China's deepening anti-corruption drive
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Another corruption suspect repatriated from US to China
September 24, 2015
Kuang Wanfang, an economic crime suspect, was repatriated to China on Thursday thanks to close cooperation between Chinese authorities and their U.S. counterparts.
Kuang Wanfang, an economic crime suspect, was repatriated to China on Thursday thanks to close cooperation between Chinese authorities and their U.S. counterparts.
The woman, who fled to the U.S. in 2001, is suspected of taking part in corruption and bribery.
The move followed the forced repatriation of Yang Jinjun, one of China's most wanted economic fugitives, from the U.S. on September 18.
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September 24, 2015
Kuang Wanfang, an economic crime suspect, was repatriated to China on Thursday thanks to close cooperation between Chinese authorities and their U.S. counterparts.
Kuang Wanfang, an economic crime suspect, was repatriated to China on Thursday thanks to close cooperation between Chinese authorities and their U.S. counterparts.
The woman, who fled to the U.S. in 2001, is suspected of taking part in corruption and bribery.
The move followed the forced repatriation of Yang Jinjun, one of China's most wanted economic fugitives, from the U.S. on September 18.
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The US is learning to cooperate.
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Senior Chinese general arrested for corruption
Senior Chinese general arrested for corruption: HK newspaper
A Chinese general has been arrested in China for violating party discipline, a Hong Kong newspaper cited two unnamed sources as saying, describing him as one of the most senior incumbent military officials to be targeted in Beijing's crackdown on corruption.
Wang Jianping, 62, deputy chief of the joint staff department under the powerful Central Military Commission, was taken into custody in Chengdu in southwestern Sichuan province, the South China Morning Post reported, citing one of the sources.
Wang's wife and secretary were also detained, the newspaper said.
China's Defence Ministry did not immediately reply to a fax seeking comment on the newspaper report.
The precise charges against Wang weren't immediately clear, but "violating party discipline" is a common euphemism in China for corruption.
As head of the 2.3 million-strong armed forces, President Xi Jinping has made his fight against military corruption a top priority, with officers warning that the problem is so pervasive it could undermine China's ability to wage war at a time when Beijing has increasingly projected its influence in the region and surrounding seas.
The People's Liberation Army is already reeling from Xi's anti-corruption campaign, which has seen dozens of officers investigated, including Xu Caihou, a former vice chairman of the Central Military Commission.
Wang is known to have worked closely in the past with Xu and former Chinese domestic security tzar Zhou Yongkang, who was jailed for life in 2015 in one of the country's biggest corruption scandals in decades.
(Reporting by Hong Kong newsroom; Editing by Nick Macfie)
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKCN1110U4
Senior Chinese general arrested for corruption: HK newspaper
A Chinese general has been arrested in China for violating party discipline, a Hong Kong newspaper cited two unnamed sources as saying, describing him as one of the most senior incumbent military officials to be targeted in Beijing's crackdown on corruption.
Wang Jianping, 62, deputy chief of the joint staff department under the powerful Central Military Commission, was taken into custody in Chengdu in southwestern Sichuan province, the South China Morning Post reported, citing one of the sources.
Wang's wife and secretary were also detained, the newspaper said.
China's Defence Ministry did not immediately reply to a fax seeking comment on the newspaper report.
The precise charges against Wang weren't immediately clear, but "violating party discipline" is a common euphemism in China for corruption.
As head of the 2.3 million-strong armed forces, President Xi Jinping has made his fight against military corruption a top priority, with officers warning that the problem is so pervasive it could undermine China's ability to wage war at a time when Beijing has increasingly projected its influence in the region and surrounding seas.
The People's Liberation Army is already reeling from Xi's anti-corruption campaign, which has seen dozens of officers investigated, including Xu Caihou, a former vice chairman of the Central Military Commission.
Wang is known to have worked closely in the past with Xu and former Chinese domestic security tzar Zhou Yongkang, who was jailed for life in 2015 in one of the country's biggest corruption scandals in decades.
