Society
Northeast China prison escapee caught
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-03-08 21:25
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HARBIN - A man who escaped from a prison in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province two weeks ago was caught on Monday afternoon, said local authorities.
Chen Congcong, 21, was caught at around 3 p.m. in a grocery store in Nangang District of Harbin, the provincial capital, said a spokesman with the city's public security bureau. He did not give further details.
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Chen and his inmate, 23-year-old Sun Xingchen escaped from the Liming Prison in Harbin on February 23.
The two had just begun a 10-year jail term for robbery.
Sun was caught at the Jinxing toll gate on the No.102 National Highway linking Harbin and Beijing on the morning of February 26.
