Barmy boyfriend almost dies in botched birthday stunt

[snopes]

A BOYFRIEND almost died when a bizarre birthday surprise for his girlfriend went disastrously wrong.

Hu Seng, from southern China, nearly suffocated to death after mailing himself to his girlfriend’s office in a sealed box – which got lost in the post for three hours.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...ealed-box.html

[ganzfeld]

I don't think this is a true story: A couple of vague details and a funny little tale added to some fuzzy photos. The Daily Mail (where the story in English appears to have originated) gives the city as Chongqing, with no source. Searching in Chinese for anything related to the city and parcels, birthday presents, etc, comes up empty. My first opinion is that it's nothing but a hoax.