Chinese police capture North Korean convict on the run for over 40 days


This photo taken on August 6, 2019 shows Chinese paramilitary police officers taking part in a drill in Shenzhen in China's southern Guangdong province, across the border from Hong Kong. - Another video has emerged of anti-riot drills in the Chinese mainland, raising questions of a possible intervention in the ongoing civil unrest in Hong Kong. (Photo by STR/ AFP)/ China OUT

BEIJING, Nov 28, 2021 (AFP): Chinese police have captured a North Korean prisoner who staged a daring escape from jail in October and had been on the run for more than 40 days, authorities said Sunday.

Officials in northeast China were offering a $23,000 bounty for the recapture of the escapee, in a manhunt that has sparked massive interest on social media.

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