The suspect Liu. [Photo/cqwb.com.cn]

Outlaw gains 20 kg to escape police hunt

An outlaw was finally caught by police in Chongqing even though he had desperately tried to gain 20 kilograms so as to escape recognition, Chongqing Evening News reported.

After attacking a man with a knife in Yunnan province in July, the man surnamed Liu originally wanted to get cosmetic surgery, but that still requires you to be registered under your real name.

Liu later came up with an easier way to change his appearance – by gaining weight. He started a special diet used during his wife's pregnancy: Two bowls of fatty pork a day, four or five eggs a day, and a pot of bone soup every two days.

"It was like a pig's life, there was only eating and sleeping," Liu recalled.

But he was spotted by attentive police who recognized the black mole on one of his ears when Liu returned home for the upcoming Spring Festival in February.

"God, I should have noticed the mole earlier," Liu, who is now in custody, sighed.

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