Officers probed after China jailbreak  

哈尔滨检察院对延寿县看守所所长、副所长立案侦查

现初步查清：延寿县看守所所长张阁群、副所长范德延(当日带班所长)严重违反公安部制发的《看守所执法细则》，失职失责，致使1名干警被害，3名在押人员脱逃，造成严重后果。2人行为分别涉嫌滥用职权罪和玩忽职守罪，哈尔滨市检察院依法决定对2人立案侦查。 [查看全文]

Two prison officers have been placed under investigation after three inmates escaped from a detention center in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.

The director of the Yanshou County detention center Zhang Gequn and deputy director Fan Deyan may have seriously violated the regulations on law enforcement in detention centers, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said Friday in a statement.

The two officers' dereliction has had grave consequences and were placed on file for investigation by the procuratorate of Harbin City, it said.

SPP staff are in Heilongjiang to assist the jailbreak investigation.

Three inmates Wang Damin, Gao Yulun and Li Haiwei wearing police uniforms escaped from the detention center after killing a guard at around 4:40 a.m. on Tuesday. Police have recaptured two of the inmates. The third is still on the run.

Wang, 35, was awaiting sentencing on assault charges. Gao, 50, was awaiting review of his death penalty for homicide. Li, 29, was awaiting sentencing for homicide.

The fugitives, all Yanshou locals, are not armed, according to the provincial public security bureau.