Fugitive returned from Indonesia after 11 years

A suspect accused of absconding with public deposits and fleeing overseas for 11 years was extradited to China from Indonesia on Thursday, the Ministry of Public Security said.

The suspect, surnamed Liu, illegally took large sums of public money under the guise of investments and high interest rates from April 2010 to December 2012, causing enormous economic losses.

In early 2013, Liu fled to Indonesia. In March of the same year, the Public Security Bureau of Juungar Banner in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region initiated an investigation.

In June that year, the banner's procuratorate approved Liu's arrest.

Since the launch in 2014 of the Fox Hunt operation targeting economic fugitives, Chinese authorities had listed Liu as a key fugitive. In November 2014, Interpol issued a red notice.

Over the past decade, Chinese law enforcement agencies have deepened cooperation with their counterparts in Indonesia, and tried to track Liu down. Indonesian law enforcement authorities arrested Liu last month, and with support from the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia he was extradited to China.

An officer from the ministry said the successful arrest demonstrated the determination of law enforcement agencies to pursue economic crime suspects no matter how far they flee, how long they evade capture, or how deeply they hide.