BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Yuan Guofang, a fugitive suspected of duty crime, returned to China Tuesday to surrender himself to authorities, according to China's top anti-graft authorities on Wednesday.
Yuan, a former official with the Zhejiang branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, was suspected of bribery and fled overseas 25 years ago, according to a statement on the website of the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission.
He was listed on the Interpol Red Notice in October 2003. The illicit money he had obtained has been recovered and confiscated, the statement said.
It is a typical case of duty crime in the finance sector and has proved that no corruption suspect could be let go, said an official with the office in charge of fugitive repatriation and asset recovery under the central anti-corruption coordination group, urging corrupt fugitives to completely cast away their illusions and turn themselves in for lenity.
