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Follow us on TWITTER: http://twitter.com/cnforbiddennews Like us on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/chinaforbiddennews In the busy travel season before the Chinese New Year, the Chinese Ministry of Railway has introduced new services. Passengers can now purchase tickets online and over the phone, but many people still faced difficulties. There were reports that it's hard to log into the ticket ordering website, and the phone order line is often busy or cuts off. In addition, there seems to be "Railway information charge" associated with phone ordering. Those who call the phone ordering number are unknowingly charged a fee. This led to many complaints that the Ministry of Railways is going mad due to all its debts, and now it's robbing money. The regime Xinhua media reported that the phone ordering number 95105105 is now live. Also Jinan Ministry of Railway stated that the "Phone ordering hotline will be charged the same as local calls." However, aside from the local call rate, there is also a 0.9 yuan/min ($0.14/min) "Railway information charge". The Chinese New Year travel officially started on Jan 8. Many people complained that the phone ordering service failed after hundreds of attempts. The online system is nearly paralyzed, and money is charged without giving tickets. And as mentioned, many people were unknowingly charged the railway information charge of 0.9 yuan/min. A Beijing resident commented on this issue online. "A lack of conscience, so many people can't get back home; it [ministry of railway] is happy counting money!" A Guangxi netizen wrote, "Ministry of Railway is so good at robbing money. Except for corruption, tofu construction, disregard for human life, what else can it do?" Mainland Lawyer Li Tiantian points out that this is considered robbery in disguise. Li Tiantian: "This is sign that it's almost broke, so with no more money, is it going to rob? I (Ministry of Railway) didn't tell you, but I'm taking your money, then I will make up an excuse. If you come to me, I have the right to take your money. What kind of excuse is this?" Netizen 'Shenzhenxiaguo' highlighted this point. "I dialed 95105105 countless times, the ticket was only 108 yuan, but the phone call cost me 200+, such scammers." Another netizen from Nantong wrote, "Ministry of Railway is scarier than ticket scalpers. I called the ordering number for three days, but didn't get any tickets, only a 300+ phone bill. If I had known, I would have bought them from a scalper. Railway robbers, make us worthless citizens speechless." A netizen from Dongbei added their comment. "I called the ordering number for 3+ hours on the 7th, didn't get any ticket. However, it used up my phone card with 200+ yuan on it, so despicable." Our reporter tried to call the Ministry of Rail service number, but wasn't able to reach a service representative. A service representative at China Mobile commented. "Phone ordering always charged the railway information fee since it opened last year." Lawyer Li Tiantian, "From a legal perspective, charging without telling us is unreasonable. If you have an additional fee, you have to announce it, then people can decide. That's the right way to do it. The way they charged people is illegal, strictly illegal from a legal perspective." During Nov of last year, media revealed that the Ministry of Railway was overwhelmed with debt. This had caused 90% of its constructions to stop. A report revealed 36 different companies seeking payment of 240 billion yuan ($38 billion) from Ministry of Railway. A resident from Northeast China: "Didn't media report last year that Ministry of Railway owns 2 trillion yuan in debt? I think Ministry of Railway is going insane, this is robbing money, making people pay for its debts." Wu Zhifeng, a Mainland financial commentator wrote an article on his micro-blog. It was entitled "How does Ministry of Railway pay for the 2 trillion debt?" His conclusion was that perhaps we all end up paying for it. NTD reporters Li Yun and Xue Li 《神韵》2011世界巡演新亮点 http://www.ShenYunPerformingArts.org/