A man in Shanxi, China; Mr Zhang, returned to his hometown for the Chinese New Year and decided to solicit a prostitute, who turned out to be his wife.
According to Sing Tao News Corporation (STNN), Zhang had left his hometown to work for many years, with his wife staying behind to look after their child who goes to school in the area.
Zhang only returns home during the Chinese New Year, and sometimes his wife and child would visit him during the summer holidays.
Earlier this year, Zhang was on his way back to his hometown with a train ticket in hand, but he reached the train station at about midnight.
He decided to stay at a nearby hotel and return home in the morning, and in his hotel room, he noticed small cards being slid into his room from under the door.
The cards were advertising prostitutes and he then called one of the women on the card, who then arrived at his room shortly after.
Zhang couldn’t identify her at first because she was covered up, wearing a large padded jacket and face mask because it was still winter at the time.
However, the woman seemed to recognise him and immediately tried to leave.
Zhang saw that the woman’s figure looked similar to his wife’s and he removed her face mask by force and was shocked to see that it was indeed his wife.
He then got angry at her for being a prostitute and started assaulting her, with the ensuing commotion alerting the other hotel guest, who notified the staff of the hotel.
Zhang was then restrained before the authorities came and took him and his prostitute wife back to the police station.
He was given 8 days in detention and fined 400 yuan (or SGD$77.54), while his wife was given 3 days of detention and fined 200 yuan (or SGD$38.77).