Suspect held after 20 years on the run
By Zheng Caixiong in Guangzhou | China Daily | Updated: 2014-09-18 06:57
Man wanted for allegedly cheating construction firm out of 3m yuan
Police have detained an economic-crimes suspect in Maoming, Guangdong province, two decades after the man fled abroad.
The suspect, surnamed Zhang, fled to Central America in October 1994 after heallegedly defrauded a local construction company out of more than 3 million yuan ($488,500). Zhang pretended to help the company build a villa project in the port city.
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