Chinese police on Wednesday escorted a fugitive from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the first time since the two nations signed an extradition treaty in 2004, public security authority reported.
With the cooperation of UAE police and the Chinese embassy, a suspect on an Interpol red notice, wanted for contract fraud, was extradited.
According to police in Shanghai’s Putuo district, in September 2007 the suspect, surnamed Kan, falsely claimed that he was authorised to sell a property in Shanghai, swindling deposits of 2 million Yuan (around 289,000 dollars).
He fled to the UAE from Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province, in March 2008.
In December 2015 the people’s procuratorate of Putuo approved his arrest on charges of contract fraud.
However, Kan was apprehended by UAE police in January 2016.
It said in February 2016, China requested his extradition based on the treaty between China and the UAE.
Police added that another red notice suspect, surnamed Xu, suspected of fraud was repatriated at the same time. (Xinhua/NAN)