Turk convict sent home to serve time

Human smuggler repatriated in reciprocal agreement with Ankara

A Turkish man convicted by a Chinese court of plotting to illegally smuggle Chinese nationals across the border and sentenced to prison was transferred to Turkey to serve his time, the Ministry of Justice said on Friday.

"This is the first successful cooperation between China and Turkey on transferring a convicted Turkish criminal home to serve his sentence," said Zhang Xiaoming, deputy director of the ministry's Judicial Assistance and Foreign Affairs Department.