Owner of a diner in Xinyi city, Jiangsu province, surnamed Chen, bought 3 kg salt from Lianyungang city of the same province. The two cities are neighbors at a distance of about 106 km.

But he got into trouble 10 days later. Law enforcement officer showed up at his door claiming he had broken the law by purchasing the salt from another city. To rub salt in his wounds, the location of his diner is closer to Lianyungang, a place from where he cannot buy salt.

Chen has been fined 5,050 yuan ($826).

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