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    Japan jailbreak sparks manhunt, has city on edge

    TOKYO (AP) — The daring jailbreak of a dangerous criminal wearing only his prison-issued underwear has sparked an intense manhunt in a southern Japanese city and prompted schools to advise children to travel in supervised groups until he is caught.

    Nearly 800 police officers have been assigned to the hunt for the convict, Li Guolin, a Chinese national who had been jailed for shooting at an officer and stealing a squad car in 2005, according to the Hiroshima Prefectural Police. Officers on Thursday scoured train stations, bus depots and parks across Hiroshima city. Police also distributed the convict's mugshot door-to-door and posted his description on the Internet.

    The escape Wednesday was the first ever from the Hiroshima prison, said a penitentiary official who spoke on condition on anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Tadaaki Nakagawa, a corrections official with the Justice Ministry, said the last escape by an inmate from within a Japanese prison was in 1989.

    The Hiroshima board of education warned students to travel in groups to and from schools for safety.

    Li escaped from the prison by reportedly ducking out of an outdoor exercise session and scaling two walls. He was serving a 23-year sentence for attempted murder and other crimes.

    He escaped in his white, prison-issued winter underwear, according to a police statement.

    Japanese media reported that Li managed to climb over a wall inside the prison campus and then use scaffolding to get over the 16-foot (5-meter) outer wall, which was under construction for repairs. Sensors on the wall were turned off because of the repair work.

    Li, believed to be the leader of a gang of armed robbers, was sent to the Hiroshima prison in 2008.

     

    40 comments

    • victor k  •  Seattle, Washington  •  4 mths ago
      many chinese criminal in Japan. I hope they catch him and give him a wedgie
    • Jay  •  Eugene, Oregon  •  4 mths ago
      #$%$.. they got some GOOD prisons there then, if this is the FIRST break out in decades...
    • sixtycastle  •  4 mths ago
      Ninjas do still exist apparently
      • Hypnotist 4 mths ago
        Where is it apparent? Perhaps on television.
      • Carol S 4 mths ago
        Nice of the Japanese Prison to have the security cameras off and the scaffolding in palce for his escape. It's like the Asian Keystone Kops.
    • Ryan  •  4 mths ago
      Do we have a description?

      Yeah, he was wearing yellow in the front and brown in the back.
      • J P 4 mths ago
        LOL!! that's a good one!
    • expletive_xom  •  Surfside, California  •  4 mths ago
      quick, find the Chinese guy running loose in Japan. he is the guy thats making the lowest quality products
      • J P 4 mths ago
        products made in haiti are even worse...my 501 levi fits like #$%$...made in haiti
    • MT2314  •  4 mths ago
      He is Chinese living in Japan? He is going to stick out like a sore thumb.
      • Gold 4 mths ago
        Yes he will. Especially with the accent Chinese people have when speaking Japanese.
    • None  •  4 mths ago
      Try searching in America he is probably here already and has a job in Walmart selling Chinese junk
      • J P 4 mths ago
        product made in haiti are even worse, like my levi 501..fits like craop
      • Carol S 4 mths ago
        He's in their sporting goods department issuing hunting licenses.
    • nondescript  •  Coxsackie, New York  •  4 mths ago
      here we go, another load of kung foo movies
    • fortziii  •  Vancouver, Canada  •  4 mths ago
      illegal chinese are really the scourge of any nation
    • Baboy kaba  •  4 mths ago
      Now he is one of three most wanted criminals in Japan. He is extremely dangerous.
      He shot a policeman to escape in 2005. Due to the strict gun law in Japan, shooting a policeman doesn't happen too often, maybe once in 10 years.
    • Flame  •  Livonia, Michigan  •  4 mths ago
      You know, I do feel about them. Seeing as one of their "dangerous criminal" as escaped and I do wish the children/Family and others are safe. But this is that funny..Huh? #$%$ head* not the funny HAHA!..I wonder, why after so many years of being so Jailbreak poof it happened? I think, he manged to pay/braive his way out with one of gurads..or something..It seems fishy..
    • David  •  Lafayette, Louisiana  •  4 mths ago
      Escaped in his prison issued winter underware? Would have been much easier to spot if he was wearing his summer thong.
    • Poopoopeepee  •  Sacramento, California  •  4 mths ago
      I wonder if it was reminicent of that Jet-li movie where he escapes from a japanese prison. How ironic that this guy was also chinese.
    • Robert  •  Beijing, China  •  4 mths ago
      he should be easy to find- he is the dude running around with nothing on but underwear!
    • Aries M  •  4 mths ago
      Easy to catch this guy. Put a bounty on his head. He won't even feel safe being with his own gangland members.
    • Snafu B  •  4 mths ago
      Those Japanese jailers are going to make him feel REALLY sorry he escaped when hes recaptured. Lots of face saving on tap...
    • Baboy kaba  •  4 mths ago
      Google 李国林 image if you want to see his face.
      Call 1-1-0 if you see him.
    • Poopoopeepee  •  Sacramento, California  •  4 mths ago
      They posted his discription on the internet I wonder what it says lol
    • Dave65BTackle  •  Los Angeles, California  •  4 mths ago
      He escaped prison but we let Casey Anthony go and post internet videos.
    • uggtard  •  4 mths ago
      sum ting wong?
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