Published: 12:33PM BST 19 May 2010
By Malcolm Moore in Shanghai
The girls, aged 16 and 19, were discovered last Friday, naked and cuffed at the feet, in a secret chamber built underneath a home in the capital of Hubei province.
The 19-year-old, whose family home was just 600 feet from the prison, went missing in July last year, according to Beijing News.
Neither victim was named and no further details about their condition, or any abuse they may have suffered, were released.
The man suspected of kidnapping them was named as 39-year-old Zeng Xiangbao. He had already been detained by police a week before the discovery of the girls on an unrelated rape charge, according to the authorities.
The police said that if they had not discovered the cellar, the two girls could have starved to death after Mr Zeng's detention.
The girls were discovered after a man found a piece of paper in the street with their plea for help scrawled upon it, along with a phone number and a map.
The police said the two girls had tried to smuggle out similar notes on a number of occasions, writing them on the packaging of the instant noodles that they were fed by their captor.
The authorities said the case was being investigated. No charges have yet been filed against Mr Zeng.
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