[Kopipaste] Prison break

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A report on Vocativ reports on rumors on Chinese social media and
Taiwanese newspapers that the rich and powerful hire "body doubles" to
go on trial for them and even serve their prison sentences. High-profile
Chinese trials, like those of Gu Kalai (the wife of Bo Xilai, convicted
of murdering Neil Heywood), and Hu Bin (the son of an important official
who killed a man in a hit-and-run, using a Mitsubishi custom sports car)
have attracted speculation about the use of /ti-shen/, poor people hired
to stand in for the rich perps. When they appeared in court, their
appearances were arguably different from their earlier media photos.
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