Reward offered in convict manhunt
Source: Xinhua |
February 26, 2010, Friday
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CHINESE police have offered a cash reward of up to 100,000 yuan (US$14,700) for information leading to the capture of two convicts who fled a prison in the northeastern Heilongjiang Province on Tuesday.
Sun Xingchen, 23, and Chen Congcong, 21, escaped from Liming Prison in the outer Dongli District in the provincial capital Harbin on Tuesday morning.
Police described the two runaways as men of average height, both speaking with a dialect unique to northeast China. Nothing was said about how they escaped from the jail.
A source close to the prison authority said the two convicts escaped while clearing snow with other prisoners outside their cells. But this has not been confirmed by police.
The source, who requested anonymity, said the escapees had just begun 10-year jail terms for robbery.
A bank clerk in downtown Harbin said he and his colleagues had been warned of the runaways on Wednesday. "We were told to be careful at the morning briefing," he said.
Sun Xingchen, 23, and Chen Congcong, 21, escaped from Liming Prison in the outer Dongli District in the provincial capital Harbin on Tuesday morning.
Police described the two runaways as men of average height, both speaking with a dialect unique to northeast China. Nothing was said about how they escaped from the jail.
A source close to the prison authority said the two convicts escaped while clearing snow with other prisoners outside their cells. But this has not been confirmed by police.
The source, who requested anonymity, said the escapees had just begun 10-year jail terms for robbery.
A bank clerk in downtown Harbin said he and his colleagues had been warned of the runaways on Wednesday. "We were told to be careful at the morning briefing," he said.
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