(Reporting by Hong Kong newsroom; Editing by Nick Macfie)
Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-corruption-idUSKCN1110U4
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Most-wanted fugitive extradited to China, brought to justice for corruption
By Yin Xiaohong (People's Daily Online) November 16, 2016
Yang Xiuzhu [File photo]
Yang Xiuzhu, former deputy chief of a provincial construction bureau in Zhejiang province and - until recently - an overseas fugitive, has been extradited to China after 13 years hiding outside of China. Yang surrendered herself to police on Nov. 16. With Yang's case closed, a total of 37 fugitives listed on Interpol's red notice have been located.
Yang, who was accused of corruption, fled the country after her crime was uncovered. She then spent time hiding in a number of countries, even unsuccessfully attempting to seek asylum in France and the Netherlands. However, since 2014, China's central government has been cooperating across diplomatic, judiciary and legal lines to bring Yang to justice.
Yang went to the U.S. to once again seek asylum in May 2014. Through an anti-corruption working group under the U.S.-China Joint Liaison Group (JLG), China requested help from American law enforcement to extradite Yang. After receiving relevant evidence, American police officers arrested and detained Yang.
Yang’s case once again proves the determination of President Xi and the CPC to punish corruption. China's leadership has demonstrated that there is no safe haven for corrupt officials, and anti-corruption efforts will not let up until the last fugitive is brought to justice.
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Must be a terrible, terrible ten years overseas hiding from the authorities. She probably thought she would have had a comfortable life with no body concerning about her whereabouts. She was apparently wrong. Those top 100 on the list will not have a peaceful sleep until they get caught eventually.
By Yin Xiaohong (People's Daily Online) November 16, 2016
Yang Xiuzhu [File photo]
Yang Xiuzhu, former deputy chief of a provincial construction bureau in Zhejiang province and - until recently - an overseas fugitive, has been extradited to China after 13 years hiding outside of China. Yang surrendered herself to police on Nov. 16. With Yang's case closed, a total of 37 fugitives listed on Interpol's red notice have been located.
Yang, who was accused of corruption, fled the country after her crime was uncovered. She then spent time hiding in a number of countries, even unsuccessfully attempting to seek asylum in France and the Netherlands. However, since 2014, China's central government has been cooperating across diplomatic, judiciary and legal lines to bring Yang to justice.
Yang went to the U.S. to once again seek asylum in May 2014. Through an anti-corruption working group under the U.S.-China Joint Liaison Group (JLG), China requested help from American law enforcement to extradite Yang. After receiving relevant evidence, American police officers arrested and detained Yang.
Yang’s case once again proves the determination of President Xi and the CPC to punish corruption. China's leadership has demonstrated that there is no safe haven for corrupt officials, and anti-corruption efforts will not let up until the last fugitive is brought to justice.
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Must be a terrible, terrible ten years overseas hiding from the authorities. She probably thought she would have had a comfortable life with no body concerning about her whereabouts. She was apparently wrong. Those top 100 on the list will not have a peaceful sleep until they get caught eventually.
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China provides update on returned corruption fugitives
(Xinhua) 09:54, May 11, 2017
BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhua) -- China Wednesday released an update on the cases of 40 corruption fugitives on the Interpol red list who have either voluntarily returned or been extradited to China, including two spared from prosecution.
As of Monday, 15 returnees had already been sentenced to terms of up to life in prison, according to a statement from the office in charge of fugitive repatriation and asset recovery under the central anti-corruption coordination group.
The cases of another nine fugitives have been accepted by courts, but no sentence has yet been given.
Another 13 cases are still under investigation or awaiting review, including the case of Yang Xiuzhu, the No. 1 most wanted on the red notice list, according to the office.
One case was withdrawn in late 2015 after prosecutors confirmed the death of the suspect, Gu Zhenfang, in Thailand.
Among the 15 fugitives already convicted is Li Huabo, a former local finance official in east China's Jiangxi Province, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in January.
Li's illicit gains worth 4.83 million yuan (700,000 U.S. dollars) were returned and 5.5 million Singapore dollars (4 million U.S. dollars) was confiscated.
Li, who fled the country in January 2011, remained in Singapore until he was repatriated in May 2015.
