Long arm of the law grabs its man

Returned

Yu Zhendong

Repatriated: April 8, 2004

Amount involved: 4 billion yuan

Yu was the first corrupt official repatriated from the United States. He was accused of embezzling a huge sum of money from 1993 to 2001 while he was president of the Bank of China's Kaiping branch. With others, Yu transferred $483 million to another country.

The Intermediate People's Court of Jiangmen, Guangdong province, sentenced Yu to 12 years in prison and ordered confiscation of 1 million yuan ($125,000) on charges of graft and embezzlement of public funds.

Xie Bingfeng, Mai Ronghui

Repatriated: Nov 12, 2000

Amount involved: 50 million yuan

Xie and Mai pilfered more than 50 million yuan when they worked at the Bank of China's Nanhai branch. They fled to Thailand in 1998. Mai surrendered to the Chinese embassy on Nov 12, 2000, and was escorted back to China. Mai also turned in Xie. Mai was sentenced to 12 years and Xie was sentenced to death.

Yuan Tongshun

Repatriated: May 10, 2007

Amount involved: 1 million yuan

The former manager of a state-owned enterprise in the northern port city of Dalian, Yuan was suspected of embezzling public funds. He fled to Japan in March 2004 and was returned to China in 2007 after a Japanese court ruled he should be extradited. Yuan was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

Chen Manxiong

 

 

 

 

 

Chen Qiuyuan

 

 

 

 

 

Repatriated: Nov 20, 2008

Amount involved: 420 million yuan

When they were leaders of the Zhongshan Industrial Development Corp in Guangdong, the Chens transferred 420 million yuan to a foreign country. In 1995, the married couple fled to Chiang Mai, Thailand, with the money. They bought Thai identity cards and changed their names, and Chen Manxiong also underwent cosmetic surgery and had his skin bleached. They were arrested in September 2000 by Thai police and convicted of illegal entry.

On Dec 16, 2002, Thailand allowed the People's Procuratorate of Guangdong Province to take the Chens back to China. They were sentenced in the Higher People's Court of Guangdong in 2005, and sent back to Thailand in 2006 to serve their sentences of illegal immigration. Two years later, Thai courts determined the Chens should be extradited to China.

Deng Xinzhi

Repatriated: Aug 22, 2008

Amount involved: 24 million yuan

Deng, a Beijing resident, and his accomplices cheated people in 2002 by impersonating employees of China Life Insurance Co. He was repatriated from Canada, where he lived for seven years. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for fraud in 2009.

Wang Feng

Repatriated: August 1999

Amount involved: 30 million yuan.

Wang embezzled more than 30 million yuan of public funds as the vice-director of Nanhai Port Office. He escaped to Hong Kong in 1995, then moved to several other countries and finally settled down in New Zealand. In 2000, he was expelled by the New Zealand government and was arrested on arrival in Guangzhou. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by Foshan Intermediate People's Court for corruption and embezzling public funds.

Sources: People's Daily; consulate-general of the People's Republic of China in Houston, Texas; and Xinhua