THE INSIDER: Going all out to please the bride
Some media reported that the groom did not want to reveal that he came from a poor background
A man in northern China was arrested on his wedding day after his wife’s family realised that the 200 "family and friends" he invited from his side were paid actors. According to local media in Shaanxi province, the family of the wife, surnamed Liu, became suspicious during the conversations they were having with people from the groom’s side who said they were "just friends" but could not explain how they knew him. When the groom’s parents did not arrive, the game was up. In interviews with regional TV station Shaanxi TV "guests" said they were paid the equivalent of R150 by the groom, named as a Mr Wang, for the day to pose as family and friends. Some said they are taxi drivers or students, and one man revealed a conversation he had with the groom on social media platform WeChat, negotiating a price for him to be there. Some media reported that the groom did not want to reveal that he came from a poor background. The couple had apparently been together for three years without the b...
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