A Chinese man who was listed as China's most-wanted overseas fugitive returned to Beijing early Saturday morning, over three years ago he fled to a Caribbean island country.
Ren Biao, a former manager of an energy resourcing company in the eastern province of Jiangsu who fled China in January 2014, turned himself in and was immediately arrested by police at the airport.
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Police said 44-year-old Ren is suspected of "huge amount" of loan fraud. But the number of money has yet to be disclosed.
Ren's destination was the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, also known as the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, a two-island country in the Caribbean Sean, which does not have formal diplomatic ties with China.
Ren is the 42th fugitive among the 100 most-wanted overseas fugitives who has returned to China. The country has stepped up anti-graft campaign ahead of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC (CCDI) said Ren's case shows the determination of President Xi Jinping in eliminating corruption in the country.
There is no overseas "heaven" to avoid criminal charges, and all fugitives should turn themselves in as soon as possible, the CCDI said in a statement on its website on Saturday.
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On Friday, a former Chinese official topped the list went on a trial in Hangzhou, eastern China's Zhejiang Province eight months after she turned herself in.
Yang Xiuzhu, former deputy mayor of Wenzhou, who was on the run for 13 years, confessed in court to corruption and bribery charges.
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Prosecutors told the Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court that Yang abused her position to embezzle public funds and receive bribes totaling 26.4 million yuan (3.92 million US dollars). She fled China in 2003.
Yang admitted her guilt and expressed remorse, the report said. Her sentence would be handed down at an unspecified later date, the news agency said.
