HANOI (Reuters) - A convicted Vietnamese robber who escaped from prison 20 years ago chose a sly way to hide from the law -- inside the police force and as a member of the ruling Communist Party.
越南一名抢劫犯逃脱法律制裁长达20年，因为他选择了一个狡猾的藏匿方式——加入越南警察部队。
A police-run newspaper reported on Friday that Ngo Thanh Tam, 51, was re-arrested on Tuesday, two decades after joining the police under a false identity in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong.
越南《首都安全报》25日报道说，现年51岁的Ngo Thanh Tam在用虚假身份加入多农省警察部队20多年后于22日被再次逮捕。
The An Ninh Thu Do (Capital Security) newspaper described Tam as a dangerous criminal on the national wanted list. After his arrest he was purged from the party, which he joined in June.
《首都安全报》称Tam为全国通辑犯名单上的“危险犯罪分子”。在Tam被捕后，他被撤消了党籍，他于今年6月加入了越南共产党。
It was unclear how Tams real identity was discovered.
目前，Tam的真实身份是如何被发现的还不得而知。
Tam was sentenced to four years in jail in 1984 for a series of robberies, but he escaped from prison in 1986, the newspaper said. In 2003 Tam was promoted to police chief of Dak Ru commune.
报道说，1984年，Tam因参与系列抢劫案被判有期徒刑4年，但他在1986年从狱中逃出。2003年，Tam晋升为多农省Dakru公社的警察局局长。
He had also been elected to the Dakru Peoples Council for the 2004-2009 tenure.
他同时还入选2004年至2009年期间的Dakru人民委员会委员。
