US hands over another fugitive to authorities

A Chinese fugitive suspected of fraud on the order of 380 million yuan ($57 million) has been repatriated to China from the United States to face justice, the Ministry of Public Security announced on Thursday.

A United Airlines flight carrying the suspect, surnamed Zhou, and US law enforcement officers arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport on Wednesday, where the officers handed him over to Chinese police, the ministry said in a news release.

The repatriation was considered "the latest achievement of judicial cooperation between the two countries to hunt down fugitives", the release said.