I was often haunted by the fear of capture

My nightmare began when I embezzled laborers' wages, although it was a relatively small amount. I invested the money in the stock market and planned to return it after making quick money. Instead, I lost the money, so I continued to embezzle funds.

At first, I thought suffering a loss in the stock market was my bad luck. By the time the money was needed it was too late to recoup the losses (Fu and his partner told prosecutors that they had embezzled nearly 30 million yuan ($4.5 million between them.)

I decided to end it all by taking an overdose of diazepam pills. But faced with death, I just couldn't do it. Fearing being thrown into prison, I chose to flee the country on Sept 12, 2014.