(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-03-05 10:17

Feng Junqiang, who escaped from prison 22 years ago, surrendered to police and returned to his cell in Liuzhou, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, after learning that conditions in the prison had greatly improved.

Feng, who was sentenced to serve five years in prison, escaped in 1985 because he could not tolerate the hard life.

Now Feng is able to visit a supermarket, participate in recitation contests and play chess and basketball after finishing his work at the prison.

It was the first case of a prisoner willingly returning to jail in the city.

(Nanguo Morning Post)