StellarCrowandClaude Fable 5.1
439e83a4cb
Second and third rounds on the dossier pipeline, reviewed locally before commit. Retrieval - wayback_pass.py: retries every BLOCKED/DEAD/THIN/ERROR linked source through the Wayback Machine; blocks carry the snapshot date, archive URL and the live verdict. 143 slots retried: 93 fetched, 37 no snapshot, 12 script shells, 1 PDF. - fetch_sources.py: fetch_wayback() helper. - add_extra_sources.py: files staged extra_* finds (web search, not on the DB record) into the store with a provenance note. - Cases re-sourced by web search: 248 (Oslo: Document.no, Avisa Oslo, NRK; the linked Le Parisien piece is case 242 and is marked OFF-CASE), 258 Kharkiv, 260 Singapore, 358 Bangkok, 365 Las Vegas, 388 Verneuil-sur-Seine, 390 Zoersel, 430 Homestead. 341 of 364 cases now hold a fetched article; 11, 66 and 399 have no public text source (podcast, police video, direct victim report). Trimming - auto_trim.py: case-anchored furniture cut for UNTRIMMED blocks. Finds the body run that mentions the case, merges across subheadings and short furniture gaps, drops teasers, share bars, date/URL/caption lines and subscription pitches; refuses pages with no record term or almost no body. 302 blocks trimmed; 16 left on auto-trim-review.md (7 OFF-CASE suspects). Every cut is labelled AUTO-TRIMMED, UNREVIEWED in the dossier; the full extract stays in staging/. Decisions with anchors in trim-decisions-auto.json. - build_cases.py / verify_all.py: banners for auto-trimmed and archived blocks, staged-file check extended to Wayback blocks, flag legend under the record. Detention rule - README "Definitions": the DB field `kidnappings` is the DETENTION violence type (victim, guard, staff or relative held to force submission or execute the theft), distinct from the Kidnapping scenario (taken away and held). - detention-flag-review.md / detention-flag-corrections.json: 40 records reviewed with evidence; 30 set-to-1 proposals accepted by the owner on 2026-09-06 (listed in corrections-approved.md), 10 still open. - apply_detention_wording.py: "Violence Used" in the 70 reviewed summaries now names detention explicitly (62 of 70 labelled), supported by the summary's own text; idempotent; supersedes the batch scripts' wording. Worklist and docs - sofia-worklist.md: 248 decisions, detention rule item replacing the old "no abduction" item, fresh-search section for the textless cases. - README-START-HERE.md: progress notes, run commands, next steps. - Bug fixed in passing: Wayback blocks stored in-memory text with carriage returns; now stored as read back from disk. verify_all.py PASSES (2321 checks). Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01GZZENdTLzNGsbNy4DyF1yt
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CASE 249 | Chinese businessman | August 22, 2025 | Sri Lanka
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DATABASE RECORD
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id 249
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date August 22, 2025
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original_date August 22, 2025
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year 2025
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month 8
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quarter 2025-Q3
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victim Chinese businessman
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location Colombo, Sri Lanka
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country Sri Lanka
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scenario Kidnapping
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description Chinese nationals kidnap man, hold him hostage for a day until he hands over 60,000 USDT.
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kidnappings 1
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violence_torture 1
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drugs_alcohol 0
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weapons 0
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theft 1
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life_taken 0
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money_wanted (null)
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coin_type (null)
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reports Newswire
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notes (null)
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has_processed_date 1
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created_at 2025-11-13 05:44:45
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(flag legend: 'kidnappings' is the DETENTION flag — 1 when the victim was held against
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their will at any point, tied, locked in, held at gunpoint or taken away; it is NOT the
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same as the 'Kidnapping' scenario, which means taken away and held. See README, Definitions.)
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AI SUMMARY [revised on review, verified against the sources in this file. Live DB still holds the shorter bulk-import summary — apply this to it.]
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**Victims:** A Chinese businessman who runs a store on R.A. De Mel Mawatha in Colpetty, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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**Attackers:** A group of Chinese nationals resident in Sri Lanka, who allegedly targeted a fellow countryman.
