Chinese police arrested 9,110 homicide-linked fugitives last
year aided by a computer network, according to China's Ministry of
Public Security.
These include Qiu Xinghua, who killed the abbot, five staff
workers and four pilgrims in a temple of northwest China's Shaanxi Province last July because he
suspected the abbot had an affair with his wife.
Chinese police put information about fugitives linked to serious
offences on an internal computer network. Using information on the
network, policemen of various regions can easily check whether the
man they have got hold on is a homicide-linked fugitive.
According to the ministry, Chinese police cracked 91.4 percent
of registered homicide cases in 2006, up 3.16 percentage points
over the previous year.
Chinese police also cracked more than 1.5 million robbery and
theft cases last year, up 5.4 percent compared with 2005.
(Xinhua News Agency March 16, 2007)