Prison officials charged with dereliction of duty

A former prison warden and four other prison staff have been charged with dereliction of duty in connection with a prison break that left a policeman dead in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in November 2009.

Zhang Heping, former head of the No. 2 Prison in Hohhot, was charged along with former chief of the second section Wang Jun, policemen Xu Fumeng and Liu Wenzhi and gate guard Qian Guojun, said a spokesman for Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region's procuratorate.

Four prisoners broke out of prison in the capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region after killing a prison policeman on Oct.17, 2009.

The four inmates, two facing suspended death sentences and two serving life terms, triggered a three-day manhunt involving 12,300 police officers after their escape. Three of them were captured and one was shot dead.

Source:Xinhua