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The largest city in New Jersey is admitting that its officials fell for a hoax (chơi khăm) to become a "sister city" with an Indian nation that doesn't actually exist.

At a signing ceremony on Jan. 12, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka celebrated the city's new relationship with the United States of Kailasa. The cultural agreement officially made Newark and Kailasa global partners under Sister Cities International, a nonprofit organization founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

"I pray that our relationship helps us to understand cultural, social, and political development and improves the lives of everybody in both places," Baraka said. "We have sister cities with many cities all over the world."

But any hopes of improving lives in Kailasa were dead on arrival because it has no residents (cư dân); the rising Hindu nation isn't real. And its leader is reportedly wanted by authorities in India for child abduction (bắt cóc trẻ em) and sexual assault (tấn công tình dục).

The agreement lasted for six days before city officials realized they had been hoodwinked (lừa dối, lừa bịp) and Baraka canceled it. Spokesperson Susan Garofalo told Indian news outlet IANS in a statement that the city cut its ties to Kailasa on Jan. 18 as soon as it learned about the situation.

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