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Pregnant women steal e-bikes
孕婦偷車案頻發

Pregnancy has been known to alter women's moods and apparently, it has caused some to steal electric bicycles in recent years in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.

Pregnancy has been known to alter women's moods and apparently, it has caused some to steal electric bicycles in recent years in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, Xinhua reports.

據新華社報道，南京市近來頻頻發生孕婦盜竊電動自行車現象，人們或許會用懷孕改變了女性心理作解釋，其實不然。?

Local police say that pregnant women account for a large proportion of those arrested for stealing e-bikes. Last year, one police station alone caught about 20 pregnant women stealing e-bikes.

當地民警介紹說，他們每年抓到的偷車賊中孕婦占了不小的比重，僅去年一年，一個派出所就抓了近20個偷車的孕婦。

Some say that the law actually encourages pregnant women to steal these bicycles, because according to state law, pregnant or lactating women cannot be arrested. Police say pregnant women apprehended are always arrogant, saying they know the law and the policemen cannot punish them.

(China.org.cn April 6, 2011)

根據我國法律規定，正在懷孕、哺乳期的婦女不宜逮捕，于是變相促成了孕婦偷車。民警表示，被抓獲的孕婦經常態度囂張，稱她們懂法律，民警也不能把她們怎樣。