Chinese police on Wednesday handed over a Korean fugitive on Interpol's Most Wanted List to their Republic of Korea (ROK) counterparts at Nanjing airport in east China's Jiangsu Province.
It is alleged Kang Taeyong, 54, extorted about 1.5 trillion won (about 12 billion U.S. dollars) from more than 30,000 people in ROK between 2007 and 2008. Interpol listed him as a most wanted fugitive in November 2008, but they suspect he quickly fled to China.
Following approval from the Ministry of Public Security, Jiangsu's Wuxi City Police arrested Kang on Oct. 10.
According to the ministry, police from China and ROK reached a repatriation agreement in June 2013, and, since then, have cooperated in capturing and transferring suspects from both countries.