In a separate case, Fu Yaobo and Zhang Qingzhao were sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery and embezzlement in August last year.
Zhang Dawei was exempted from criminal prosecution in November 2016 because Zhang had confessed his crime and returned all his illegal gains voluntarily.
Two of the fugitives, Zhu Zhenyu and Zhang Liping, were spared prosecution because Zhu was an accessary to the crime and turned himself in voluntarily, while Zhang's offense involving falsifying value added tax invoices was minor.
The handling of these cases reflects China's policy for the fugitive hunt, namely offering leniency to those who voluntarily return to China while meting out harsh penalties for those who are brought to justice after being arrested, the statement said.
The Interpol red notice of 100 Chinese corruption fugitives was released in April 2015.
As a move to close a loophole in China's renewed anti-corruption drive, which in the past mainly targeted domestic corruption and left out those who have fled the country, China has launched operations such as "Sky Net" and "Fox Hunt" in recent years, focusing mainly on corruption fugitives and assets recovery overseas.
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Better surrender voluntarily, return all the stolen public assets, and a sentence might be spared on them. If they are caught and repatriated by law, then, they will be given harsh sentences, including prison for life. The world is becoming smaller and smaller for the people who betrayed the public trust and, worse, carried the stolen wealth to foreign countries.
(Xinhua) 09:54, May 11, 2017
BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhua) -- China Wednesday released an update on the cases of 40 corruption fugitives on the Interpol red list who have either voluntarily returned or been extradited to China, including two spared from prosecution.
As of Monday, 15 returnees had already been sentenced to terms of up to life in prison, according to a statement from the office in charge of fugitive repatriation and asset recovery under the central anti-corruption coordination group.
The cases of another nine fugitives have been accepted by courts, but no sentence has yet been given.
Another 13 cases are still under investigation or awaiting review, including the case of Yang Xiuzhu, the No. 1 most wanted on the red notice list, according to the office.
One case was withdrawn in late 2015 after prosecutors confirmed the death of the suspect, Gu Zhenfang, in Thailand.
Among the 15 fugitives already convicted is Li Huabo, a former local finance official in east China's Jiangxi Province, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in January.
Li's illicit gains worth 4.83 million yuan (700,000 U.S. dollars) were returned and 5.5 million Singapore dollars (4 million U.S. dollars) was confiscated.
Li, who fled the country in January 2011, remained in Singapore until he was repatriated in May 2015.
In a separate case, Fu Yaobo and Zhang Qingzhao were sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery and embezzlement in August last year.
Zhang Dawei was exempted from criminal prosecution in November 2016 because Zhang had confessed his crime and returned all his illegal gains voluntarily.
Two of the fugitives, Zhu Zhenyu and Zhang Liping, were spared prosecution because Zhu was an accessary to the crime and turned himself in voluntarily, while Zhang's offense involving falsifying value added tax invoices was minor.
The handling of these cases reflects China's policy for the fugitive hunt, namely offering leniency to those who voluntarily return to China while meting out harsh penalties for those who are brought to justice after being arrested, the statement said.
The Interpol red notice of 100 Chinese corruption fugitives was released in April 2015.
As a move to close a loophole in China's renewed anti-corruption drive, which in the past mainly targeted domestic corruption and left out those who have fled the country, China has launched operations such as "Sky Net" and "Fox Hunt" in recent years, focusing mainly on corruption fugitives and assets recovery overseas.
@AndrewJin , @Shotgunner51 , @ahojunk
Better surrender voluntarily, return all the stolen public assets, and a sentence might be spared on them. If they are caught and repatriated by law, then, they will be given harsh sentences, including prison for life. The world is becoming smaller and smaller for the people who betrayed the public trust and, worse, carried the stolen wealth to foreign countries.
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1,300 fugitives returned last year
By ZHANG YAN | China Daily | Updated: 2018-01-15
A total of 1,300 fugitives suspected of economic crimes, 347 of whom were corrupt officials, returned to China from abroad to face justice last year, according to the country's top discipline watchdog.
