Former prisoner commits arson to go back to jail in China

A former prison inmate in China intentionally set fire to a bus so that he could return to jail where food and accommodation are provided.
The 60-year-old homeless man was sentenced to four years in prison recently by a local court for setting the bus ablaze.
The man surnamed Wang said he committed the crime as he wanted to return to prison to avail the facilities of food and accommodation, China Daily quoted Beijing Times as reporting.
Wang, who boarded a bus in Beijing's Fengtai district in August, last year, set fire to the driver's seat, causing panic among the passengers.

Wang has been detained seven times for stealing and fighting in public and was once sentenced to 14 years in jail for robbery, the report said.
He reportedly confessed that life out of prison without a fixed residence or relative support made him miss his time in jail.