Bride helps persuade father to surrender
By Pan Zheng |
November 12, 2011, Saturday
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THE daughter of a suspected gang leader helped to convince her father to give himself up on the eve of her wedding after he had spent 17 years on the run.
The suspect, surnamed Li, agreed to turn himself in as long as he was allowed first to attend his daughter's wedding, West China Metropolis Daily reported yesterday.
Li, now about 60, is suspected of being a principal figure in a 1994 gang battle that left a score dead and others missing in southwestern China's Sichuan Province.
He is thought to have headed one of two gangs fighting for control of a gold mine in Qingchuan County.
A rival gang leader is said to have gathered more than 100 followers armed with shotguns, knives and axes who intended to engage Li's followers. However, Li's gang ambushed their buses using homemade explosives and shotguns, according to police. The subsequent battle left 21 people dead and 11 missing.
Most gang members were later captured by police but Li escaped.
However, in September this year a retired police officer reminded Sichuan police that Li had a daughter who was likely to be approaching marriage, according to the newspaper.
Police found Li's daughter was due to marry in October and was in touch with her father by post. Officers interviewed her and, with her help, talked to her father by phone.
Zhang Jiahe, Qingchuan County police chief, convinced Li he would be allowed to attend his daughter's wedding if he surrendered.
As promised, after attending the wedding on Wednesday, Li, accompanied by his family, gave himself up.
The suspect, surnamed Li, agreed to turn himself in as long as he was allowed first to attend his daughter's wedding, West China Metropolis Daily reported yesterday.
Li, now about 60, is suspected of being a principal figure in a 1994 gang battle that left a score dead and others missing in southwestern China's Sichuan Province.
He is thought to have headed one of two gangs fighting for control of a gold mine in Qingchuan County.
A rival gang leader is said to have gathered more than 100 followers armed with shotguns, knives and axes who intended to engage Li's followers. However, Li's gang ambushed their buses using homemade explosives and shotguns, according to police. The subsequent battle left 21 people dead and 11 missing.
Most gang members were later captured by police but Li escaped.
However, in September this year a retired police officer reminded Sichuan police that Li had a daughter who was likely to be approaching marriage, according to the newspaper.
Police found Li's daughter was due to marry in October and was in touch with her father by post. Officers interviewed her and, with her help, talked to her father by phone.
Zhang Jiahe, Qingchuan County police chief, convinced Li he would be allowed to attend his daughter's wedding if he surrendered.
As promised, after attending the wedding on Wednesday, Li, accompanied by his family, gave himself up.
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