The Shenzhen Public Security Bureau has warned those who are shielding the two remaining suspects in the deadly Shenzhen landslide that they will be held legally liable for protecting the two.

The bureau issued the stern warning following the surrender of one of the Shenzhen landslide suspects, Lin Xixiao to the police Saturday afternoon, the official Xinhua news agency has reported.

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The report said Lin, who went into hiding along with the other suspects following the landslide that occurred on 20 December, gave himself up to the police in Fuqing city, Fujian Province.

Fuqing is about 800 kilometers northeast of Shenzhen, which means Lin fled Shenzhen and went to as far as he could before turning himself up.

The two remaining suspects who are still at large - Long Renfu and Wang Minghui - have been urged by authorities to surrender.

The bureau also warned that whoever will be found giving the suspects protection and not turning them over to authorities will face legal liabilities.

Early this month, the police in Shenzhen arrested five executives of the company responsible for the construction waste pile.

The arrest of the five executives followed the arrest of 11 others from the company. They have been charged with negligence, Xinhua has reported.

The 20 December Shenzhen landslide, which involved a huge waste pile that collapsed and killed 69 people, was blamed on work safety mismanagement.

Immediately after the landslide, the State Council, China's cabinet launched an investigation and found out that geological causes did not trigger the accident but the mismanagement for the company that operates the dumpsite.

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