Province called the police to inform them that Ye had attempted suicide by swallowing sleeping pills, according to Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily. The police found Ye in a motel sleeping with two empty bottles of sleeping pills besides him, and immediately called an ambulance.
According to footage from local news station, when a police officer called for Ye to wake up and gave him a nudge, the young man suddenly sat up quickly and muttered: “All right, I’m not sleeping anymore.” Ye even lit up a cigarette, and puffed away as if nothing had happened.