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**Attack Method:** He was abducted around 9:00 p.m. on Friday 22 August 2025, taken away in a vehicle and held captive in a building for about a day.
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**Violence Used:** Detention — he sustained injuries during the abduction and was later treated at a private hospital in Narahenpita.
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**Crypto Demanded/Stolen:** During his confinement the suspects transferred about US$60,000 (recorded as USDT) out of his holdings online.
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**Status:** The suspects abandoned him at a roadside on the Saturday afternoon; he filed a complaint with Colpetty Police and investigations are under way.
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LINKED SOURCES
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[url] https://www.newswire.lk/2025/08/25/chinese-group-kidnap-rob-fellow-businessman-in-colombo/
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NOTES ON THIS FILE
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* matched to sheet row 250: exact match on victim + year, unique on both sides
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ARTICLE 1
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Source Newswire
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URL https://www.newswire.lk/2025/08/25/chinese-group-kidnap-rob-fellow-businessman-in-colombo/
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Origin reported_K&R sheet, row 250, column "Articles"
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Length 940 chars
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Chinese group kidnap & rob fellow businessman in Colombo
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August 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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A group of Chinese nationals residing in Sri Lanka have allegedly abducted a fellow Chinese businessman and robbed him of approximately USD 60,000.
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According to the Police, the victim, who operates a store on R.A. De Mel Mawatha in Colpetty, was abducted around 9:00 pm last Friday (22).
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He was reportedly taken away in a vehicle and held captive in a building for about a day.
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During his confinement, the suspects allegedly carried out the robbery by transferring the money online.
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The Police said the suspects had later abandoned him on a roadside on Saturday afternoon (23).
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The victim is reported to have received treatment at a private hospital in Narahenpita for injuries sustained during the abduction.
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The Police said he had filed an official complaint with the Colpetty Police last evening. Investigations are underway into the inciden
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FETCHED ARTICLE 1 [AUTO-TRIMMED — UNREVIEWED]
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!! Furniture was cut by a script keyed on this case's record, not by a person.
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!! It may still carry passages about OTHER cases from a round-up article.
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!! The full page extract is kept in staging/ if a cut needs revisiting.
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Source newswire.lk
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URL https://www.newswire.lk/2025/08/25/chinese-group-kidnap-rob-fellow-businessman-in-colombo/
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Field url
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Retrieved 2026-09-05T12:46:34+00:00 via raw HTTP retrieval, deterministic extraction (HTTP 200)
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Language unknown
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Kept paragraphs headline [0] + 2-8 of 10
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Length 932 chars
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Integrity sha256 1fdee805a843b2261d1043b53d26ffb48ad466724b05df22cc5d7d0483ad6be7
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Trimmed AUTO-TRIMMED, unreviewed: kept paragraphs 2-8 plus headline [0]; dropped 1 leading and 1 trailing paragraphs. Case-term hits on page: 11.
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Caveat retrieved from a live page on the date above. Unlike text copied
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from the spreadsheet, there is no second copy to hash it against.
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ORIGINAL (unknown, verbatim as retrieved)
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Chinese group kidnap & rob fellow businessman in Colombo - Newswire
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A group of Chinese nationals residing in Sri Lanka have allegedly abducted a fellow Chinese businessman and robbed him of approximately USD 60,000.
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According to the Police, the victim, who operates a store on R.A. De Mel Mawatha in Colpetty, was abducted around 9:00 pm last Friday (22).
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He was reportedly taken away in a vehicle and held captive in a building for about a day.
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During his confinement, the suspects allegedly carried out the robbery by transferring the money online.
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The Police said the suspects had later abandoned him on a roadside on Saturday afternoon (23).
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The victim is reported to have received treatment at a private hospital in Narahenpita for injuries sustained during the abduction.
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The Police said he had filed an official complaint with the Colpetty Police last evening. Investigations are underway into the incident. (Newswire)
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generated from attacks-export-Gart-website.json + reported_K&R | case 249
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