INNER MONGOLIA

After 33 years, murder suspect finally caught

A murder suspect was captured in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region after being on the run for 33 years, local police said. According to police in Chen Barga Banner under the city of Hulunbuir, the suspect, surnamed Li, stabbed someone to death with a knife after a quarrel with the victim in December 1987. The police launched a manhunt but no progress was made. Thanks to advanced intelligent technologies that led to new clues, they identified a resident who had been living under the surname Quan in the city of Manzhouli as the suspect and arrested the man recently. Li confessed to the murder to the police.

BEIJING

China to push reform of petition system

China plans to promote the reform of its petition system to deal with more cases online, according to a national conference attended by chiefs of local petition-handling administrations. The National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration asked lower level agencies to promote the use of a national online petition submission system to make reporting complaints more convenient. The administration also required an online response and offline communication for each online complaint or proposal, adding that it would strengthen supervision over the work of regional petition-handling authorities.

Xinhua