Man fined 46,000 for failure to return lost diamond ring

By Chu Meng

The Beijing Second Intermediate Court on Monday fined Zhang Peng (pseudonym) 46,000 yuan for failing to return a diamond engagement ring he found on the street.

Zhang stumbled upon the ring in a parking lot in Beijing last July. He said he threw it away thinking it was a fake.

However, the person who had lost it, Wang Shuang (pseudonym), tracked down Zhang through the police. A camera in the parking lot showed Wang had indeed lost a diamond ring in the parking lot. It also showed Zhang passing by, bending to pick up the ring and walking off with it.

Wang took Zhang to court in order to get his ring back. The court’s final ruling was that Zhang did not take care of the lost property, so he should compensate Wang the price shown on the original shopping receipt