Fugitive returns after 'careful consideration'   

高山妻：回國自首是深思熟慮決定沒受到威逼

原任中國銀行黑龍江省分行哈爾濱河松街支行行長高山因重大經濟犯罪潛逃加拿大近8年后終于回國自首，其妻子李雪在其加拿大北溫哥華家中強調，高山作出這個決定時深思熟慮，沒受到威逼。

Toronto (CNS) -- Gao Shan, a suspected racketeer who had been at large in Canada for nearly eight years, has turned himself in, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said Monday.

Gao, former head of a Bank of China branch in Heilongjiang Province, is suspected of acquiring nearly one billion yuan (US$157 million) from state-owned companies and government departments through banknote fraud between 2000 and 2004, according to the MPS.

Gao's wife Li Xue, who spoke to CNS from her home in Toronto, said Gao made the decision after careful consideration, not by coercion.

She declined to discuss plans for herself or her daughter.