An escaped prisoner surrendered himself to a police station because of the strick inspection during coronavirus outbreak.<br /><br />The CCTV video, shot in the city of Xiamen in southern China's Fujian Province on February 15, shows a man with a bag of belonging walking into a police station to surrender himself. <br /><br />According to reports, the man named Zhang was sentenced to prison for nine years because of robbing with powder shotgun, bombs and knife.<br /><br />However, he escaped the prison in October 2000 when he got a chance to work outdoor and absconded 20 years.<br /><br />Due to COVID-19 outbreak, police tightened the inspection of factories, hotels, rental houses and etc. Since Zhang did not have an ID, he could not find a job or a place to settle down.<br /><br />After running out of all his money and living outdoor for half a month, Zhang carried all his belongings to surrender himself to the police station.<br /><br />Since the COVID-19 outbreak, 27 escapees were caught and four of them surrendered themselves to the police station, reports said.
