Scholar's missing property recovered

Two suspects, who stole valuable belongings of the late renowned scholar and linguist Ji Xianlin, were detained on Sunday, Haidian police said yesterday morning.

All the missing properties, including 5,000 volumes of precious ancient books, five bronze statues of Ji and some of his photos, were recovered on Sunday.

Ji Cheng, Ji Xianlin's only son, said Li Yujie, the former secretary of Ji Xianlin, hired one suspect named Fang Xianru to look after the apartment where the theft took place. Fang was fired in May and had argued with Ji Cheng because Fang did not want to leave the apartment.