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A Man Faked His Own Death to Avoid a Drunk Driving Sentence. It Did Not Go Well.

Police say Si faked an overdose and fled after his staged funeral, but records and surveillance exposed the scheme.

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There are people who get caught drunk driving and hire a good lawyer. There are people who flee the country. And then there is Si, a man from Hunan, China, who looked at his legal situation and decided the move was to die.

Si had been arrested for drunk driving in January of last year—his third offense, the first two also involving driving without a license while intoxicated. Under Chinese law, a blood alcohol concentration at or above 0.08% constitutes a criminal offense, punishable by detention, a criminal record, and license revocation. Repeat offenders face significantly harsher consequences. Si, staring down a likely prison sentence, apparently concluded that faking his own death was the more reasonable option.

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