Murders caught thanks to a monkey A monkey is being credited with a key role in the capture of three murderers in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province. On a June day, a PLA political instructor, identified as Zhang, and a soldier, identified as Liu, were driving through the mountains in Xishuangbanna when a monkey jumped on to the highway in front of their jeep and began to point to the south, all the while tugging at their arms. The two men got out of the jeep and followed the monkey to a pit, where it started to dig at the earth so hard that its paws began to bleed. Zhang and Liu were confused and took the monkey to the local Public Security Bureau. Two bodies were dug out of the pit after the monkey led policemen to it. The monkey pointed to a nearby village when the policemen “asked” it who the murderers were. That evening, an assembly was called in the village. The moment the monkey was brought in, it threw itself on a young man, who tried to run away, as did two others, but they were caught. The three men later confessed to murdering the monkey's owners-two traveling show people from inland. They had presented a show in the village. Then the three got them drunk, stabbed them to death and took all their money. They tried to kill the monkey too, but it escaped. They said it had been crying loudly as the murder occurred.