End of line for monk on the run

BEIJING - After more than 17 years living in seclusion as a monk, murder suspect Xu Xinlian has finally been brought to justice.

When the police interrupted his chanting and put handcuffs on his hands, Xu was very calm and seemed resigned to his fate.

"I've waited for this day for 17 years and now I need to escape from the torture of my soul," said Xu, once a senior monk of the famous Jingci and Xiangji temples at Hangzhou in East China's Zhejiang province.