Do Not Go Awol In The Chinese Army

The Four PLA soldiers that escaped from a base in Jilin city

Armed Chinese Soldiers Shot Dead After Going Awol -- The Telegraph

Chinese special forces have shot dead three teenage soldiers after they escaped from an army base in the northern city of Jilin and travelled up to 400 miles, taking with them an automatic rifle and 800 rounds of ammunition.

A fourth soldier, who escaped with them, was arrested according to officials in Jilin.

The four men escaped sometime between four and six o'clock on Wednesday morning from the 65331 army unit at a base in Shulan, roughly 50 miles outside of Jilin.

Lin Penghan, Li Xinxin and Zhang Xinyan were all 18 years old and had joined the army last December, two of them working as artillery gunners and the third in signals and communications.

Yang Fan, 23, a sergeant, was an engineer who had joined the People's Liberation Army in 2005.

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My Comment: Desertion is definitely a no-no in China.