Guangdong inmate escapee recaptured near prison

Li Mengjun (C), an inmate who escaped from Beijiang Prison on Saturday, is captured near the prison in Shaoguan City, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 2, 2014. Two inmates in Beijiang Prison on Saturday left a workshop through fire engine access, broke the lock of a door when others were working, and climbed over prison walls to escape. Wu Changgui, one of the inmates, was knocked down by electrified wire netting and recaptured, while another one Li Mengjun got out of the prison. (Xinhua/Mao Yizhu)

Police in south China's Guangdong Province said a prisoner that had escaped Saturday had been recaptured Sunday afternoon.

This is China's second such reported incident in less than two months.

The 28-year-old fugitive, Li Mengjun, was arrested near Beijiang Prison in Shaoguan City, at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday, the provincial prison management bureau said in a statement, without elaborating.

Li and another inmate attempted to escape the Beijiang Prison Saturday morning. Li escaped, while the other inmate fell afoul of the prison's electrified wire netting and was recaptured at the scene.

Local police and paramilitary officers launched a manhunt and set up blocks on nearby roads to help locate Li.

Li was sentenced to death with a reprieve for robbery in 2006. Before he fled incarceration, he had 19 years and nine months of his sentence remaining.

Chen Dachao, provincial prison management bureau deputy chief, said lessons should be learned from this incident.

In early September, three inmates escaped from a detention center after killing a guard in the northeastern Chinese province of Heilongjiang.