About 980 million yuan ($152 million) of illicit assets were recovered, according to the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Discipline watchdogs have also tightened management of Party and governmental officials so that the number of newly escaped fugitives dropped from 101 in 2014 to only four last year, CCDI figures show. The number was 31 in 2015 and 19 in 2016.
This year, China will further enhance international cooperation in fighting corruption, said a statement adopted at the second plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, which was ended on Saturday.
China is preparing to sign more bilateral or multilateral agreements with other countries in this sector, and will enhance information exchanges and joint investigation especially with Western countries such as the US, Canada and Australia on some major or individual cases, according to the CCDI.
"Under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee, we'll broaden judicial cooperation with relevant countries so that there will be no 'safe heaven' for corrupt fugitives," said La Yifan, director of the CCDI's International Cooperation Department.
In the past years, many Chinese corrupt officials or senior executives of State-owned enterprises have fled overseas to escape legal punishment due to the lack of bilateral extradition treaties between China and other countries, and complex legal procedures.
Since 2014, China has set up a central authorized office responsible for coordinating and directing various departments to hunt down the fugitives, and it has conducted the SkyNet capture operation.
Interpol issued red notices to arrest the 100 most-wanted Chinese corrupt fugitives in April 2015. So far, more than half of them have been returned, including No 1 fugitive Yang Xiuzhu, who was back to China in November 2016 after 13 years on the run in the US.
Under a court ruling in October, Yang, a former official in Zhejiang province, received eight years in prison for embezzling 19 million yuan in public funds and taking bribes of 7.35 million yuan.
"Apart from nabbing the fugitives, to improve the procedures to prevent corrupt fugitives from fleeing is also a priority," La said.
Discipline inspectors will work closely with relevant authorities, including the police, personnel departments and the banking system to strengthen management of officials' private passports and monitor their suspicious assets sent abroad, according to the CCDI.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201801/15/WS5a5beea8a3102c394518f226.html
By ZHANG YAN | China Daily | Updated: 2018-01-15
A total of 1,300 fugitives suspected of economic crimes, 347 of whom were corrupt officials, returned to China from abroad to face justice last year, according to the country's top discipline watchdog.
About 980 million yuan ($152 million) of illicit assets were recovered, according to the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Discipline watchdogs have also tightened management of Party and governmental officials so that the number of newly escaped fugitives dropped from 101 in 2014 to only four last year, CCDI figures show. The number was 31 in 2015 and 19 in 2016.
This year, China will further enhance international cooperation in fighting corruption, said a statement adopted at the second plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, which was ended on Saturday.
China is preparing to sign more bilateral or multilateral agreements with other countries in this sector, and will enhance information exchanges and joint investigation especially with Western countries such as the US, Canada and Australia on some major or individual cases, according to the CCDI.
"Under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee, we'll broaden judicial cooperation with relevant countries so that there will be no 'safe heaven' for corrupt fugitives," said La Yifan, director of the CCDI's International Cooperation Department.
In the past years, many Chinese corrupt officials or senior executives of State-owned enterprises have fled overseas to escape legal punishment due to the lack of bilateral extradition treaties between China and other countries, and complex legal procedures.
Since 2014, China has set up a central authorized office responsible for coordinating and directing various departments to hunt down the fugitives, and it has conducted the SkyNet capture operation.
Interpol issued red notices to arrest the 100 most-wanted Chinese corrupt fugitives in April 2015. So far, more than half of them have been returned, including No 1 fugitive Yang Xiuzhu, who was back to China in November 2016 after 13 years on the run in the US.
Under a court ruling in October, Yang, a former official in Zhejiang province, received eight years in prison for embezzling 19 million yuan in public funds and taking bribes of 7.35 million yuan.
"Apart from nabbing the fugitives, to improve the procedures to prevent corrupt fugitives from fleeing is also a priority," La said.
Discipline inspectors will work closely with relevant authorities, including the police, personnel departments and the banking system to strengthen management of officials' private passports and monitor their suspicious assets sent abroad, according to the CCDI.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201801/15/WS5a5beea8a3102c394518f226.html
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